Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-30 | Page 49 | Pershing 'Only Member of Bar Who Knows No Las.' He Tells Attorney

Pershing Only Oy Member of Bar Who KnO Knows VB No Law Law LawHe He Tells Attorney OMAHA Neb Dec 23 29 AP ArGeneral Ar- Ar General John J. J stepped from the role of ot ota ofu a soldier last night i when he ho spoke before the annual meeting o of the N Nebraska braska Bar B-ar as assocIation association association as- as here In l accepting an honorary life membership conferred upon him bUn by tho association yesterday he classIfied class class I classified fried himself as the only member of ot the bar who knows no law The general spoke affectionately of ot Iii hIs ex experience as a law v student at the tho University of Nebraska in Ia 1892 and 1893 Several times I planned to the army array and begin active practice of law but I never never never- got so far as asto asto asto to handle my first first- case h ha ho said On each of of these those occasions when I decided in favor of the legal professIon profession pro pro- something of ot unusual Interest interest inter Inter- interest est developed in connection with my military work and kept my at attention attention at at- on n the arm army General Pershing's speech was made at the annual banquet which closed th the bars bar's two day convention convention conven conven- tion last lasts night He reminded his listeners that tha each leach American lawyer with alother all al other American citizens is Is a a possible possible pos pos' sible soldier It-is It 11 Js fitting he lie c that we should not pot forget that It i is not so long ago that this nation was called upon to to raise an in n army o of nearly men No one cantell can cantell cantell tell when we may find It necessary to assemble another such army in defense of of American rights