Arizona republican., 1901-04-07

! with relish, and is the only member of | the expedition who came out of the terrible valley alive and in good health.
 In 1892 he went to Alaska to gather botanical specimens for the govern ment. The following WINTER year he went back and [ FULL OF wlntered under the arc ADVENTURE tic circle. on one Occa- IN ALASKA. sion covering 900 miles on snow-shoes in the night of the far north. In an open ca went down the Porcupine river to the Yukon, and thence to Behring sea, cov- ering about 1,500 miles.
 ! When he returned to civilization he struck south. and spent few profitless months trying to grow coffee in Central America Then the Cubans revolted in | 1895, and Funston joined the insurgents, reaching the island with flibustering expedition on the famous steamer Dauntless. His inborn qualities as a fighter and his reckless defiance of peril were appreciated by the Cubans, and he rose from lieutenant to lieutenant colonel and chief of artillery.
 Prior to that he had been second in command. under Osgood. the University of Pennsylvania man. who lost his life in the cause of Cuban independence. This was at Guimaro, in October, 1896. Funston immediately took command and led a charges which drove the Spanish from their trenches. At Bays- mo he fought until three times wourd- ed and then remained out of the active campaign lust long enough to get on his feet again. At Las Tunas he man aged the first dynamite gun ever used in actual war, with only the print"d ii- fighting there his horse was shol and fell on him, injurng his hips.
 Chiefly because the Cubans were ex- ecutng prisoners Funston resigned, af- ter participating in twenty-two engage ments and made his way to the coast. The Spaniards allowed him to retuIn to the United States. Broken by fever ard wounds he had to spaGj three weeks in the hospital, anl got out weighing ninety pounds.
 When the United States declared war on Spain Funston delightedly offered his services to the United States and was allowed to raise the Twentieth Kansas regiment. They did not get to Cuba, but to the joy of the Colonel were ordered to the Philippines when the trouble began there.
 The Twentieth Kansas lost no time in making their presence felt. In the fu- rious campaign that ended in the cap ture of Malolos the American forces were annoyed one day by steady fire from across the river Funston called for volunteers to drive the enemy back and twenty of his men joined him in hurry They put their rifles on hast fly built raft and swam the stream, pushing it ahead of them. all the time under fire from the Filiplnos. Reach ing the opposite bank, the Kansans seized their rifles. and rushed, yelling. at the insurgent trenches. They cap tured eighty of the little brown men and scattered the rest
 A similar exploit was carried through
 Rio Grande river. Pri- | RECOGNI- yates White and Trem- TION FROM ley swan the stream GENERAL with d rope and made it 1, MAC AR fast. Funston and fifty | THUR. men then pulled them- |
 selves across on the | rafts and drove the insurgents from their position. This made the bridge a half mile away safe, and the main | force of the Americans were able to | cross and complete the rout.
 In recognition of these deeds. Colonel | Funston was promoted to brigadier | general on May 3,1S99 General Otis | recommended the appointment in the | following dispatch
 "MacArthur strongly recommends | Funston's appointment brigadier gen. eral for signal skill and gallantry in | crossing Rio Grande river, and most gallant services since commencement of the war. I urge appointment. Fun ston able as leader of men and has | earned recognition"
 For another estimate of him one might question the men of his old reg iment. The dispatches say that after he had led them to Calumpit, they 'cheered him crazily." This indicates the enthusiastic regard of soldiers who