Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-23

| Army men are talking of Villa us
another Aguinaldo It was Funston,
the man In command on the Mexican
| frontier, who captured the Filipino
| rebel From inaccessible mountain
strongh0lds Agunaldo sailed out to
raid American patrols and burn viii
lagos II was certain that his cap
J lure would break the backbone of the
lrevolt, but nobody seemed to know
how TO reach him. He was hiding in
the mountains near the northeast
coast of Luzon 1t happened that
cipher letters sent 10y Aguinaldo to
one of his ieutenants fell into the
hands of Lieutenant Taylor. of the
Twenty-fOurth infantry. The letters
revealed that Aguinaldo was awaiting
/ reinforcements at u definite time
| General Funston conceived the plan
/ of Disgusting a force Of seventy-ffve
! Filipino scouts as Aguinaldo's expected
reinforcements At the head of this
command and accompanied by four
ex-insurgont officers and four Amer
lean officers General Funston plunged
into the jungle, where no white man
ever had been. After eight days
march through the jungle, posing as
prisoners taken by Aguinaldo's antic-
ipated reinforcements, General Funs-
ton and his men reached Aguinaldo's
hiding place and arrested him without
the loss Of man. The president
made General Funston a brigadier
general Of the regular army in recog-
milton of the exploit.
veteran officers also recall the ex-
petitions against Vittorio and Geron-
imo There have been two occasions
ny Will n ..f ~,
Mexicans, our soldiers have crossed
into Mexico. The first was in the !
case of Nittorio in 1884 and the Sec
ond that of Geronimo in 1856. Both
fugitVes were Apache Indians AT anI.
other time, in 1877, General McKensie |
went over the line with troopers off
the Seventh cavalry in pursuit of horse
thieves He did this in the face of
Mexican threats. The Geronimo cam I
paign which army officers mention |
whenever they talk about the present |
expedition to catch Villa lasted more |
than two years and at least two-thirds |
of the American army took part in |
1t at one time or another General |
Wood, at present the senior major gem
81 ~ fAAN At AtANf 6pt AtA7 haRAiHlii u
fire IN this campaign. and under Cap
tain Lawton Of the Fourth cavalry,
received a medal of honor for gallant
and meritorious services
Recommend for Discretion
General John J. Pershing. the leader
of the punitive expedition against
Villa, participated in the campaigns
that destroyed Cieronimo's power. ItI
was his first duty after being gradu-
ated frem West Point. He was as
signed to the old Sixth cavalry and I'M
August of 1887, Scarcely year from
school, he was complimented by Cen
eral Miles for marching his troop,
with pack train, over rough country,
40 miles in, forty-six hours, bringing :
In every animal and man in good con- I
dition." In 1889 Lieutenant pershingl 4
rescued a party of horse thieves and {
cowboys who We're besieged by hostile i
lunis without firing a shot, for which |
he was highly recommended for dis +;
'rction' by General Carr There were !
other recommendation which he wonl
Turing the ten years of service In the i
Department of Arizona during the d
desperate clashes there. 5
Ills next post was back at West N
Point rs tactical officer, but in 1898, "
At his own request, he rejoned his q
'esiment the Tenth cavalry. and went la
o the Spanish war He was promoted a
or gallantry at the battle of Ell Canev, v
n Cuba and returned from Santiago q
o Washington To solve problems as G
he head Of the division Of customs v
md insular affairs.
1t was ia September, 1892 that he "
was assigned to duty in the Philip
Zines, again at his own request, and s