Ambassador E & P

General John J. Pershing, U. S. A., retired, will be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for a day. That day, Dec. 9, will be spent 11,600 feet above sea level, at the battlefield of Ayacucho, Peru. He will represent the U. S. at the official centenary of that battle which freed South America of Spanish dominion.

The battle of Ayacucho was fought on Dec. 9, 1824, between Spanish forces and an army organized by the great Bolivar but led at the time by the patriot General Sucre. The victory went to the revolutionists and today Peruvians regard the battle much as U. S. citizens regard the battle of Yorktown.