United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING FIRST LIEUT.. 10th Cav., Oct. 20, 1892. xMajor and Asst. Adj .-General, L ' . S. ' ols., June 6, 1899. At Zanilxiango, P. I., Adj.-General. Dept. of Mindanao, Dec. 24, 1899. (Captain, 1st Cavalry, Feb. 2, ipoi) Act. Eng. Officer, Dept. of .Mindanao, Aug. 9, 1901. Jolo, P. I., Comdg. 1st Sq.. I5th Cav., Oct. 12, 1901. Comdg. Prov. Sq., April, 1902. Comdg. expeditions against Moros, Sept., 1902, Nov., 1902, and Feb., 1903. (Detailed to General Statt. Aug. i;,th, 190J) Chief of Staff, Southwestern Dept., Iinie 2. 1904; at Washington. D. C, Army War College, Oct. 30, l 904; at Tokio, Japan, Military Attache, March 7, 1905. (Brigadier-General, U. S. A., Sept. 20, 1906) At San Francisco, Cal., comdg. Dept. of California, Nov. 3, 1906; at Fort W ' ilham McKinley, P. I., comdg. post, Jan. 3, 1907 ; on special mission to Europe, Aug. 1, 1908; in office of Chief of Staff, Jan. 19, 1909; en route to I ' hiHppines, Oct. 5. 1909; at Zamhoango, P. I., comdg. Dept. of Mindanao, and Governor of Moro Province, Nov. 11, 1909-1913; (comdg. Philipjiines Div., Dec. 2S, 1910) ; at Presido of San Francisco, Cal., comdg. 8th Inf. iSrig., Jan. 14, 1914; comdg. troops Mexican Expedition, March 15. 1916. (Major-General, U. S. A., Sept. 2j, 1916) At El Paso, Texas, comdg. El Paso District, Feb. 7, 1917; comdg. Southern Dept., Feb. 23). 1917; at Washington, D. C, organizing American Expeditionary Forces, May 8, 1917 ; en route to France, May 28, 1917; comdg. A. E. F. in France from June 13, 1917. (General, U. S. A., Oct. 6, 1917) LL. 1j., University of Nebraska, 1893; I.E. D., University of Nebraska, July, 1917; LL. D., L ' niversity of St. Andrews, Scot- land, May, 1919; awarded LJelgian Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, with Croix de Guerre, March 18, 1918; the French Grand Cross of tiie Legion of Honor, Aug. 6, 1918; the British Grand Cross of the Order of the liath, Aug. 12, 1918; the Grand Cordon of the Order of Prince Danilo I of Montenegro, and the Obiiitch Medal of Montenegro, Sept. 25, 1918; received the ItaHan Grand Cross of the Order of St. Maurizio e Lazzaro, Oct. 3, 1918; awarded Distincjiiislted Sen ' ice Medal Oct. 31, 1918, As a token of the gratitude of the .hiicrhan people to the Commander of our Armies in the Held for his distinguished sendees, and in appreciation of the success ivhich our armies hai ' e achieved under his leadership. Received the Japanese Order of tlie Rising Sun, .Nov. ' ), l ' )18; the Croix de Guerre Tchecoslovaciue, Jan. 17, 1919; the ( .reek Order of St. Savoir, Jan. 20, 1919. '