El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-01

was before the present army increase
had been ordered or the national guard
had been ordered out, when, after Gen.
RersninS had taken 1000 men into
Mexico. there were not enough left TO
: guard the border.
! BY the way" the general said. as
/ he turned 10 ne again and that famous
/ Funston smile began 70 play about his
| mouth, you probably do not know how
/ I got ny success in the Philippines 4
never knew myself until a few yaers
J ago at Portland, when heard ser
geant tell II.
7 was returning TO Vancouver bar
racks on a boat one night from some
/ function I had attended in Portland
ing and unattended / sat down on
one Of the benches in the boat. my
back TO a bunch of men. one Of whom
was sergeant OF infantry, also re-
turning 10 the barracks.
The sergent was telling the others.
+ apparently all Of them civilians. OF his
experiences in the Philippines One OF
the party asked him. How about this
fellow Funston? Was he all they
cracked him UP to beg
oh. Fred was all right said the
sergeant He didn't know much about
military matters'-which was right
added the general slyly. as he told the
story but I helped him out. Many
a tight hole ] pulled him out Of We
were Fred and Harry TO each other in
those days ne was brave all right,
got into a tight place He would al
ways ask, Harry. what had ! better
do here and 1 would tell him He
would follow my advice and he'always
came out OF IL all right OF course
Funston got the credit for Z all, bur
] didn't care, fo- he was bully good
fellow
Il enjoyed learning how 7 got my
military reputation" said the general,
but that last tribute Of his-'he was q
bully good fellow'-did me a lot of
good. for knew he really meant tina
I'd rather have the world say after Z
am dead that 7 was 4 bully GOOD fell
low than 10 say that I was a hell OF
q good general" And that is Just the
way he felt about it Gen Funston
was as tender hearted as woman and
he wanted to do the right thing by
everybody and he wanted everybody
TO feel that he was fair and square.
He-was both the things he said-''a he'll
of a good general' and "a bully good
fellow" and officers and men alike
recognized il. Not every man can be
both.
II almost compensates for a couple
OF weeks siege Of the grip TO be able
TO get half a week from the hustle OF
the city and spend II at Elephant Butte
dam motoring and boating and fishing
and enjoying the wonderful scenery and
as wonderful air
Don't complain Of cold feet. Get the
grip and your spine viii make you for
get all about your feet being cold.
The galley boy SAYS he could men
zion things worse than the grip. bu-
he'd be arrested II he did.
Proud boasts: I had IN. grip and /
didn't go TO bed.
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The sunshine never looks 50 good IS !
when YOU look out az IL through the /
window from sickbed. ;
some men hire a stenographer SO {
they can blame their poor English on
her To make. a good letter ont 0f Z
some mems dictation would require (
not a stenOgrapher.
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They say that germs are ugly look
ing things. II a grip germ looks as
ugly as u acts II ought 10 get che
Nobel prize for ugliness-
He hasn't been in this column for
over two weeks. 50 here goes his name.
a. z. ROwlands.
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