Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
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so that they could not peddIe their papers. and
If matters looked serious the boys would run
to Gen. Pershing's headquarters for safety.
The vote of the people as to whether they
would be Peruvisns or Chileans never was
taken. In 1929 the two countries got to-
gether and decided that they would split the
territory $3.50.
A MONG the gifts given Gen. Pershing On
one of his South American trims was
the jeweled sword Of Gen. Jose Antonio Pax
presented by Venezuela.
Other crnamented swords have been sent 10
the general from time to time. The State Of
Missouri presented him with one SO gorgeous
that it has been locked in War Department
vault almost since the day Pershing received
it. The LIST Division gave him one, too. In
1920. the City OF London, through the British
Ambassador sent Pershing a beautiful sword
as q token of their esteem.
While he was still chief Of stair Of the
Army Gen. Pershing assumed another inn
portant task. He became chairman of the
Battle Monuments Commission The real hard
work Of this commission began in 1896 and
as soon as Pershing felt well enough to do 80
after his return from South America he as
Sumed active charge. Not only did he have
to pass upon the sort of monuments to be
erected In France, the designs and so on, but
he was called upon to select the sites. This
has been no small task, and it Is the carrying
out Of this work which las kept Gen. Pershing
In France much of the time during the
past few years.
These memorials consist of q chapel in each
one of our cemeteries and a monument ON
each of the important battlefields. White
marble crosses have been erected on the graves.
Cen Pershing has insisted on the chapels at
the cemeteries, so that relatives and friends
Of the sleeping heroes may go there to rest
and pray.
The work of establishing the battle monu-
ments in France will probably be completed
within another year, Gen. Pershing believes.
Here, too, he' will have served greatly.
THE moment the general returns to the
United States, he becomes an exceedingly
busy man. He has constant stream of callers
who come to his office determined to see him.
There are masses of correspondence He has
his work as a trustee of the National Geo
graphic Society, trustee of the Riggs National
Bank, and he Is chairman Of the National
Committee Of the Washington Cathedral.
This last named Is another important post
The Washington Cathedral is still in the
process Of building and money must be con-
stantiy obtained so that the work can 60 on.
Within the three years Of Gen. Pershing,s
Craftsmanship of the National Committee, ever
100000 have been contributed.
81 consider my work on the National Conn
mittee Of the Cathedral my most important
work at the present time" he states. The
general is of the Episcopalian faith.
Universities insist on handing out degrees to
Gen. Pershing every June. He now holds sew
eral honorary degrees as doctor Of laws and
doctor Of military science. Gen. Pershing
studied law at the University Of Nebraska and
passed the bar examinations Of that State.
In fact, he always meant to be . lawyer
Despite the fact that the general appears
to be well content with his life as 1t IS, other
people seem to worry about him and are ccn-
tinualiy trying to find new jobs for him.
It Is being pulled this way and that which
leads the general to give cryptic reply to
the question: "Do you prefer your life of today,
or do you ever long for the days Of warp
Speaking for myself" he answers with q
twinkle in his eye. sometimes almost long
for the peaceful days Of war"