The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-10
Widow Of Fighting Fred Funston Sends
Son in Fathers Footsteps to Become Man
Mrs. Frederick FuAh's 70 n
s. iiisjjd5ws Z, 'olI TIE. famous . gen
.a'..stats aIlf write; a series Of
articles for The Muscular
On What is Being Done
lot the American Boy in
tho Army First article
j. i :teInorrow.,.
MARGUERITE mooeRs Marshall
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Shs Il x fighter. too. the widow Of
..F}ghting Fred" Funston.
Il Her husband captured Aguinaido
eAd: led The. Southern Department Of
the United States army into Mexico.
She n here to capture New York, or
enough. q. 1t to enable her to lead her
three little children into paths smooth
or than. those which a pension opens.
There IS Frederic, who is fourteen and
espdytne for West Point: Barbara, who
II nine. and Betsy, the baby Of three.
And they are all waiting out in Cali
fofqi& Tor the mother who just now
ri,1St earn the money for their stock
ings and gingerbread instead OF maxi
ihE the one ana nending the other, as
she would like to do.
90 ssYnsws Life in Army.
+1G11. Funston; has known all the
dark side of army life; privation, dam
gee. eepara tton--even the ultimate,
heart -breaking separation. Yet the
tires of her patriotism are undimmed
ana she believes that every mother in
America should raise her boy to be u
soldier. SHOULD SO love her country
that in. its need she freely gives her
son. :. !. 49, $500.
80 do not sss how any American
woman ,ean justify herself in try
ing 70 keep her boy out Of the
army row. that We are at war;"
she told me when I talked to her
teetsrday At the Holland House,
..yythsrs she - stepping. "if my
eeygMsre old enough should want
him 70 % 70 France. There are
tears. in the heart Of the mother
who sends her son to the firing
,Drs. but her devotion TO America
should be stronger than sorrow for
her personal loss"
The pacifist reader may be picturing
AIRS. Funston as hard faced amazon.
assure YOU she's nothing Of the sort.
She has the .rcgally, tall, broad shoul-
dered. deep bosomed figure which be-
longs to SO many daughters of the
Golden Gate--she lived in San Fran
cisco when General Funston married
her, after q record courtship even in
army circles. They were engaged as
long as two whole days. She also has
big blue eyes. that are both smiling
~SsAS go NAasv "a ~ uVAC6OuAC NOIO1 dHO Il
Particularly soft and pleasant voice.
Wants Universal Service.
Even when we are not at war be
lieve In universal military SERVICE" she
continued. II think that year or two
IN the army for every American boy
would be our salvation as country
And know what army life is"
Then Mrs: Funston told me some
things which prov. that she does In
deed know army life. In the eighteen
years Of her marriage the only time
she did not accompany General Fun
ston to his various posts was When he
went into Mexico. ''He wouldn't lie,
me go with him them" she said. "And
1t was most wise of him." she added
Loyalty.
After her two-days' engagement sht
was married in Oakland, Cal, on &
Tuesday. and her husband. then Colo
mel Funston, sailed for the Philippine.
on the following Thursday. A fort
night later she followed him, havin.
waited just long enough to say goodby,
to her. father, who had been kept from
the wedding by a railroad strike In tn,
east.
~. Bullets Through Her House.
During the first attack upon Manil;
bullets passed through the house wher'
she, was living: she still has one o
them. Not many weeks later her hus
band. who was out on active duty
sent caramatta. which is sort o
native hanson cab, and his two "strik
crs." to bring her to see him at Calico
can. up the line. from Manila. Sh
reached the place in safety, but as sh
stood talking to an officer. while wait
Ing for her husband to come into camp
perfect hailstorm Of bullets fel
around her.
Wasn't = Bit Afraid.
The officer pushed her hastily be
hind an embankment. II wasn't a bi
afraid. but felt like a silly cowar
to be In hiding" she told me NAVEL.
In few minutes her husband re
turned at the head OF his party. agains
whom the firing had been directe.
lie sent her back to Manila, and hal
an hour after her departure occurre
one of the sharpest fights Of the cam
paign.
During the attempt to burn Ma
Mia remained. with four or five othe
women in a house in the lower pa
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