The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-07
LITERARY NOTE.
ASspsain Jinksv and General Funs-
ton.

the Lotos club Of New York, March O.
1902, General Funston recounted with
reluctance the story OF his capture Of
Aguinaldo. Ernest Crosby had already
told Il in effect. in Captain Jinks.
Hero" the satire on American mill
tarism which has just been published
by Funk & Wagnalls Company New
York and London Il is interesting to
note the remarkable similarity Of at.
titude toward their exploits which IS
taken by the real and the fictitious
heroes The following parallel quota
tions will illustrate this.
Captain Jinks' says. at the success
ful issue OF his capture of "Gomanldo"
by the use Of disguise bribery, forgery,
abuse Of hospitality and general farsi
fication
rs It really a great and noble act?
suppose It is. for everybody says So
but somehow it has left bad taste in
my mouth"
General Funston confesses, amid the
approving laughter OF the l-otos club
diners
@Of course you know Il" THE cap
ture Of the Filipino LEADER was what
they call a dirty Irish trick on Ag-
uinaldo."
captain Jinks" doesn't relish the
idea OF Disgusting his men in the in
surgent Uniform
"'We should have to dress them up
in the native uniform. said Sam. 1
don't know whether that would be
quite honorable"
General Funston uses an exculpa-
tory tone in describing the disgusting
of his expedition
we were dressed as if we had gone
out tonight in evening clothes. to
shoot people, and then come back and
hidden our Mausers and put on reg,
ular working uniforms, probably about
twenty. altho not more than half a
dozen were worn at ALL"
The gentlemaniy instincts Of Cap
tain links revolt at the use Of forgery
as q means Of accomplishing the end
OF the expedition
Il can't bear the sight or that fellow
Keene" (the forger).
General Funston has regrets to ex-
press about the similar act Of his
I'VE saw that 1t would be necessary
to lull by decoy letters any suspicious
that Aguinaldo might have at the ap-
proach of an armed force One Of his
letters had been addressed TO an in
surgent chief Of the name OF Lacuna,
consequently we dictated
couple OF letters under which,
regret to say, vel suppose forged
is the proper word-we wrote the sig
nature Of Lacuna hope there are no
bankers in the audience" (Laughter)
Captain links did not relish the
sordid side Of the suborning of ex-in-
surgents to betray their former chief:
DO you think that we could get
native Officers to do such thingY'
Cam asEed
Oh yes Plenty OF them /
know one or two. AT FIRST they
wouldn't like It. But give them
money enough and commissions in our
army aud they'd do IT,
How different they are from u.s.
mused Sam. Nobody in our army, OF
ticer or man, could ever be approached
in that way
IT seems to me I've read some.
where Of one Of our principal gener-
aIs-Maledict Donald, wasn't ltY'
Sam thought best not hear TIL"
General Funston disliked to state
BADLY TO the suborned Filipinos what
would be the rewards OF their treach-
cry.
"Hiiario. Placido and three other
officers who accompanied us had been
insurgents. No particular in
ducement was offered to them to join
es, except that we told them we would
reward them pretty well and we would
have a pretty good time" 0.aughter)
Captain links" has a kindly feel
ing for his opponents
Sam gave orders that the villagers
should bury the dead among whom he
regretted TO see the body OF the ma
tive lieutenant who had brought him
food when they We're starving"
General Funston expresses himself
as grabhed that the poor shooting OF
the Macabebe members OF the expedi-
tion resulted in the killing Of but two