The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-05-05
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Phtl9delpha North Amer can: Col !
nnel Funston of the Twentieth Kan
sas, writing from Manila, says he
hopes Uncle San will apply the chas-
tening rod 10 the FiliFinos until
they come into the reservation and
promise To be good lpieNs.' The fig
are is good, and as the dashing Fun
ston seems to be something of chas-
tener hiusef, let htyL keep up the
good work.
STAR Attention X called to the fact
by the wav, that none of the letters
from the Kansas GUys in the Philip-
pines say anything about wanting To
come home.
STAR The Kansas volunteers in the
Philippines are not forgetting the
state motto Ia rough tri tls to the
stars.
Star: All good Americans take Off
their hats to Colonel Fred Funston
and the Twentieth Kansas volunteers,
the bravcst ofthe brave.
CapitaE Kansas is proud of the
fame won by her boys before Caiun-
pit, but tina; is nOmely sounding
name to paint on the scroll OF fame.
Captak Colonel Funston is setting
new precedent III war. In calling
for volunteers for extra hazardous
work he IL always the first To answer
hi. ow.,c,N In this war thu next
nero 10 Dewey j. the nJtle Kansas
COlOnei.
K. {. JcumaE The American people
naturally nave greater admiration for
Il soldier like Colonel Funston than for
a snldigt. like Cblpnpl RrVDu
h. C. Journal With Dewey patroll-
ing the coast and Funston swimming
the rivers, the Filipinos would do well
20 keep away from the watel.
h. C. Times: If David Mulvane
ready WanIs 10 turn political trick
he ought u begin grooming Colonel
Frederick Funston for governor.
K.C Times: +. r. Y. stands for
Fred Fuuston's Volunteers as much
ne 1t does for the other thing these
days.
STAR The gallant Jawk&wkers in
the Philippines are now e2lizlng the
value or their familiarity with Kan
sas not winds.
STAR That is an example OF superb
rivalry mat is going on bet weeu the
NebGaska IN the Philippines
star Colonel Fred Funston and
Colonel Theodore Rensevelt are two
notable contemporary eNemulars of
taxing advantage Of opportunities.
STAR Any news OF vietGcy from
Mauila without mention OF Colonel
Fred Funston would be much like
the play Of Hamlet With HHmlet
left out.
Tacom5, Wash News: Colonel
Funston of Kansas is also a iim dan
dy. Conceal Macarthur sent to ask
MIN how long ne could hold Az eX-
posed position. His answer wa:
Until my regiment IL mustered out. -
Earle: It didn't take as much
courage for Caesar to cross tae EHbi-
con as ii did dOr Fred FunstOa to Cross
the Bag Bag.
Hutchinson UeWs: Every man VITO
ever went to the Kansas state UNI
versitv is Yelling Brock Chalk, Jay
hawk, X. u. Funston
ChanWte Tribune, Somehow it STRIKES
Is that Governor Roosevelt of New
York, must be n formerly of Kan
sas" man aud half brother to
Funston.
Wichita STAR If Jimmie" Funston
had only got his full growth, golly
what scrapper he would have been!
CaptaE If Kipling has fully re-
covered a few verses from him on
Fred Funston swimming the Bag Beg
are in order.
CaUitaE There are two badges of
the late war which will receive honor
anywhere: Those which indicate
that the wearers served i'm the Tween
tieth Kansas or on Dewey's flagship,
the Olympia.
STAR The sight OF the Kansas boys
stampeding the FilipinOs by throw
ing clOds at them was one worth
seeing.
Star Kansas has long been con-
sidered dry state, but it seems to
have afforded sufficient water for
Funston to learn to swim,
Des M0ines, News: It is not
always big men who do thiuga. Col
Funston OF Kansas, whose dashing
exploit in crossing the Bagbsg river
ought to rank with that historical
bridge crossing Of Horatius, weighs
only ninety pounds.
Peoria JouruaE When the Kansas
blys swan the river at Calumpit
they paid no attention to the storm of
bulletA hurled at them. Having
started to cross the river they would
have crossed it in the face of Mis-
souri, cyclone itself
Des Moines state RegisteE Captain
Edmund BoltwOod, one of the handful
of Kansas men who volunteered to
crawl with Colonel Funston across the