Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-23
GENERAL FUNSTON TO
Be BURIED SATURDAY
Funeral Train En- Route to
Frisco After Body Lay in
State in Alamo
nv Associated Press. J


San ANTONIO. Tex, Feb. 2l.-AfteT
lying in state in the historic Alamo for
more than two hours. the body of Major
General Frederick Funston was placed
aboard a special train here shortly after
o'clock last night ana an nour later
the train left on it's journey 10 San Fran
cisco. where the dead army commander
will he buried Saturday I'm the military
cemetery at the Preside. Captain ritz
hugh Lee. General FunsJon's aide, a ser
geant and nine enlisted men Of the reg
ulaT army. will accompany the body To
San Francisco.
\ continual procession of soldiers ami
civ lians filed past the casket while IL
rested in the Alamo, nut 90 great was
the thTong that sought admission to the
building that many had been unable to
gain entrancei when the body was taken
TO the station. accompanied by an honor
guard OF c company, ThirJy -seventh in
fantry-
The placing of General Funston's
body in the Alamo was an unusual honor.
as it is the first time that historic
structure has been used for such a pur-
pose. ...a
General Funston was seated in the
lobby of a local hotel after dinner talk
ing TO acquaintance when he sudden
~ collapsed from an attack of angina
pclerosis. or hardening of the arteries
of the heart Although quickly removed
TO a room where restoratives were at
tempted. death. according to Lieutenant
Colonel NJ. w. Ireland, mis- physician,
was practically instantaneous.
Two weeks ago the general suffered
from acute Indigestion and placed him
self under Colonel lrSands care. Ac'
cording to the latter, ne had fully re-
covered and was in the best of health
and spirits yesterday. Nevertheless, he
was particular at dinner last night to
eat sparingly, saying that he feared an
other attack. The heart affection which
caused death first appeared, according to
Colonel ireland. in 1910, but had not
been considered alarming. Pending Cen
eral Pershing's arrival, Colonel Malvern
Hill Barnum. chief of staff, will be in
charge of the southern department and
movement of national guardsmen to their
homes will not be delayed.
General Funston was fifty-one years
old and came to San Antonio from San
Francisco in February. 1915, as south
ern department commander. Since mo
Utilization ofsthe national guard follow
ing Villas raid on Columbus, y. NJ,
in March, 1915. he had commanded the
largest army gathered in single de-
partment since the Civil war. General
Funston saw active service IN OuDa, DOth
in the Cuban army and with the United
States volunteers; in the Philippines and
at Vera Cruz, Mexico, where he COM
manded the American expedition.
ROUTE OF FUNSTON'S TRAIN.
The route OF the funeral train for more
than 1000 miles will skirt the interna-
tional border. ever which the late COM
mander kept a watehful eye for eleven
month past. Some time tomorrow the
train will pass the edge of the Big Bend
country. later reaching Ell Paso and
thence proceed along the route taken
by the first troops rushed to Columbus
after the raid of last March.
Funeral services held at Fort Sam
Houston yesterday afternoon will long
be remembered by regulars and nation
al yuardsmen. its entire lack Of military
splendoT,. all the more emphasizing its
solemnity. Not an officer was in full
dress Like the enlisted men all wore
the regular khaki service uniform, the
only distinction being the designating
stars or bars and the fact that the offi-
GERS wore side arms. This decision was
reached by regular officers out Of con-
sfderatiOn for officers of the national
guard. many of whom had only service
uniforms.