The Arizona copper camp. [volume] (Ray, Ariz.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-24
With FUNSTON At VERAlC RUZZ;;. Jus.
g.S|DE[|GHTS ON CAREER'aO THE
-, HERO.OEMANY HARD CAMPAIGNS


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Interesting sidelights and incidents of
the career of General Frederick Funs-
toneEw PASSED away at San Antiorlo
Monday evening were related bySMr. C.
1. MeReynolds, WAC was q. visitor at the
office of the, Copper Camp this week.
Mr.: McReyolds. who was formerly as
sistant U. S.sattofney for Arizona, is
practicing attorney of Mexico City and
a specialist in Mexican legal practice.
He was among the Americans who left
Mexico City and invent to Vera Cruz at
the time of the crisis with Huerta, and
was in Vera Cruz during the entire
period of the American occupation of
at port acting as consulting attorney
for the military courts established
therein 9GIgA 3 w II
Speaking Of General Funston, of
whose death he had Just learned, Mr..
McReyolds said:
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sznsuaIt was peculiar coincidence that
the two men who did the most toward
cleaning UP Vera Cruz of sea,aad land
forces had the same sinitials-F. F. Ad-
mirab Frank Fletcher was in command
of the fleet and landed the marines.
When the army took charge, command
of the land forces, was turned over to
Frederick fg5 & g Funston Hpssequ9 edT
Efficiency was Funston,s watchword
at Vera Cduz, as eerywhere else 1T
was his main idea that whatever was
done there by the American q forces
should provide an object lesson in eff.
ficiency, and the result was that the
American OCCUPATION. resulted in a
complete cleaning up of the city at a
time when sanitary conditions threat
ened to become worse than at any time
previous owing to the large influx Of
refugees from Mexico City. ~
Funston's Resourcefulness
Funston always found a way to get
at things. Z He never gave up because
oneotacko would not work. When the
American troops took Charge Of Vera
Cruz the city naturally became a hot
bed for enemies Of the Mexican govern
nient, who thought they would be Sc
cure in theirs attacks on the Mexican
sgovernmept il they were safe ,behind
1.-The American lines at Vera Cruz.
Funston soon showed them that moth
ling of the sort was the case. IA dozen
anarchistic publications, launching at
tacks against the Mexican government
we're promptly started at Vera Cruz,
and almost as promptly suppressed by
Funston, who, although we were oppos-
ing the administrator of sHuerta would
allow nothing that might embarrass the
& government and orderEef Mexicesto sbe
done-sa When he. learned Sof these pub
: lications,gh summoned one of the most
rabid editors toehim and ordered him
to stop publication. The Mexican was
very indignant He declared that he
was Mexican citizen, and that he did
not propose to be interfered with by
5 an American general (-sfYouS have no
right to arrest me- orstry me-" heJt told
Z. Funston sesveTy we'll, 'fsaid Funston.
9'sfnce you are a. Mexican citizen and
entitled to be tried in the Mexican
courts, shall send you under guard to.
General Aguilar's lines. He will try you
in accordance with the Mexican stat
>utes." ThesansWerz had the desired eff
feet, for the publisher KEW that to sbe
tried by Aguilar meant his instant
execution The undesirable publications
suspended immediat ely and caused no
further trouble.
,bS18oA Lesson in Obedience
1.-THE inflpxEef refugees at, Vera Cruz
soon brought about serious sanitary,
condition, SO that Funston ordered a
thorough inspection of the city. In this
CONNECTION a snumberFof the larger no.
tels in the main ownedsby ,Spaniarus.
were ordered to see that all plumbing
was put in first class shape. One OF
the proprfetors, who had been usedto
brihing the ggoyernments inspectors,
s thought the same arrangement would
s work with the Americans. So he did
s. nothing in the face of the order, and
# when the inspector came around he Of