The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12
FUNSTON, tanner OF
BAD MEN, is ON JOB
Aruinaldo's Captor Rose to
Top ny n Series Of Daring
Exploits.
HELPED FREE CUBANS

Mexico TO get villa. dead or alive" is
,hc same Fred Funston who was ordered
,,., 'uccn years ago this month to get
\cutuildo." The long arm OF coinci-
Icntc has reached out to push the little
,;.ucral from Kansas to the forefront az
tho dependable man. when nerve. COM
hr.I with guile. is required by Uncle
>tr.
.;.n. Funston has been getting what
r., went after. whether It was bad men
or iuncrttiy" results. ever since he was
siadua'ci into long trousers. lie IL 81
,r,r. If age now and his career has been
damned with adventurous episodes. He
VS. IL when his father. Foghorn Fun
stou. moved from Carlisle. Ohio, to
southwestern Kansas. In 1885 young
Fred entered tho state University OF
Kansas. whore lie had for "A classmate
William Allen White. There was "a
Negro IN the college town who started
',' Funston one day with "a cleaning
.lor Tho negro weighed 200 pounds,
Funston barely 100. The negro was
o. feet tai. Funston : feet 3 inches. In
ait'ru minutes Funston had the half
crazy black man in the lookup and hadn't
even mus>ed his own clothing.
'ff0 funston was IN tnlS CITY IN 1875
when the late ,ieu. Sickles made a rous-
ig speech at Madison Square Garden in
l~~,t,lf Of the oppressed Cubans. Moved
b, NJ" appeal for cuba Libre. Gen.
Funston offered his services to the
cuban ,Juuta. although he knew nothing
about military affairs.
The t'ubans were glad to have this
vigorous youth aud Gen. Funston set
himself to study the intricacies Of twelve
FOUNDER ilotchkIss rifles and other
things thar a solder should know. Gen.
t;"urz made him second in to
Nueh.>t.r Dana Osgood. the Cornell
football player who had charge of the
inslreent artillery. Gen. Funston dis
tiuguished himself for bravery at Gui-
marc IN October, 1895. when Osgood WAS
t'h'd. He took mma and with "A
dynamite bomb in his hand led a charge
That broke the Spanish front and ended
'ho fight. At Bayamo he WAS wounded
't''' times and had his horse killed
.uI'r him.. lie was in the thick OF the
iEiting at Las Tunis. After this battle
TIE 'ubans insisted on shooting fifty
i-i~oners. Funston protested. was waved
aside and promptly resigned his commits
suu. Cen. Garcia gave him AN order
ir transportation and a safe conduct.
llr fen IN with a Spanish patrol and
81" the documents. On reaching the
ln.ted States in 1875 he was suffering
tom stomach trouble. malaria and
wounds aud his weight was just ninety
i've pounds.
Dido.t Man, g..x lon
""" we ! Wi.u states went 10 war
WIZ SPAIN zen, Funston was ready to
He' again ~" declined an easy Job
W .". "i'"SS stan ana nnally got
N-af In mo- -. - go.
'' zee VIZ hiter' q COMMISSION as
,'.'"'' ~ ,ne wehtie,h Kansas Hegi-
''h' 81 '"iuntetrs' The regiment was
''''''" u" 'he i~hlhpplnes ana while
'..'E 10, S"''ng orders Zen. Funston
'''' ~ MlSS fha biankart, a music
'' ~ h"urS 'a,er the transport
wv WIZ ~ ru'lS'oh rel"lteo
w. '''' - ''''.'" i''cf w Htafiia II
y" '',' m'I''' uauN' MS regiment
~ ~ ,"p'L ''., ''"'' IN me "sh'''ls
'' "'",' VIII 'n' riip'It" inSur-
80" W 80. turing the hent-
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r ,,,,.,. ,,ai, oann VI .ne "a-
I'm y Noiu'.eers' zen,
=, ,,.,5 nt' W ~ resoi|e!
e't'" ~ .I'. "'u ,"unt! men d.
.., ,,. h -, 80 pan 80,
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p.ty,nag9. w,,h ~ "r " r u'anue ~ IA
srt W a rope ferry by which his troops
.a1lrd themselves across the river and
covered Il blow that won a battle. Fol
tus he was made a Brigadier-Genera!
P ~N"iUhIrers. Gen. OTIS described him
a. IN. greatest daredevil in the army
man VINO would rather fgh than eat"
Aeuinaldo was Toulouse then and a
Nuisance, as every one remembers. From