The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-09
Rather See Thousand Americans
Hanged Than a Dead Soldier.
PEOPLE HERE MURDERERs
Every Man Who Has Fallen Since 1900, Hs
Said, Fell Victim to Misguided and
hlisla:orm.d People Here
In United States.
RI Associated Press.l

NEW YORK, March s.-Brisadier-dcn-
eral frederick Funston was tho guest OF
honor at a dinner given tonight at tho
Lotus CLUB. More than SEQ members OK
the club were present
General Funston made o speech IN
which he said:
..When Manila was surrendered to
Dewey and Merritt some thousands OF
spaniards were in the city. In the eyes
OF the world these people looked to us
for protection, and to have turned them
over to the uncomfortable mob known as
Aguinaldo's army would have been the
BLACKLIST page of American history: ons
that a thousand years of repentance and
restitution would not have satisfied
THE DANCE BEGUN.
General Funston then told in E1inuts
detail of the instances which led to the
warfare between the American army and
the insurgents, and during. the narrative
told of the shooting OF several sentries
by Filipino scouts who had passed the
lines. He said that on the opening OF the
battle between the army and the tnsur-
gents, Major 1Ietcalf, Of the First Ne
braska hegiment had come to his quar-
tiers and said: "The dance has begun
What. dance:" I asked. and NIajor
Metcalf replied: Go out and hear it,
and I went out and hearth the putterins
OF rlfie C'ullS. anu ttldI WAS Tie DSilililHs,
CT the war over there.
General Funston said: "Al1 sorts OF
rlen get into the army. There are good.
bad and Indifferent, but I believe that
% FER cent. of the American soldiers are
brave and humane lot of men. The
other : per cent. who have been writing
letters to newspapers have ornanented
the inside OF a groS-house for a longer
time than they have distinguished them
selves in the field"
MuRDERERS OVER HERE.
General Funston then mentioned several
instances OF personal bravery on the part
of the men in the army, which resultst
in their death, including those OF Cap
tain Godfrey aud Sergeant o. Brien. He
was present when Sergeant OBrien was
shot. and said it was zone OF those wild
moments that arc worth ten years OF
hliru-drun existence"
His listeners cheered the remark
General Funston said: ..All OF those
men who have fallen since December.
1900. have been victims OF a. lot OF nlstn-
formed and misguided people here in tHs
United States. It is perfectly proper for
us to have all sorts of opinions as 10
what we should do with the Fhilfppins
Islands, but for heavens sake, let US
Keep them to ourselves until every square
inch OF that territory recognizes tho SOW
ereignty of the United States.
General Funston then gave many ex-
amples to show that the Filipino leaders
were not the true patriots. He mentioned
the. Staying OF Antonia luna, who "aS
ordecrd slain By Aguinaldo
General Funston said that Aguinaldo
tls>i told him in regard to Luna S death.
at had him killed simply because hs WOULD
have been dictator instead of myself.
would you imagine George Washing
ton doing anything like that? asked
General Funston.
The General said there was not one OF
the so-called Filipino patriots VINO couta
not be convicted of murder II be was ttieu
by a Jury He declared that there +hao
mayer. beer, a. war in the worlds history
Where the soldiers had shown such hui
rnanitv as had the American troops In sns
Philippine Islands.
WOULD SEE THEM HANGED.
ue thcn told of tTenty-four American
soldiers who had Joined the Flliplnos ana
were afterwards captured and e4scueee
as traitors, and then SAID;
There are many men In tne Cn'eeo
states who did more with their ii1out ,.,
ard minds to aid the insurgents than oieA
t,,ese moor men with the KraS-jorsenseh
rioes I would rather sec those 1ueii
banced for treason than to see one o. ou'
soldiers dead on the field OF battle.
,rha General then declared the Fl.i-
| ninos could not be- classed witn tne ~
I1ns, and he said that when the onltsa
| States troops should now leave Tue .H.
inDine Islands thelc could be hail a
Pc tppi different kinds of civil wars there.
and that the world would hold the uhieeo
states responsible for them -.
The General said he talked with asu.-
| DoIdo on their way back to Manila on
the vicksburg. and that Asuinaido .oln
him that neither Dewey nor any o ..
else had promised hin any ~.
that he and his people had faith IN tns
| americans.
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