Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Star, September 13, 1919, p. 1. TED JOHNSTON REAL "VET" Bloomington Boy a Warrior Since First Crack of Greaser's Gun. Commanding Company B of Gen. Pershing's composite regiment of famous Yankee Six-Footers, known was "Pershing's Pets," is Capt. Edward S. Johnston, of Bloomington, son of Mrs. H. W. Johnston. "Ted" started his military career at the first crack of a greaser's gun on the Mexican border, and sailed for France in the great war on the same boat with Gen. Pershing. Now he returns with the great general. Members of Battery F of this city tell of an incident during the heavy fighting on the Champagne front in France. From "up amongst 'em" came a litter bearing an officer. The officer was wounded, but he lay half propped up, smoking a long "stogie." It was Ted Johnston. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.