The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-04
DUE TO FUNSTON
Lieut. Pratt Tells Why Twen-
tieth Kansas Won Honor.
ALWAYS WANTED 0FIGHT
Says FiIipinOs Make Good
Clerks and StenOgraphers.

Mr.. Chauncey S. Pratt Of this city,
who was an officer in the Twentieth Kan
sas, has just received an appointment as
first lieutenant and battalion adjutant Of
the Second battalion, Second regiment
K. n. c. Major W W. Minick has COM
mand of this battalion, and Mr.. Pratt
will be attached to his staff.
Mr.. Pratt has a fine record in the
Fighting Twentieth. When the regiment
was organized he was appointed a ser
geant. and soon after was made first seq
geant- He took part in all the battles of
the Twentieth and toward the latter part
of their campaign was commissioned as
second lieutenant in Company C.
In reply to a question as to why the
Twentieth made such a splendid record.
Mr.. Pratt said: 'The greatness of the
Kansas regiment was due to one man,
and he was Colonel Funston. There were
as good men in all the other regiments
as in the Twentieth, but they were not
given an equal chance to make a record.
Our regiment was noted for its luck, but
in reality it was not luck at all-it was
the result Of the coloneTs unceasing ef-
fort to get the best positions for his
men. He was a man of interesting per-
sonality and possessed strong personal
magnetism. In addition to these qualities
he always attended strictly to business,
and soon won the good opinion of Cen
eral Macarthur, his commanding officer.
In fact Macarthur held Funston in
such high esteem that when the latter
asked for the most important position he
almost invariably got it And if it had
not been for our colonel the Twentieth
would not have the greatest reputation
made during the war.
There was not a man in the regiment
who would not have done anything that
Funston asked him to do At the cross
ing Of the Rio Grande there were about
$50 men on the river bank. We had a
hve-barreI Hotchkiss in action and were
keeping up a heavy rife fire. There did
not seem to be any way to get acoss,
so the colonel called for two volunteers
to swim across. Every man there was
there stepped forward. OF course Fun
ston had to choose, and as Twembly and
White were standing almost beside him
and were both known to be good men, he
chose them. So it happened that two Of
the most prominent heroes Of the war
were given their opportunities through a
choice made on the spur Of the mo-
ment"
In speaking Of the Philippines. Mr.
Pratt said that they We're a very intelli-
gent race. In the Offices" said Mr..
Pratt nearly all the under positions are
filled by the natives, who serve as stem
ographers. typewriters. clerks and book
keepers. The cashiers in the two most
prominent banks in Manila are both full
blooded FIipinos, and I never heard it
said that they did not ill the positions
creditably."
This is in direct contradiction of the
usual American estimate of the Filipinoj
character but il is true nevertheless:
Mr. Pratt has but recently come to the
city and is engaged in business with NJ
J. Parrot on East Douglas avenue.
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