woman and child in their numbers and also made him a judge as well as a
ruler over them.

In his quiet, efficient, modest manner General Pershing in a larger way
had manifested the same qualities that had marked the lad at Laclede,
the student at West Point, and the young lieutenant leading his black
troops in Cuba. To-day all Americans are proud as well as pleased that
there were leaders able to recognize, and brave enough to reward, the
services of a soldier who had filled with honor every position to which
he had been assigned.

In the reports to the War Department there are many interesting
incidents descriptive of the daring and labors of General Pershing, who
was not only in command of the troops, but also, as has been said, the
military governor of the Province of Mindanao. In his own reports there
are general as well as specific recommendations and the directness with
which he states what to him appear to be needful for the good of the
Filipinos as well as of the American troops, is marked.

[From the Report of June 30, 1910.]

To the Adjutant-General of the United States Army:

To keep down the lawless element among the Moros
and pagan tribes a relatively large force must be
maintained in this department. We have now
occupied these Islands long enough to determine
quite definitely where such posts should be
located. There should be a regiment post on the
Island of Jolo, a brigade post in the Lake Lanoa
division and the regimental post in some point in
the vicinity of Zamboanga, besides smaller posts
at Fort Overton and Malabang.

Jolo is the strategical site for the post in the
Sulu Archipelago. From there any point in the
Island can be quickly reached and the other
islands of the Sulu group can be easily
controlled. It possesses a good harbor and is
otherwise well situated as a military station.
Mounted troops can go anywhere on the Island and
they exert more influence over the Moros than
dismounted troops.

The Lake Lanoa Moros are turbulent and unruly and
the presence of a relatively large force in that
region will be required for years to come. The
shores of Lake Lanoa afford a very desirable place
for a military post. The country i