Show I IThe II The Boyhood 0 I I of Famous Jy i j Americans 1 t V erald d I Gen John Joan J The rhe e u t e for Kest Point was on It was as a elo close con contest t est bet e e fJ 1 two 10 0 of or the c ditch r d dt d n t t a l I he helIs lIs Miss sou s o u r I 1 S s in III n It n conducting the t h e ty for his Ills district 4 had a hard timo 7 ti them I F I 7 nail nall he lie decided tint that one of the two to rated v ju Just t one point bet tor to then tinn the other He lie named JohnJ John Julia J Joseph as ae th the winner whiner luner and him us as asa asu Ii a t culet to the United St t Ites nc It was ly hy this tills mar margin ln that Uncle Situ bim ru tile the general ho w ho was to command the a It a armed hot host ever CHr raised ral-ed in time the United States and to lead leal It to victory with Ith the al allies Iles In the t tr mm r ir in the lie v history I vo ambition nurtured from curly turly I bOJ boyhood hood prompted John Pershing to toI seek eel to est W 11 est Point He HeI HeInd I I had h no set Ideas on he omin a 3 01 tiler when hen he wis i 1 little fellow In InI I fact he lie mm wis is 5 he for a career as usi or a lawyer and wis ws n a stu student student tu dent in hr the orm l school when lien heon he lie won on the appointment to the lIe He saw his Ills ms m's notice of the e In a newspaper ne and asked Ills his sister elster who ho mm was liS 1 ilso 0 attending attend In ing the Kirl S school chool if she would ad advise IFe him to tr to try the test She t would she slie tol told him This ca co co- coincided melded with Ith his Ills 0 own n Ide ideas ideis le on the sub suh subject so his Ius military career may be said ald to have haL had Its first Impetus In Inthe inthe the re of or a ne per p advertise ad ertle went men t General Pershing a was sins born in nt at I ache de Mo 10 a n of some sonic inhabitants His father ther who who-a ances ancestor ancestors tor tors Ind rid come ome fromI from I lid tid 1 d the stoic tOI e at ut I alle e mud ind nl o Je 0 e a fum flIm on time the outskirts of the theto town ton to n The Tin future comm comm inder of or time the theA timeA A E r F was wis the oldest of or sl sly children lie Ill much le responsibility In helping to care for themI them them I the 1 he soun oun s spent pent con Ihle tune on the firm fum John des eloped developed eloped into a t c worker In the fields even en is a hoy hOJ ho The fie out outdoor outdoor outdoor door life ind nd c lle him him a fine and vigorous J youth II wis I 1 is ms a good when hen he hind to use his fit fists l but he was as ne never neer er one to go out looking for trouble He could rile ride s swim sim im imand and hunt when hen he wis a little slitHer shimmer Such tr fell to time the lot of or all boys in the thee e West est t In those thoe dims s lib Ilia taught night him hl Ills his first fir t hunk hook les lessons cons on and Instilled In ham lum the desire for a goo good education If h he w a student tu ent he heas was as i 1 conscientious on one and stood tood smell eIl In ill his Ills cl I allow ellow pupils of the L clede days das s can cnn rec recall ll that mm hen John slung Ind I i pm to sule sol ole elie lie wort orl ed cd at It until he hid the cor correct correct ns er hue lille he lie w wis IS qUil quit t ay al aya asa a boy he wis 5 full of fun and enjoyed pia playing Jn s with Ith the s ot of his hll own me i e Before he entered tile lie Irh Ilk Normal school he lie ht for two III turns ms it Prairie Mound II n fi ft w mm miles distant from from I lIe He w mm 1 is eight eighteen een it the time Some of hi Ills his pupils PUPIl el mm em e older than thun thit th it One tine dam dav lie he lead to chastise an no lm pupil Time The Thelod's lads lods well over otter si sit fuel feet tall and hag In Pm tilt the uc t t cl dis to dam dem demind mad merlon of theto the to te 1 ether l r He lie hid Ind a gun un In his hie pOt I et ne fie stormed and ro roared Hell threat t 1 t ht-t the sour It h t t her too took till the lun Im from time till man Then he handed sound mm Ith his hll fist I 1 oung loung oun n was a n le Ie Ider the students nt at hlll Ills He lie s ills prominent it t R est Point lies tell the story stor tint ms hen lien ii n IOUP imp ot of hovers h trued tried to put the lit mw nisi Cadd lh the mill he lie two to of them soundly He lie wis f serious persistent nt ind nd 11 de determined In Ills his efforts to become in 10 ni cell e excellent nt soldier during his hie student d drs s I nt at the tilL lilt 11 u s nc ac lie i 1 good retard re ord In hi Ills studies Im I'm I i Ing thirtieth In his hll ell d cl ics iss 1 mm hen he hew liev w I is ed In ISSO HP lip was ac ten en lor cadet C tn anti smi 1 elected pre president of his hll class clIS d issi The newly ne neI I v midi mide second lieutenant mm lS is to the lie lIln 1 He lie s IW sEt service n us as noun a n oun moung under 11 I I Ison son A Mlles Miles In the Ap Apache Ich Geronimo and 11 Wounded Knee Inee r a lamp Imp impugns Then I he t ht ry t tulles atlee nt at the time of I 1 n fi ilso acting ns as n assistant iii II of In He lie studied low mm uc assigned Ined to to d my wis is ted with honors Hill and to the bar har Mien I lien Ill he was al order 1 I to 11 West est act Point ns as an nn In Instructor Instructor f From rom there he lie was lS dot lIet riled to Buts duh In Cube Cubi sen serving In under Gen Gln enl eril Shifter Sh In thc lie p American Amerlan w r He lie was promoted for at the battle h of Fl rt ne C lIe He nude made n II brilliant record in the Philippines nod led the c In Into into into to Mateo Me before heln put In cam conI the A 1 I 1 E I 1 I mind of Uncle Sim Srn c fortunate Indeed tint Ier Pershing topped his rival dial In the West e for his lis district tract by time Hie lie narrow narro margin of ot that single point t by The l American Alliance |