| Show fo the T boyhood of famous t americans rv gen john J pershing 1 v the competitive for 4 itei point was on orl it was i a close contest conte two of ohp can talk T the be kit nourt coo foa gressman C conducting 0 n the th cz el for or his district had a hard time grading thorn then 4 finally be do ceded that cad of the two leaden leaders rated jut just one point better limn ilion i other 4 lie named john josepa per thing ai to the inner ano and appointed 0 t him as a cadet to tho the united states unitary tary academy it we was by b narrow marcin 5 that uncle barn sam obtained the g gen n cral alia fia woo a to command the greatest enned hoot over ever raised lo 10 abo jotted united stotts and to lead leadia to victory with the lie allies to in at he greatest war ar in the world I 1 hastorf hi fit no lilon nurtured from rum early boyhood prompted john to seek admission to west point ho ile had no set ideal ideas on becoming a S soldier when be as a a little fel let 1 low in fait fati lie he wan was headed for a career ai as a 1 teacher or a lawyer and was as a student in the K rosville ville normal school when ulten he won on the w appointment to the military acad cad emy he lie saw aw Ms his congress mias notice of the he examination in a Dews poper and aele his liter sister who nna as aleo also tending lat the lie Kirks kirksville ville school if it she he would dlee him film to try the he besl mie site bould site lie told old him thi this coincided alb his hi own idem ideas on die the subject to 0 o his military career may be eald said to have tind had iti its first impious in fit reading of a Cot cotteral pershing walt at bom brim ta in ISM at I 1 abede ta mo i a hamlet of some OWL hiie father hose ancestors nad nod come from rom alboum hail had the gearil ten r etore store at tt laclede anil and niso also owned i a farm on the outskirts of the town the future commander of the A 6 F i was wn the oldest of six alx lx children ile ie assumed 4 responsibility tn in helping to care for them the Ic Iler aning pent spent consId emble time on 0 the farm form john developed into a it capable worker in the lite fields even is as a boy rhe outdoor ife lite and nd exercise made him a upstanding and i vigorous youth he lie was known as a good fighter when be h had to use us big hl bt oslo but tint he wai was never one to co go out looking for lii la lie ile could ride horseback dab wim SWIM and bunt when be nai was a lit tie tle shaver such stich tra trailing dial ml toll to the lot of all boyd bo in the west I 1 to I 1 I 1 bhoge days film III mother taught M him M hie his first book lemons end rod instilled in filth lie the desire for a pod edu jt cation if it he a student he as a conscientious one and stood odi viell in his clam pupil of the lite laclede day days can recall that aher johl job pershing had a problem to solve he corked at it at 8 until be had the correct lins lAer f 1 hele he h wi via quiet as a boy he was wa full of fun un and enjoyed play frig in rink the youngster ot of bis his own age before lefon he entered meted the normal school be taught for two ferins at prairie hound a few miles distant from laclede he lie was wa eighteen at the time soa some of his pupils were older than thin thai thal one day be he bad to chastise an on un r ay iy pupil the lad a father well 1 six all feet tall and big in to pro pt TIC jo jon speared vp p eared the next day to jell AD g Is faction of the leg teacher elier he ile had a fun un in bis his pocket ill ili stoked about and roared first the young teacher tool the daf sun gun from the man wan the be chimil handel I t SL him a 1 sound thrashing thrash lne with X fist big it 11 1111 loang pershing waa was a leader A among the student students at Kirks kirksville ville lie ile wa was equally prominent at west point they V t 9 the satorv that when a group of baiera tried to put the new ew cadet through the be thrashed two of soundly eo lie was selous eel joas persistent a and ali dete determined mIned in his efforts to become an eicel excellent lent soldier during his IN la dent days at of the military academy he lie made a good record la in his studies ranking thirtieth in his hi class when he was wa graduated la in H im re aa was senior cadet captain and was elected president of his Ws class cl tee ile newly made mido second ilea v was assigns to the cava cavalar Irr rr he lie MW saw service ai al a young officer under nelson A miles hilles in the apache pache annj wounded knee campaigns then be he taught military tactics at t the university O 0 of eh s alto acting as ant lle professor brud led of he studied to debska eb was graduated with honors and sad emitted to the lite bar then he be vias as ordered to west well roat as ks an from there be iras was detailed to duty in to cuba serving under general shatter shaft in the span ish american war he ile was promoted ro for bra braer eri at fit the lite dittli of 0 el caney calley lie lando a record in the I 1 and led the 1100 into plexico before idue pat pal in command of the A ill F cocle sam was fortunate indeed that hat jhn jho pershing Pers bing topped his rival in the west point competitive ll 11 In tillon for his dl district strict by the darrow ni norgin irgin of tha that t eingle single point A 0 list WPM north america Am trica i t w no nova anra cai |
