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.
When the US joined the First World War in defence of liberty it established itself as leader of the free world and shaped the Russian revolution. Crowds cheer US general John Pershing in Paris in 1917 as it is announced that America will join the conflict Photo: GETTY. 4:05PM BST 03 May 2014. When Gen John Pershing arrived with the first American troops in Paris in the summer of 1917, he made a pilgrimage to a sacred site.