Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
|GREAT CITY SILENT
! IN FUNSTON HONOR
San Francisco Pauses and Sun
Breaks Through Clouds as
Salute Is Fired.
FINAL TRIBUTE TO HERO

FINAL TRIBUTE TO HERO
BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. February 24-The
+, body of Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston
who died in San Antonio. Tex, last
Monday night, was inferred in the ma
tional cemetery al the Preside here
today at 1890 pm. The services were
- read in a driving rain. but the sun
flashed out for a moment from rift in
the clouds as the great Preside guns
doomed out thirteen times a last salute.
Although the generals rank called
for a military escort Of $4,000 men. a
full division. military exigencies re-
duced this number to a mixed brigade
of coast artillery and bluejackets. The
emainder of the garrison usually as
igned to forts around San Francisco
" is on the Mexican border. One
jor general. three brigadier gener-
a and a rear admiral stood bare
he led beside the grave with the i'm
me late family when the Rev. William
Xii Guthrie read the brief commit
mel service of the Presbyterian
chu. h.
relied by Men in Service.
Flas and banners of many semi
militia organizations. crepe bound,
were ssed in the near background.
'circled the bluejackets and artil-
lerymen. Three volleys of rifle fire
over the Grave preceded taps; there
was an i. tant's pause and the troops
plodded t---bugh the mud and rain to
? the sound of the major generals sa-
lutte of thirteen guns.
The roar of artillery was a signal for
THE cessation of all possible activities
in the city for period of two minutes.
From early day, when the balconies of
the city halls white rotunda were packed
with citizens, gazing at the guarded
casket, until past midday the ceremonies
ran. A drenching rain slanted across the
ranks of the military escort The streets,
seemingly deserted, became alive with
civilians as the caSket was borne from
the city hall on an artillery caisson to
the First Presbyterian Church and thence
TO the cemetery. The route lay along
Van Ness avenue, lined on one side with
old-time mansions which escaped de-
struction because, in the great fire Of
1906, Gen. Funston's engineers dynamited
the buildings on the opposite side of the
street and checked the flames.
Women Gather Empty Shells.
The route lay through portions of the
city which owed their immunity from de-
struction largely to the efforts of ''Funs-
toms men," and his hillside grave over
looks the camping grounds where slept
thousands of refugees whom he fed, shell
tered and clothed. Hundreds of these it
was said, were present at the cemetery
today and persistently sought mementoes
OF the last rites Women braved the
sentries to pick from the grass the empty
shells Hired in the last salute.
The casket was taken from the city
hall rotunda at 10 o'clock. a Gordon of
mounted police preceded a guard riding
along with a major generals flag two
white stars on red field. Gen. J.
Franklin Bell and his aid. the Sd Coast
Artillery Band. two regiments of ar
tilleryrnen and the sailors and their
band preceded the casket- Directly
after came the generals horse shroud-
ed in black. A pair of black riding
boots with dangling spurs, were re-
versed in the stirrups. Mourners in au-
tomobiles followed, and companies from
various military and patriotic organiza-
ttons brought up the rear.
Honorary Pallbearers.
In the First Presbyterian Church a
single lamp burned high in the chancel,
relieving at the altar the dull gray
light Coast artillerymen guarded the
entrances. Here the generals widow,
mother, son Frederick and brother
A1tho. and immediate relatives awaited
the casket, borne by eight enlisted men.
The honorary pallbearers followed. They
were Rear Admiral William F. Fu1lam,
eommamnding the Pacific reserve fleet:
Evans and Oscar F. Long; Coils. John
T. Knight. Guy l. Edy. and Capt Fitz-
hugh Lee. Gen. Funston's personal aid.
The services at the church were brief.
were sung, Lead, Kindly Light" and
"Just For Today"
He was a man of deeds. not words,
and to say more of him would be dis
pleasing to his SOUL" said Rev. Mr..
Guthrie at the close Of the eulogy.
Services at San Antonio.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, February "a
Memorial services In honor of the late
Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston. in which
citizens of San Antonio and army off,
GERS participated, were held this after
noon during the same hour funeral
services were being held for Gen. Fun
: ston in San Francisco. Maj. Gen. John
]. Pershing. who succeeded Gen. Fun
ston in command of the Southern De-
paEtment of the army. paid tribute to
his predecessors memory.
ITO those who knew him best" said
Gen. Pershing, Gen. Funstons per-
sonality was a perpetual charm. His
friends will remember him longest for
his great heart and his great soul. 1t
is the loss of such a man the army and
the nation mourn Entering the service
as he did without military education,
his was difficult position as COM
mander of older, well trained officers
and men of the regular army. But of
all those who served under his COM
mand, 1 have never yet met one who
has not spoken in words of praise
When he died the telephone orderly
at the fort sobbed as he repeated the
news. Funston's whole nature was at
tuned to friendliness"
IT. 6 Answers Carranza Not.