Savitar . Colonel W. E. Persons, U. , was born in Dadeville, Ala.,June 17, 1878. The Colonelstarted his military career whenbut a youngster, attending GordonMilitary Academy in 1898. Whenthe first call for volunteers in theSpanish-American war was shoutedthroughout the land, Colonel Per-sons, like many of the collegeyouths of 1917, left school to enlistin the army as a private. It was not long before hebecame a non-commissioned officer—to be exact, he was appointed asergeant the second day he was inthe army. He was then appointedtop kick and after six monthsreceived a commission as secondl

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Savitar . Colonel W. E. Persons, U. , was born in Dadeville, Ala.,June 17, 1878. The Colonelstarted his military career whenbut a youngster, attending GordonMilitary Academy in 1898. Whenthe first call for volunteers in theSpanish-American war was shoutedthroughout the land, Colonel Per-sons, like many of the collegeyouths of 1917, left school to enlistin the army as a private. It was not long before hebecame a non-commissioned officer—to be exact, he was appointed asergeant the second day he was inthe army. He was then appointedtop kick and after six monthsreceived a commission as secondlieutenant. Since then he hasgone through all the interveninggrades to that of colonel. Following the Spanish-Ameri-can war he volunteered for activeservice in the Philippines againstAguinaldo, and took an active part in the campaign against the Moros, a Mohammedantribe that occupied the third largest island in the Phil-ippines. Colonel Persons returned to the United Statesafter four years in the Islands

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