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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (103659)	3/20/2006 8:43:15 PM
From: bruiser98	Respond to of 132070

I couldn't pull that up from your link But I could read a copy that Google had cached on Mar 14, 2006 72.14.203.104 Also found a Wikipedia entry that had "Black Jack" Pershing as one of the officers leading the Buffalo Soldiers at San Juan Hill. In looking at Wikipedia's entry on Pershing army.mil a really interesting factoid is how he got the nickname "Black Jack". On October 1, 1895, Pershing was promoted to First Lieutenant and took command of the United States Army's 10th Cavalry Regiment (one of the original Buffalo Soldier regiments), which was comprised of African-American soldiers under white officers. He commanded actions against the Plains Indians and was responsible for deporting a large number of Creek Indians to Canada. While unsympathetic to Native Americans, Pershing was an outspoken advocate of the value of African American soldiers in the U.S. military. In 1897, Pershing became an instructor at West Point where he joined the tactical staff. While at West Point, cadets upset over Pershing's harsh treatment and high standards took to calling him "Nigger Jack" as a reference to his service with the 10th Cavalry. This was softened to "Black Jack" by reporters covering Pershing during World War I.