The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-01-18
A NIGHT WITH FUNSTON.
Hutchinson Boy Writes of a Dashing
Night Ride Under the Allen
County General.
From the Hutchinson News.

From the Hutchinson News.
Lawrence Niece write the News from
San Isidro, Luzon, on December /, as
| follows:
There is detachment of about
wenty men here at San Isidro from A
troop with some new horses which be-
long to the troop. A troop is station
ed about four miles from here at
larrio by the name of Gapan.
Last Wednesday about half past 3
O'Clock the detachment took the horses
out for exercise as usual, when Lieu
tenant Morrison, troop commander,
came along and ordered the sergeant
in charge to send sixteen men and
thirty of the new horses to .Gapan at
once, and for all the men to take two
days. rations in their saddle pockets.
So we packed our saddles, got our
supplies and at o'clock we were on
the road for Gapan. Here we turned
over the fourteen led horses we had
and waited till about dark and then
the whole troop started for a small
town across the river by the name of
Manicling. We reached Manicling
about 9 o'clock and dsmounted and
again had to wait, but not very long
for about $3.50 we heard horses hoofs
cracking and then General Funston,
his staff and about ten mounted scouts
came in view. When we saw him we
were all sure it was nights hike,
and that's what il was. 1t was a fine
moonlight night and very comfortable
till along in the after part of the night
it began to rain. When leaving Man
icing we started out through the rice
fields and then it was rice fields and
! iungles till about o'clock we came TO
the foothills of the mountains. We
travelled around them till about 4
O'Clock. don't know what directions
we did take, it seemed to me that we
kept in circle. But General Funs-
ton knows every trail, | believe in this
whole division. AT o'clock we had
orders to dismount and rest. 1t was
raining and the moon had gone down,
and | was so sleepy | could hardly
hold my head up. | no sooner dis
mounted than | was on the ground
fast asleep holding my torse's rein.
After few moments my horse step
ped on my foot, which aroused me,
and in about half an hour we had
orders to mount up and again the
column was on the move. Most all
the men were hungry, sleepy andt tired.
About 6 O'Clock we heard something
that is a good cure for that tired feel
ing, especially for soldier, the crack
of the Gugu's guns. | was number
four and when the cavalry has orders
to fight on foot the number tours are
designated to hold the horses, but the
troop was soon deployed and in
action. There was IA heavy fire for
about one hour and then the insur-
turned to their mounts found that our
first sergeant and another sergeant
had been wounded, but the first SER
geants wound was slight striking him
in the right shoulder, and the other
sergeant was struck in the left cheek
about one inch to the left of his nose.
| have not learned how severe his
wound is as he was at once taken to
the hospital. There were several in
surgents killed. | saw seven on the
field myself one of whom was an of.
iicer. We captured several guns and
took few prisoners. From one of the
prisoners we learned that there were
about 1870 Gugues with General
TaXan in command. The Americans
numbered about fifty, that is on the
line. We then went into farrio by
the name of Papaya and there had
breakfast in the insurgent generals
quarters. After breakfast we went tC
Penarando; a few miles Off, and from
there back toquarters. General Funs
ton made big circle and came in be-
hind the niggers and as he had eX.
pected, got them mapping. So ended
an all nights hike with our Kansas
general.
This is very nice little pueblo with
a population of 10000. 1t is division
, headquarters, four companies garri
soning il. There is an old Spanish
military prison here, now rebuilt and
used for q United States prison
General Funston has his headquarters
and residence here,