The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 13, 1918, Page 2

“TODAY IS GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING'S BIRTHDAY . * ; . fs . ‘ < 4 i Friday, the Thirteenth isa Hoodoo for the Kaiser~-But it is a. Lucky Day for America and theCause.of Democracy ee THE MOTHER ; , : THE SON | ie Cat AnnThompson Pershing : ni ; : John J. pene ” gE: ESSAI TEE : eee: |] AT: WEST POINT.AS PICTURED I ST NR Oe ; “WHY AMERICA WILL WIN | PERSHING WINS HIS.CADETSHIP} ms ~ = oll AS A SCHOOL BOY ia tea iid . . e DING > EATEST PRIZE- TH ys \ * Spee isi GEORGE WASHINGTON A PICTURED BR GEN.JOHN J-PERSHING, TIRED BEESHING ioek By AMEE, ‘PERSHING. IN “WHY, AMERICA WILL WIN SITTING. i OHN F. PERSHING (FATHER) DEAD, GRACE,'PERSHING(MRS R. B. HADDOCK) DEAQ MASH ANN THOMPSON PERSHING (MOTHER) DEAD IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF GENERAL PERSHING Ji ek. HING was born September 13, 1860, in Laclede, Mo, In 1877 he taught. the negro school in Laclede. Graduated With honors from the State Normal at Kirksville, Mo., ‘inf 1880, + Taught school at Prairie Mound, Mo., until 1882... He wonsthe appointment to West Point in a competitive examination July 14, 1882. 2 Graduated from West Potnt in 1886 as Sécond Lieutenant. Assigned to Sixth Cavalry in the Apaches campaign. Promoted to First Lieutenant in-1891.. At the outbréak of Spanish-American War, assigned to the’ Tenth Cavalry. Won distinction at the battle of San Juan. Ordered to Philip- pines as Captain and Adjutant General; District of Mindanao, in 1899. i On General Staff in 1964, he met and won Mi s Frances R. Waeren, ‘daughter of Senator Waften, of Wyoming. They were married in Janua Y, 1995, and left for Japan thé same day, where Pershing was Military Attache and Observer ‘in tlic Russo-Japanese War. In 1906 promoted to. be Brigadier General over the heads of 862 officers. In command of ‘the Department of Maindanoa he firmly established “American authority in the’ Philippines. ; “In 1914 he was given command of Fort Bliss on the Mexican Border. In° August, 1915, his home in the Presidio, San Francisco. burned and his wife and three-children perished in the flames. In March, 1916, he w: nt into Mexico in command of the Punitive Expedition against Villa,’ He was-given command of the American Expeditionary Forces.in France by. President Wilson on May 24, 1917,.sailed on May 28. He was promoted to be’General in American Army October 4, 1917. March 29, 1918, while the great German drive was in progress, Generak Pe7shing was. able to offer’General Foch the entire resources of America to stem the tide. All.of these great events in the life of this remarkable commander are vividly picturized in the thrilling scenes of William Fox’s newest photo production, “Why America Will Wins : TRIBUTE FROM A GREAT MAN’ OF PERSHING’S :HOME :STATE. r EK: |] My: dear: Mr, Editor:— ’ : as ; THE INFANT PERSHING j cert think. you are doing a fine thigg <o celebrate General Pershing’s. 58th ‘birthday. ‘He thoroughly AND HIS FATHER deserves it and is measuring up splendidly to the lace he holds, He is making # great ‘name tor ; ‘AS PICTURED IN i ‘ iy himselt ag cto pear Fae very proud of ‘him, sopectaily the pee if carer betnghe he.was ; a é ies | y ve absolute confidence in him, ey think ithe 8 oe AMERICA WILLWIN |] auality wach he has demoustrated many ten? si / : 2 ‘ é Via ate 1 9st ae wi