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THE . OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY, 18, ,1920.
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IN
OREGON ANS
RECALL PERSHING
AT NEBRASKA If
i The Now Famous General Then
Began His Military Career as
Commandant of Cadets.
-V John J. Pershing's first military
" command was at the University of
, Nebraska at Lincoln, where, as corn
. mandant of cadets, hln function was
to train young men in the rudiments
of warfare. Many Portland men
were students at that Middle Wei
university when Pershing was sta
tioned there. Hundreds more in Or
egon remember Pershing from their
college days, either as students dur
ing his regime or In the traditions
that are still bandied about the
j campus of Nebraska's premier
i school of learning,
ji. When he took charge, the college mljl
it tary organization Included but four
J' companies. Including about 150 men,
L which were formed Into a battalion. It
js has ' since Increased to regimental pro
j portions.
;', DISCIPLINE IS STRICT
ii Tradition, accentuated by - referuce to
j the "Senior Annual" of 1893, tells of
1- the order PershlnK brought out of the
i. chaos that had prevailed In the military
.If organization before his arrival. The
j' band wits one of his chief "pets." James
ii .f. Hayer, who was a Nebraska student
and who played In the cadet band for
J three years, tells with gusto of the en-
forced discipline the commander put
i upon the musical organization.
' I Previous commandants of cadets, so
j the year-book Intimates, were Just a
trifle lux, not anticipating any wars
j and realizing; that students never would
i have occasion to use the military train-
. J! ing they were receiving. The "lleut."
U however, shattered all these customs
i and it was not Ioiik before the battalion
j-took on a snap and zip It had never
p known.
i; PERSHING RIFLES FORMED
So eager did soma of the students be
;! come for more military training than
5; the three hours a week requircjl by the
; university, that they qrganteed the
: "Pershing: rifles." an indepefrfient mill
,' tary company that Is .still In existence
I' In Lincoln. "Lieutenant" ' Pershing
j commanded this personally in the early
' days of Its organization, but later it
, !j was commanded by officers elected by
!; the company membership. This coin-:-
pany was formerly commanded by
! Jacob Kanzler, Judge of the court of
I domestic relations In F'ortland. who had
won several medals for proficiency in
L military drill.
Amonir oilier members of the Rifles
now living in Portland are Fred C.
r Cooley. Lewis P. Hewitt. Theodore
i-rHeivitt and lrn I,. RipKs. These will
nil fMViinv a Whrnulin luKIa at tinlirht'a
nL neverai oiner former I niver-
UWsity of Nebraska men are also txcected
j' at the feast.
HA I) MILITARY LEADERSHIP
With the small beginning of military
leadership, Pershing's career waa, fairly
f well launched when the Spanish-Amer-,
I nLlf: he -a.-sentioTurV upon Qrahin7"at
- the rnlllppines Pershing was succeeded Portland Sunday that he consent, while
1 fl the university hy one or two .off leers ! en route rrom Portland to San Fran
immediately prior to the war aiid then!cise Thursday, to leave the train at
by Captain htotsenburg. who later re- Medford, make a few minutes' address
nigneil h,s commission In the regular! .to the service men of Jackson county
j army to become a colonel in the First , and then be hurried in an auto by the
t. Nebraska volunteers. Colonel Ktoten- i post to Ashland in time again to board
burg was one of the first vicUms of ' the train
Scientific Eye
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Onr OphthklmoMHine nd Rstinoncoe Is one of the most nelentiftc
Ttfrtntlng- inatrumentx In the world. With this Initrument we
are mantrra of the attuaticn. No cnesa-work. no mi&UUe the
eye hu been fitted with the right glanses.
You Are Requested to Apply the Follow
ing Tests to Your Eyes and Report the
Results to Us:
Do you see objects through a haze?
Does the atmosphere seem smoky or foggy?
Do spots or specks dance before the eyes?
Do you see more clearly some days than others?
Do you see-better sidewise than straight for
ward? Do you see better in the evening or just 'after
sundown than at midday?
Docs a candle or street lamp seem expanded
into large flame?
Does a lamp or electric light seem to have a halo
ahout it?
Do luminous objects, like the moon, seem mul
tiplied? One Charge Covers the Entire Coat of
Examination, Glasses. Frames
Complete Lens Grinding Factory on
Premises
r
SAVE YOUR EYES
Thompson Optical Institute
Eyesight SoeeialiatM
Portland's Largest,
Equipped, Exclusive
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SINCE 1908
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Filipino treachery and he fell with a
bullet through the heart as he was lead
ing the Nebraska boys across a field
that was riven with enemy fire.
One of revenge for the death of their
leader, the Nebraskans, among whom
were hundreds of university men who
had been trained by Pershing, took the
field by storm and virtually annihilated
the force opposite. Stotsenburg's body
was brought home and it received all the
honor the state could confer.
Weisendanger Will
Tell Boys How to
Halt Forest Fires
How Boy Scouts can aid in preventing
forest fires will be explained to the
boys of the Brooklyn distriet by Forest
Ranger Albert Weisendanger of the
United States forest service at the
Brooklyn school Monday night. Weis
endanger will illustrate his talk, using
a hundred lantern slides.
The lecture will be under the auspices
of Scout troop 82, which meets at the
Brooklyn school.
Medford Legion to
Seek Pershing Visit:
Medford,' -Jan. 17. Emissaries of the
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FIRST MILITARY
Aboe I'nivcrsily of Nebraska cadet battalion, commanded by Perching
in 1893, Below Pershing as a second lieutenant of cavalry when he
uas at university at Lincoln.
Life Story of America's
Army Commander, Who
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GKNKKAL, JOHN
ing. who is Port:
JOSEPH PERSH-I
land s nonorea guest
today, was born in Linn county Missouri,
September 13. 1S60. While preparing at
Kirksville (Mo.) Normal school to be
come a teacher, he was attracted by the
announcement of an examination for en
trance to the United States Military
academy. He took the examination, was
successful, and, after graduating from
the normal school with an A. B. degree.
entered West Point. He was graduated September 20. 1906. he was appointed
from the academy in 1SS6 at the age of 1 general and was soon ordered to the
25. On receiving his commission he was ! Philippines to be commander of the de
assigned to the Sixth cavalry, which partment of Mindanao and governor of
was engaged in a campaign against the . !he Moros. On his return to the United
Apache Indians. The knowledge of In- states he was placed in command of
dian fighting . which Pershing gained j the Kighth brigade at the Presidio of
while serving under General Nelson A. ' San Francisco and remained there until
; Miles, who commanded the expedition,
j caused him to be sent to the Dakotas to
; command the Sioux scouts in the cam-
i paign to quell the Sioux Indians. His
' ndvi naaiorn trm art n a a rv ilitopi- inL'IrllrtAI1
a . nfoiSmucin c 11. .... j ...wv.
at the University of Nebraska, and while
there. October 20. he received his
commission as first lieutenant. At the
University of ."Nebraska t'ersmng con-
tinued his law work and received the de
gree of LL. B. in 1893.
IN CUBA AND PHILIPPINES
He was on duty at the military acad
emy when the war with Spain broke out.
Pershing was on duty with the head
quarters of the army in the campaign
against Santiago. On his return to the
United States he was made major of
ordnance in the volunteers. He revert-
ed to his rank in the regular service
June 30. 1901. His next detail was to
destined to spend eight years of his life
and make a record which brought him
fame in later years.
February 2, 1910, he received his cap-
tain's commission, and as Captain
Pershing he participated in many mili-
tary operations against the Moros in
Central Mindanao. On his return to
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O'Neil, traveling passenger agent of the
O-W., who met the general and his party
at Huntington, and William McMurray,
general passenger agent, who is meet
ing the train at The Dalles.
THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE
' The main reception committee will
meet at the Oregon building at 11
o'clock, secure official reception commit
tee badges and automobile assignments
and proceed directly to the Union sta
tion. Upon the official committee are
the following named men :
Mayor Baker, H. B. Van Duzer, presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce ; Ma
jor J, F. Morrison, commander in chief
of Camp Lewis ; Colonels Koester and
Dowd. commanders respectively of Van-
i cotrver Barracks and Fort Stevens ;
Chaplain William S. Gilbert of Astoria;
Colonels Creed Hammond and C. E.
Dentler of the National . Guard ; Adju
j tant General Conrad Stafrin. Judge C
H. Carey, chairman of the entertain
ment committee ; Casslus R. Peck, pres
' ident of the American Legion In ' Ore
: gon : heads of various patriotic organ
- izationa and former friends and col
eagues. . With an official and semi-formal re
8pUou ofbrieX duration &X the Union
PERSHING S
WELCOM
COMMAND
the United States in 1903 he served on
1 tne
general staff In Washington.
His next appointment was military at
tache to the American embassy in Japa'.,,
and while there he served as military
observer with the Japanese army in
Manchuria. This detail gave General
Pershing his opportunity to see large
armies in operation.
BECOMKS BRIGADIER GENERAL
1 the Mexican trouble started and he was
ordered to the border. In March, 1916,
; he commanded the punitive expedition
; into Mexico to capture the bandit Villa.
ll: : & a :-. . t
(JiiS apiKjiuLmeni ;is ma.jur gcntra-i wius
j made September 23, 1916.
The United Stnte rlri-lnratlnn nf war
j against Germany was followed by the
i announcement May 26. 1917, that Major
General John J. Pershing would be com-
mander-in-chief of the American expe
ditionary forces. He arrived In England
June 9. 1917, and went to France four
days later. He at once started the or
ganization of the array that was to fol
low him, and his work In organization
and command was recognized by his
promotion 10 general on wciouer o, mil.
AN INSPIRING COMMANDER
General John J. Pershine is a corn-
mander after the .hearts of the dough -
j stji) lnat which is known among our
j new armies as "the spirit." It is the
i spirjt whicfTalways makes good soldiers
of refractory material. It is the spirit
I which almost bursts the bosoms of the
j sentries at "retre'at" when they fondly
j watch the colors hauled down and listen
to the last faint notes of our bugles.
station, the reception committee. Gen
eral Pershing and his staff will go to
awaiting automobiles.
GENERAL PERSHING'S STAFF
Members of Pershing's staff are as
follows: Brigadier-Generals Fox Con
ner. George Van Horn Moseley and Ma
lln Craig. Colonels George C. Martin Jr.,
R. H. Williams, John G. Quekemeyer
and Henry Beeukes, Lieutenant Colonel
Edwin Bowditch Jr., Captain J. T.
Schneider and one secretary.
With a minimum of formality an es
cort or parade will form on Sixth
street about 12:45 o'clock. A company
of veteran policemen will lead the col
umn, which will march south on Sixth
Btreet to Washington, to' Third, to Mor
rison, to Broadway, to Washington, to
Eleventh and to the Armory.
Following the police company will be
! the Red Cross band and a battalion of
the Oregon national guard under com-
mand of J. Francis Drake.
The general's automobile and personal
foot guard of non-commissioned officers
from the army, navy and marine corps
will be next in line and he will be fol
lowed by a dozen more automobiles con
taining the general's retinue, guests of
! honor and the reception committee.
GOES TO THE ARMORY
At the end of the march at the Armory
the companies will form at attention as
the general passes. The southeast door
of the building will be used as the en
trance for the distinguished guest, his
retinue and the members of the recep
tion committee.
Only veteran of former wars will be
admitted to the Armory. This meeting
w as arranged at the iecial request of
PERSHING FOUGHT
FOR
SPIERS
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WAGED WAR FOR US
General Wins Allied Command to
Plea to Allow American Boys
to Fight With Own Officers.
By Ed C. Lapping
A soldier anS a man that's John
Pershing, commander In chief of
America's greatest expeditionary
force, who comes to Portland today.
Perhaps the people on the sidelines,
so far from war activity In 1917 and
1918, hav never heard the remarkable
story of Pershing's fight for American
independence in the German war cam
paign. And. perhaps, too, they have re
garded him as a sort of automatic
soldier, bound by an accumulation of
war department red tape.
The war department early In 1917 put
Pershlnsr on a transport headed for
France. To him was given the task of
directing the millions of Yanks yet to
come.
LEFT TO PER8HISG
Does America know that when Per
shing left America for France the war
department had 410 fUed idea of what a
division should consist? To Pershing was
left the question of how much Infantry,
how much artillery and how much of the
many uu.er u...v;,1CB u.
be requh-ed to compose the most efficient!
large fighting unit.
A ad the decision was made on the
transport ! Before Pershing and his small
staff debarked they had planned the di
vision so well that never during the
many succeeding months was it neces
sary to greatly alter the structure.
NOT MERE CHANCE
It was not accident that the Ameri
cans pinched off the St. Mihiel salient
and thereby won allied plaudits. It
was not accident that the marines and
the infantry repulsed the German at
tack at Chateau-Thierry. Nor did the
Meuse-Argonne campaign "just happen."
All these campaigns were made possi
ble because Johnny Pershing, Yankee,
told the British and the French that
America's sons came to fight under their
own commanders, and not to fill in
the depleted ranks of the Tommies and
the Poilus.
The first Americans across were put
under British command. Then the
French received some, for "instruction
purposes."
HIS PLEA WINS
The, theory was that a trench filled
alternately with Yanks and Frenchmen,
or British and Yanks, would frive two
fold benefits. First, the French and
British morale would be stimulated by
ever-increasing numbers of new men ;
second, the Americans would gain valu
able lessons in fighting from their com
rades. But as months went by. the Germans
seemed to grow stronger. The allies
became fagged. Their back was to the
wall.
Pershing saw his chance.
"Give the Americans command of
their own men," he said.
The allies were not so Inclined. Put
Pershing went here and there with his
plea. Finally he Avon.
4TANKS SHOWED 'EM
An so in the summer of 1918. the
Americans were guided by their own of
ficers. The supreme command trans
mitted orders to Pershing, and he trans
mitted them to his subordinates.
The first American stroke was not
made for strategic reasons. It was done
for pyscologlcal reasons. It was staked
lo show the allies that the Yanks could
ar.d would fight.
Cambral cost many American lives.
But it saved many more. For it showed
the British and the French fhat the
Americans were brave, that they could
stand alone.
GO TO SEE FIGHT
And when the St. Mihiel offensive
arrived, so astonished at American
prowess were the French that tney
ru.shed truckloads of their officers and
soldiers to see the Yanks fight.
For Pershing had won. He had shown
the supreme command that Americans
under American direction would fight
fiercely and constantly.
"The French sent officers and men
to the St. Mihiel sector to prove to
their men that trenches could be taken,
that oarbed wire entanglements could be
surmounted, without a 10 months' heavy
: artillery preparation," General Connors,
chief of the division of operations, de
clared. AT LAST RECOGNIZED
After that, Pershing was recognized
as more or less of a military genius.
i The French and the British admired
I him. For he knew the American soldier,
' and he was man enough to fight for
! American recognition and American
command.
He isn't an automatic soldier, this
man whom many call the most military
1 appearing of all allied generals. He's
solder ajid a man.
the general who will deliver a brief
message to those assembled.
The east door of the building will be
used for entrance and will be open at i
12 :15 o'clock. Musical selections will be j
provided by the Oregon Marine band j
through the courtesy of Eric V. Hauser,
until the arrival of the official party'
which wtll occupy The east gallery. j
At the conclusion of the address at j
the Armory, Pershing will go directly to !
his headquarters at the Multnomah ho- j
tel. probably about 2 :30 to rest until 6
o'clock. The desire has been expressed
by several local organizations for res-
ervation of epecial allotments of the gen- j
eral's time during the afternoon. !
Colonel Hammond, Spanish-American
and world war veteran, will preside at
the meeting at the Armory and will in
troduce Pershing.
BANQUET AT O'CLOCK
Most pretentious of all the features of
the entertainment of General Pershing
in Portland will be the banquet which
will be served In his honor in the main ;
dining hall of the Chamber of Com- j
merce beginning at 6 o'clock.
Reservations had been made for all
but 50 of the 450 covers to be laid, and
a special secretary will be xiiaced on
the seventh floor of the Oregon build
ing at 10 o'clock this morning to ar
range reservations for additional guests.
Special decorations and special music
will be features of the chamber's banquet.
The dining hall has been transformed
and special caterers have been engaged
to serve an elaborate menu.
H. B. Van Duzer, president of the
chamber, will preside at the banquet
and introduce Pershing for a brief ad
dress. A special " table has been ar
ranged for the Pertlanders who were
former students of the University of
Nebraska and members of the ' cadet
corps, when Pershing was commandant
of the drill squads.
The chamber banquet, will be for a
mixed attendance. Arrangements have
been In . charge of Kurt Koehler, ' and :
the musical program will be rendered
under the direction of George K. Jf
fery. The reception to be given by the pub
lic will be held In The Auditorium at
o'clock. Those desiring seats will have
to go early, as no seats will be re
served ta the main part of the build
ing. The doors will open at o'clock.
Ushering will be done by regular sol
diers and police.
STAGE SEATS RESEATED
Seats on the stage will be reserved
for representatives of various war or
ganizations," members of; the reception
committee and those who attend the
banquet at the Chamber of Commerce.
Preliminary musical features have
been arranged for the reception at The
Auditorium. William R. Boone will give
several selections on th-s organ, the Red
Cross band will carry out a program
of musical numbers and Walter Jenkins
will lead community singing.
Mayor Baker will preside at this meet
ing and Major W. S. Gilbert, senior
chaplain of the First army, will. In
troduce Pershing, who will give a brief
address.
Prior to the address little Jean Aber-
crombie, daughter of Captain Charles
H. Abercrombie, who lost his life In
the battle of the 'Argonne, will present
the general with the new Portland rose
"Columbia," lent for the occasion through
the courtesy of J. A. Currey and Martin
A Forbes.
LEAVES AT 11 TOXIGHT
The entire party will leave for Seattle
at 11 o'clock. After a three-day inspec
tion through the state of Washington,
Pershing will return through Portland
Wednesday en route to California.
The purpose of Pershing's trip to the
coast is to inspect military cantonments.
Where .amenable, special stops are being
made in the. larger cities. The present
itinerary was arranged by the war de
partment and started at Camp Grant,
1 Rockford, III., January 6.
i Since that date he has visited all the
principal camps and fields in the central
. ,u , , 1K .
and northern part of the Middle West.
Salt Lake City was the last place vis
ited, he having been there on Friday.
The itinerary Is to be concluded at New
Orleans, February 14.
STEVENS OLD CLASSMATE
Colonel G. W. S. Stevens, commander
of recruiting in Oregon and a classmate
of Pershing's at West Point, la chalr
manof the committee on recepUon and
escort. Ira L. R-iggs had charge of the
arrangements for decorations and The
Auditorium meeting was arranged by
Hal M. White and Marshall X. Dana.
-Numerous otner puduc spirited men
have cooperated in planning for the
entertainment.
The request has been made to have
Pershing speak at the White Tempi
Sunday night, together with General
Xzgapetian. In behalf of Armenian and
Syrian relief work. A telegram was
sent to the general this morning and
if possible, arrangements will be made
to have him speak at the church be
tween the conclusion of the banquet at
the chamber and the opening of the
reception at The Auditorium.
Eed Cross Donates
To Quake Victims
Washington. Jan. 17. (I. N. S.) The
sum of $10,000 today was appropriated
by the American Red cross from It
disaster relief fund for the Immediate
relief of the victims of the recent Mex
ican earthquake.
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Jean Abereromble, daughter of Captain Charles II. Aberrromhle who fell
in baUle, and the cluster of new roses. "Columblw," she will present 10
General Jershing tonight.
For a moment tonight at The Audi
torium a 6-year-old girl will hold the
center of the stage and command the
undivided attention of General John J.
Pershing.
Little Jean Abercrombie will present
to the man who commanded America's
army In France a Portland rose. In
fact she will present a whole cluster
of Portland roses tied with a ribbon of
silk which the famous soldier will want
to keep because of what Is written on it.
The tiny girl has won the unusual
distinction because she Is the daughter
of a Portland man who gave his life
fighting for world freedom In France.
Her father was Captain Charles II.
of Unusual Merit
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Abercrombie, whose death resulted from
high explosive shell wounds received
during the second day of the battle of
the Argonne.
The rosea which she will plaeo In tho
hands of General Pershing possess their
own distinction. By happy coincidence
the Judp.es of the international contest
at the Portland rose teat gardeng choso
today as the time to announce the world
champion rose. It Is the Columbla,,
and exquisite flower, and through tha
cooperation of J. A. Currey and Clark
Brothers of the Portland Rose society.
General Pershing will receive a bou
quet which cannot be excelled In beauty
In all the world.
My Store Closes
Every Day
at 6 o'clock
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