Eastern New Mexico University had over 4,300 students and 700 faculty and staff in 2008. The population density of the city of Portales in 2000 was 1,624.9 people per square mile (627.4/kmÂ²). There were 4,862 housing units at an average density of 709.7 per square mile (274.0/kmÂ²).
Last Updated: John J. Pershing, in full John Joseph Pershing, byname Black Jack (born September 13, 1860, Laclede, Missouri, U.S.âdied July 15, 1948, Washington, D.C.), U.S. Army general who commanded the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in Europe during World War I.
General John J. Pershing, the commander of the newly designated American Expeditionary Forces, arrived in Paris in June 1917, two months after the United States entered the war.age 22. A perusal of the volumes of Military Operations in the Official History of the American Expeditionary Forces impresses the reader with just how far the organization progressed in its capabilities and efficiency in a relatively short time.