XV FOURTH OF JULY IN FRANCE AND BASTILE DAY IN AMERICA 193

XVI INCIDENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS 203

XVII WHAT OTHERS THINK OF HIM 225

XVIII AS A WRITER AND SPEAKER 238

XIX THE MAN BEHIND THE GENERAL 242

XX HIS MILITARY RECORD 257

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE

GENERAL PERSHING _Frontispiece_

THE HOME OF THE PERSHINGS, LACLEDE, MISSOURI 10

GENERAL PERSHING AS A BOY 22

THE CHURCH THE PERSHINGS ATTENDED AT LACLEDE 28

THE PRAIRIE MOUND SCHOOL 28

THE HIGHLAND MILITARY ACADEMY 34

UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT, N. Y. 34

COL. HUSE, "SPLENDID OLD CALEB" 40

KIRKSVILLE, MO., STATE NORMAL SCHOOL 40

THE LIEUTENANT IN THE FAMILY 46

GENERAL FOCH AND GENERAL PERSHING 254

THE STORY OF GENERAL PERSHING

CHAPTER I

A HISTORIC MOMENT

THE morning of June 13, 1917, was one of the historic mornings in the
history of the world. On the landing dock at Boulogne, France, a
detachment of French infantry was drawn up in line. The men were clad in
the uniform of battle. Their faces confirmed the report that recently
they had seen hard service in the trenches--as they had. Not a young
soldier was in the lines--they were all middle-aged men, perhaps made
older by the fearful experiences through which they recently had
passed. This morning, however, there was an air of eagerness and
expectancy in the expressions on their faces; and the eyes of all, with
an intentness that was at once pathetic and tragic, were watching a boat
that was drawing near the landing stage.

In the assembly on the dock an observer would have seen certain of the
great men of France. There were Brigadier General Pelletier; Rene
Bernard, Under Secretary of State for War; General Dumas; General Dupon,
representing General Petain; and the military governor of Boulogne.
Representatives of other nations and forces also were in the midst of
the eager throng. There, too, were Sir George Fowke, representing
General