Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-20

His death is great loss to the Am
/ eriean people. 90
Buried on Coast
Word was received from San Fran
cisco last night that conference of
the Funston family had been held and
| It is the wish of his relatives that the
body be sent to San Francisco for
burial in kne national cemetery at the
Preside In accordance with this
wish, the body OF the dead general
will be sent to the coast city. to ar
riveathere on, Friday.
The funeral VII be held on Satur
day.
Mourned In Washington
WASHINGTON ID. c., Feb. 90
The death of Gen. Funston in San
Antonio came as great shock to
army officials here last night Both
President Wilson and Secretary of
War Baker expressed their sense Of
loss in the passing Of this soldier OF
fortune who won such a real place
for himself in the hearts of his coun.,
trymen and fellow soldiers.
President Wilson In speaking OF the
dedd general. said:
Gen Funston exemplified in his
own person those traits which, have
been since the beginning Of the his
tory of our army the most signal OF
all its characteristics, the ability to
think quickly and clearly and act
promptly and effectively
Gen. Scott, in speaking of his COM
fpaniOn in arms, said:
by his real military efficiency he
earned the confidence of the war de-
paTtlnent
Gen. Funston won his generals
stars by his sensational capture of
Aeuinaldo. the Filipino chisftain, but
following that step he frequently de-
SPARED! of further promotion, as he
was repeatedly passed over for promo.
tiop by both Roosevelt and Taft dnr-
ing their terms of office His magnifi-
cent work in controlling the situation
in Vera Cruz, in the face of sextraer-
binary difficulties, brought him to the
front once more, and hes was smade a
niajor-general ty President Wilson
His Career One Of s4A
vaior and Efficiency
/ Mat-Gen. Frederick Funston was
born in New Carlisle, Ohio. November
8, 1866. He was taken to Kansas
while boy and was educated in the
University of Kansas. from which he
was graduated in 1888. After brief
service as reporter. he went as bot
fanist with. the Death Valley expedi-
ton In 1891. and explored Alaska in
1893 and 1894. making canoe trip
down. the Yukon. He joined the Gu
ban insnrgent army in 1885, serving
IS morths. then became colonel of the
9th Kansas Infantry when the United
States went to war with Spain. In
tho PhiliDpine campaign he won the
star of brigadier-general Of volun-
teers bv crossing the Rio Grande at
Calumpit on a bamboo raft. and later
was made a brigadier-generaI in the
REGULAR army for his capture of Agui.
naldo. the irsurgent chief.
csptured Auuinaldo
The eliminating event in his mill
tarv career in The Philippines was the
canture of the Filipino COMMANDMENT
chief. Aguinaldo, and for this he won
his star in the regular army. He was
IN command OF the troops at San
Francisco following the earthquake
snd fire OF 1906. and by his heroic
shonldering OF responsibility did more
than any other man to lessen the
hlow Of that catastrophe to the people
of the stricken city
Commanded IN Hawaii
In 1915 Gen Funston was command.
ing officer Of the af7hy In Hawaii un-
til be was transferred to the Mexican
border. where he was made major
general While in Honolulu the gen.
eral endeared himself in the hearts of
he men of all ranks in and out of the
army.
Gen. Funston was transferred from
Hawaii to Texas City, Texas. to COM
mand BRIGADE at the mobilization at
the time of the outbreak in Mexico
which threatened to draw the United
States into war. Later he command
ed all the American troops that have
natrolled the Mexican border from
brownsville. Texas. to San Diego, Cal
ifornia. He was also IN charge Of the
campaign launched to capture Pancho
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