Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-16
WHIPPLE ENTER
 TAINS FUNSTON
A Dinner Given In His Honor By Captain Palmer and Mrs. Pal mer at Which Some Speech
 Making is InduIged In.
His Natural Modesty Resents the Idea oi His Being a Hero Neither Looks or Feels
 Like One.

On Sunday morning, July 9th, Captain Hatch and Captain Palmer called on General Funston, at his private car, to escort him out to the post to make a tour of inspection through the government reservation. General Funston was very much i'm pressed bt the site of the post, its sanitary location, and its pictur esque mountainous environment. To be sure, he acknowledged that the present quarters in their dilapidated condition were altogether inadequate for the officers and the company sta- toned there. He recognized the ne- cessity of having work begun on the new quarters at once, large enough to accommodate a battalion and regi- mental headquarters staff. This will be good news to our Prescott people,
 After taking a long drive in the afternoon with Governor Murphy, General Funston and his party, con sisting of MT. c. F. Gleed, the well known man of affairs, railroad mag nate and proprietor of the Kansas City Journal, and Bucius 1. Blake, profes- sor of civil engineering in the Kan sas State University. paid their respects to the ladies of the post in the evening. After calling on Mrs. Hatch, the commanding officers wife, the party, escorted by Dr. F. L. Schoenle, visited the other officers families. Their first stop was made at the house of Mrs. Gen. A. V. Kautz, where they were entertained by Mrs. Kautz and daughters, as- sisted by Mrs. Kautz's nephew, Dr. Schoenle. They then proceeded to the house of Capt. R. Palmer, where they were soon joined by Lieutenant and Mrs. Dillingham;, Doctor and Mrs. Watkins, and Lieutenant Potts. Later on, at the generals special re- quest, the Kautzes were invited to come down and join the party. Cap tain and Mrs. Palmer proved to be such excellent hosts that the gen eral and his party could not, or rather would not, break away till midnight, and then only after having been assured of having another plea sant visit on the next day, having accepted Captain and Mrs. Palmer $ invitation to reception for the post people to be given in honor of Gen. eral Funston and his party.
 General Funston and his travelling companions visited the Poland mlne on Monday, and at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon their special train, on its return trip to Prescott, stopped at Whipple station, when the Funston party was immediately driven to Captain Palmer's quarters.
 The house was most handsomely decorated for the occasion, the ladies of the post having assisted Mrs. Palmer in the morning. The Palm CTS have collected quite collection of unique souvenirs from their recent sojourn in the Philippines, in China, and Japan, which were hung in the parlors and reception hall with great chic and in excellent taste. Behind a Japanese screen a string band dis coursed national airs and popular music. After refreshments had been enjoyed, the piece de resistance was served by the young ladies-the famous army punch, made after Mrs. Kautz's recipe. True soldier that he is, the general soon took to it like a fish to the water, and drank to the health of the ladies, to Fort Whipple and to Prescott. It was then that Captain Palmer called upon Dr. Schoenle, whose abilities as a toast master he had discovered at Mrs Kautz's birthday party, given at the Point of Rocks last month, to pro- pose toast to the general. As the Journal-Miner heard such fattering comments on the felicitous remarks of our new arrival, the Doctor, at the public reception rendered General Funston by the citizens of Prescott later on in the evening, he set about to procure the speech for his readers Through the courtesy of a Whipple friend of the Journal Miner, the editor is enabled to reprint the Doc tors words in outline.