The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-09
Misguided Persons in the United
States Charged with Responsible
ity for Deaths of Soldiers.
BEGINNING OF THE DANCE
AND OTHER INCIDENTS OF THE RE-
BELLIoN BRIEFLY ALLUDED TO.
Filipino Leaders Not True Patriots
story of the Capture of Asui-
naldo Repeated.

NEW YORK. March S.-Brig. Gen. Fred
Funston was the guest of honor al dinner
given tonight at the Lotus Club. More
than three hundred members of the club
were present. The guests table, which was
spread in the center of the diners, was pre-
sided over by Frank r. Lawrence, president
of the club. At his right sat General Fun
ston. The others at the this table were
Charles S. Gleed, prominent lawyer of
Topeka; Frank r. McLennan. editor of the
Topeka Journal; Charles Leeds, of Chicago;
E. T. Jeffrey. president of the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad; Capt. Charles ID.
Coghlan. L. S. N; the Rev. DR.. Minot j.
Savage, Job E. Hedges, Paul Dana and ].
H. Garfield, of Columbia University who
at one time taught a school In Kansas
which General Funston attended when a
boy.
When the dinner was over President Law
renee arose, and, introducing General Fun
ston, said: There are some things which
do not enter into the realm of controversy,
and among them are the bravery and in
trepidity of the armies we have sent to
war / have the pleasure of introducing TO
you one whose single act almost brought an
end to the war in the Philippine islands.
We greet him very heartily"
General Funston said that judging from
the remarks of the president, he was ex-
pected to talk about the war in the Philip
pines ITO talk about war over there is not
an agreeable subject" said he, but what 1
may say may aid some of you in forming
opinions as to the condition of affairs in the
islands. The army mas been doing as good
as it could under the circumstances. When
-
ritt 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 Aguinaldo's army would
have been the blackest page of American
history; one that a thousand years of re-
pentance and restitution would not have
satisfied"
THE DANCE HAS BEGUN"
General Funston then told in minute
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 at the opening of the battle
between the army and the insurgents Ma
jor Metcalf. of the First Nebraska Regi-
ment. had come to his quarters and said:
The dance has begun.
"'What dancer | asked" said the gen
eral, and Major Metcalf replied: Go out
and hear il, and l went out and heard
the pattering of the rifle balls, and that
was the beginning of the over there"
General Funston then said ''All sorts
of men get into the army. There are good.
bad and Indifferent. but / believe that 90
per cent. of the American soldiers are
brave and humane lot OF men. The other
) per cent. who have been writing letters
to newspapers. have ornamented the in
sides of a groghouse for a longer time
than they have distinguished themselves
in the field"
General Funston then mentioned several
instances of personal bravery on the part
of the men in the army. which resulted
in their death. including those of Captain
Godfrey and Sergeant o Brien. He was
present when Sergeant OBrien was shot
and said il was ''one of those wild mo-
ments that are worth ten years OF hum
drum existence" His listeners cheered
the remark.
Then General Funston said: "An of
those men who have fallen since December.
1900 have been victims OF a lot OF misin-
formed and misguided people here in the
United States Ii is perfectly proper for