Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-12-02
GEN. FUNsroN's SIDE OF IT.
Hs Says the Charges Of Lieut. Callahan
and Others Are Absurd-0ives Some
History Heretofore unpublished.

History Heretofore unpublished.
San Francisco. Nov. 94.-Gen. Fred
erick Funston, who left yesterday for
the Philippines, has been q stanch de-
fender Of Col. Metcalf and reiterates
his charge that Ave officers Of the Kan.
sas regiment were guilty Of cowardice
during the fighting from Manila to San
Fernando. The Kansas general an
nounces that In his opinion former
Lieut.. w. A. Callahan, Of company q,
Ii one of the men.
Regarding the Husky deposition,
charging Col. Metcalf with having
shot a Filipino prisoner while on the
ground begging for mercy, Harold v.
Chambers, of the same company, and
an intimate personal friend Of Husky,
said that Husky signed the statement
while under the influence Of liquor and
that he was coaxed to do SO by Lieut..
Hall. Chambers says that had Husky
been sober he would never have put his
name to the statement and he was not
sure OF the statement being true as II
was.
Gen. Funston took up Lieut.. Calla-
hans record at some critical points and
makes vigorous defense Of his own
and some Of his friends records. In
statement, published by the Examiner,
Gen. Funston gives his views rs fol-
lows:
Callahan missed nearly oil the lighting In
which the regiment took part He sustained q
slight flesh wound In the thigh from glancing
bullet while ut Caloocan. He went back to the
hospital ut Manila and stayed there more than
month. then returned 70 the regiment late In
March, Just before the advance upon Malolos
We had six days OF continuous fighting there,
but Callahan went back 70 Manila after the SEQ.
ond days fighting and said he had kidney trou.
bic. He stayed In Manila for three month";
Callahan says he was In the battle OF Gui.
quinto. He was 30 miles from there At no
time at the battle OF Guiquinto did lie down
except once. and that for ten seconds under
especially furious fire from the enemy Then
was careful TO see that every other officer and
man was under cover before dropped.
Hrrdy. Drysdale and Wiley did swim the
Marilao river ind never claimed credit for It.
Caliahnn's statement as 10 the Rio Grande af-
fair is absurd White and Trembly did swim
was handled. crossed with eight men first,
and In oil Is men were taken over We drove
out $500 insurgents using 200 rounds OF ammu-
milton TO man during the half hours fighting.
Gen. Macarthur and Gen. Wheaton were eye
witnesses TO that fight. They were standing NJ
the freight house 500 yards away on the south
bank OF the river II was upon their report OF
that affair that was made brlgadier general
Al Bagbag river Lieut. Ball, myself and four
enlisted men swan the river under fierce IRE
and we took the intrenchments. Gen. Wheaton
saw that and every man who took part was
recommended for medal OF honor.
But am not through with this AFFAIR yet
know the charges against Mctcalf and Bishop
are desplcable and malicious lies and intend
to prove them such I carry back with me 70
Manila copy Of Donald Thorne's affidavit In
which he accuses Capt Bishop Of emptying his
revolver into tho bodies Of two wounded Fill
pinos. He says this occurred In the rear OF
company II. Now company II occupied the
center OF the line on February 10 ut the battle
OF Caloocan and Bishop was never near there NJ
oil. He was with company ut the extreme
right OF the line
The investigation had ct the time shows that
two enlisted men Of company I, whose names
are In the records a. Washington, shot TWO
Filipino prisoners under Misrepresentation OF
orders. The facts were oil brought out In an
inquiry. which was held ut San Fernando by
Mai ]. S. Mallory, chief inspector Of the Second
division on Gen. MacArthur's stan. Maj NAL
lory's report showed that these two Filiptnos
had been shot by two enlisted men OF the Kan
sas regiment at Caloocan on February 10. They
were killed during the hand-to-hand fighting
which took place at the trenchc, within ~
yards OF the church.
These Filipinos had surrendered TO Capt
Flanders. Of company I. who ordered two OF his
men TO take the prisoners 10 the rear The
Filipinos refused 10 20 and went down on their
knees. begging and gcsticulating. Capt Elan
ders had gone forward with his company ana
while this was going on had sent Capt Bishop,
OF company NJ. over TO see why company was
not keeping up ON the line with the rest OF the
regiment Bishop. 80 tho report says. heard
Flanders tell the two priyates 70 take the Fill
plnos TO the rear. The men were unable TO move
their prisoners and they said 10 Bishop as thetr
company advanced: What shall we dor
Capt Bishop replied: You know your orders:
70 ahead" With that Bishop left the men and
started ahead on the line Of battle He heard
cracks OF rides as he went The names OF the
men who killed the prisoners do not Semem'
Der: they can be had Ut Washington. Capt
Flanders Is now ut Paola, Kan. and Capt
Bishop Is major In the Thirty sixth infantry
IN tue I'niuppiucs-
AS for Col then mnjor) Mctcalf, he was two
rods away from the place Of the killing. Hs
was using his revolver for certainty, rs fast
as he could load and reload IL, but his targets
were the fighting Filipinos In the irenche:
ahead OF him. He was In no way connected
with the shooting Of these prisoners, and h
was never tho subject OF any investigation
Maj. Mallory's report was that there was ne
foundation whatsoever for the story connecting
COL Metcalf with the affair. The original ordci
was u investigate Capt. Bishops part In it
The report said that he was only slightly impii
Gated, through no fault Of his. and that no olam'
attached 10 the men who killed the prisoners
because there had been misunderstanding o.
Capt Bishops orders. He had heard the mer
| told TO take the prisoners TO the rear and haf
supposed his order would be understood 10 en-
force that OF Capt Flanders bur 'es men tool
| Il TO mean that they should k..i the prisoner
because they could not be made TO march TO thu
| rear.
The only order l issued rs TO the killing o.
prisoners was one directing that they should b
shot only In the event OF an attempt 70 escape.
Private Donald Thorne re-enlistcd at Manili
and shall make him prove his afhdnyit, disa
| VOW it or undergo q court-martlal.
know the afidnvit Of Private Harris o. Hus
key, in which he says Col Metcalf shot pris
| orer ut Caloocan. Is untrue. Huskey tried 4
| get the affdayit back, but could not