Chapter 21
HIS MILITARY RECORD
THE complete Military Record of General Pershing as it has been kept by the War Department of the United States is here presented. To the facts obtained from this Department are added a few later items, which the Acting Adjutant General kindly has provided.
JOHN J. PERSHING
BORN SEPTEMBER 13, 1860 IN AND APPOINTED FROM MISSOURI.
Cadet Military Academy July 1, 1882 2nd Lt. 6th Cavalry July 1, 1886 1st Lt, 10th Cavalry Oct. 20, 1892 Captain, 1st Cavalry Feb. 2, 1901 Trs. to 15th Cavalry Aug. 20, 1901 Brigadier General Sept. 20, 1906 Accepted Sept. 20, 1906 Major General Sept. 25, 1916 General Oct. 6, 1917
VOLUNTEER SERVICE
Maj. Chief Ord. Officer Aug. 18, 1898 Honorably discharged May 12, 1899 Maj. A. A. G. June 6, 1899 Honorably discharged June 30, 1901
SERVICE
Served with regiment on the frontier from September, 1886 to 1891; Professor of Military Science and Tactics at University of Nebraska, September, 1891 to October, 1895; was Instructor of Tactics at the Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., June, 1897 to May, 1898; served throughout the Santiago Campaign in Cuba, June to August, 1898; on duty in War Department, August, 1898 to September, 1899, when he left for Philippine Islands; served in Philippine Islands until 1903; member General Staff Corps 1903 to 1906; and also Military Attaché at Tokio, Japan; served again in Philippine Islands from 1906 to 1914; commanded Punitive Expedition in Mexico from March, 1916 to February, 1917; commanded Southern Department to May, 1917, and United States Forces in France since that date.
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS
Sioux Indian Campaign, South Dakota, September, 1890 to January, 1891; action near mouth of Little Grass Creek, South Dakota, January 1, 1891; Las Quasimas, Cuba, June 24, 1898; San Juan, Cuba, July 1, 1898, and was recommended by his regimental commander for brevet commission for personal gallantry, untiring energy and faithfulness; and by the brevet board convened that year for the brevet of Captain for gallantry at Santiago de Cuba, July 1, 1898; in the field in Philippine Islands, November, 1900 to March, 1901, against General Capistrano, commander of insurrectionary forces; in command of an expedition against the hostile Moros of Maciu, starting from Camp Vicars, Mindanao, September 18, 1902; action at Gauan, September 18, and Bayabao, September 19, 1902; captured Fort Moro, September 29, 1902, driving the Moros from Maciu Peninsula on that date. He attacked the Moros at Maciu September 30, 1902, capturing their two forts, and returned to Camp Vicars, October 3, 1902; was in action at Bacolod, April 6 to 8, 1903; Calahui, April 9, 1903, and Taraca River, May 4, 1903. He commanded the first military force that ever encircled Lake Lanao; Punitive Expedition in Mexico, 1916 and 1917; and since June, 1917, commanding the Expeditionary Force in France.
An additional statement by the War Department:
John J. Pershing was appointed a Major General in the Regular Army, during a recess of the Senate, on September 25, 1916, with rank from that date. His name was submitted to the Senate on December 15, 1916, for the permanent form of commission, in confirmation of his recess appointment, and the nomination was confirmed on December 16, 1916, the permanent commission being signed on December 20, 1916. He accepted his appointment as Major General on September 30, 1916.
He was appointed General on October 6, 1917, with rank from that date, for the period of the existing emergency, under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved October 6, 1917. He accepted this appointment on October 8, 1917.
Gen. Pershing sailed for Europe on May 28, 1917. Prior to that date a total of 211 officers and 919 enlisted men had embarked from the United States for Europe.
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Transcriber's note:
The frontispiece of General Pershing was taken from the 1920 edition of this book.
"Bastille" spelled "Bastile" throughout the text.
Page 4, "attaches" changed to "attachés" (and civilian attachés)
Page 32, "diagraming" changed to "diagramming" (by each diagramming)
Page 41, "roommate" changed to "room-mate" to match rest of usage (My room-mate, "Lucy")
Page 67, "Sanitago" changed to "Santiago" (harbor of Santiago)
Page 72, "inpenetrable" changed to "impenetrable"
Page 80, "potection" changed to "protection" (protection moving to)
Page 129, period added after Sept (Sept. 7)
Page 130, period added after Sept (Sept. 22)
Page 132, "reconnoissance" changed to "reconnaissance" (conducted a reconnaissance)
Page 158, "cooperation" changed to "coöperation" (all succor or coöperation)
Page 167, "magnificiently" changed to "magnificently" (the magnificently furnished)
Page 197, closing quotation mark added (own--La Marseillaise.'")
Page 205, period added to end of paragraph (upon as typical.)
Page 214, "incapicitated" changed to "incapacitated" (was incapacitated for)
Page 215, "in" changed to "on" (place it on a desk)
Page 220, "wood pile" changed to "woodpile" to match rest of usage (boys at the woodpile)
Page 225, "catagory" changed to "category" (and into one category)
Page 231, "came" changed to "come" (days have come)
Page 234, "Poincare" changed to "Poincaré" (President Poincaré personally)