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Collection Reference Number GLC04460
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1910s 
Title Appointment of John J. Pershing to Major General
Date 20 December 1916
Author Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)  
Document Type Government document; Military document
Content Description Countersigned by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. Stamp indicating receipt by the Adjutant General's office 6 January 1917 and signed by H.P. Milam. Dated when Pershing commanded the punitive expedition against Pancho Villa. Includes paper seal.
Subjects Military History  President  Government and Civics  Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  Rebellion  Latin and South America  
People Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)  Baker, Newton Diehl (1871-1937)  Pershing, John J. (1860-1948)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme World War I; Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945