Comments on: Peyton C. March: Greatest Unsung American General of World War I http://www.historynet.com/peyton-c-march-greatest-unsung-american-general-of-world-war-i.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:31:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nick Wood http://www.historynet.com/peyton-c-march-greatest-unsung-american-general-of-world-war-i.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8273 Nick Wood Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:31:52 +0000 #comment-8273 Dave, this reply is from the author: Pershing commented on his days at the Huse School and gave the names of several of his classmates in a letter he wrote in 1911 which was published in a memoir of one of those classmates (at both the Huse School and West Point) Avery D. Andrews, JOHN J. PERSHING: MY FRIEND AND CLASSMATE (1939), p. 75. Frank Vandiver expands on this by adding the first names of those classmates in his BLACK JACK:THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN J. PERSHING Vol 1, p. 23 (1977). As to the questions about new cadet questionnaires and other information about the Huse School, he should write the offical historian at the Military Academy Office of Policy, Planning, and Analysis ATTN: MAOR-H U. S. Military Academy West Point, NY 10996-5000 Dave, this reply is from the author:
Pershing commented on his days at the Huse School and gave the names of several of his classmates in a letter he wrote in 1911 which was published in a memoir of one of those classmates (at both the Huse School and West Point) Avery D. Andrews, JOHN J. PERSHING: MY FRIEND AND CLASSMATE (1939), p. 75. Frank Vandiver expands on this by adding the first names of those classmates in his BLACK JACK:THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN J. PERSHING Vol 1, p. 23 (1977).

As to the questions about new cadet questionnaires and other information about the Huse School, he should write the offical historian at the Military Academy

Office of Policy, Planning, and Analysis
ATTN: MAOR-H
U. S. Military Academy
West Point, NY 10996-5000

]]> By: Dave Stevens http://www.historynet.com/peyton-c-march-greatest-unsung-american-general-of-world-war-i.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3365 Dave Stevens Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:12:29 +0000 #comment-3365 To Whom It May Concern ~ I’m conducting some in-depth “official” research, and require some “official” assistance . . . The statement has been made that Gen Blackjack Pershing received some preliminary “training” at a semi-private, preparatory school run by Caleb Huse in Highland Falls, before entering the academy. According to the statement, “many” such similar, outstanding men attending said school during its twenty years of operation, before successfully entering the academy and making a name for themselves and their country. My question to you (or the historian) is: Who were these so-called “contemporaries” of Gen Pershing? Is it possible to acquire a listing of personnel who attended Mr Huse’s school before entering the academy? Or would The Point even maintain a record of such? Is there a questioneer that entering candidates / cadets have to address where they received prior, “qualifying” training and education? Your attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated. To Whom It May Concern ~

I’m conducting some in-depth “official” research, and require some “official” assistance . . .

The statement has been made that Gen Blackjack Pershing received some preliminary “training” at a semi-private, preparatory school run by Caleb Huse in Highland Falls, before entering the academy. According to the statement, “many” such similar, outstanding men attending said school during its twenty years of operation, before successfully entering the academy and making a name for themselves and their country.

My question to you (or the historian) is: Who were these so-called “contemporaries” of Gen Pershing? Is it possible to acquire a listing of personnel who attended Mr Huse’s school before entering the academy? Or would The Point even maintain a record of such? Is there a questioneer that entering candidates / cadets have to address where they received prior, “qualifying” training and education?

Your attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated.

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