Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-22
GENEl FUNSTON !!
PASSE ? \ .WAY AT
SAN ANTONIO
Death Come. as Shock to
Entire Nation Funeral
Arrangements Are
Incomplete.
(By the Associated Press)

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(By the Associated Press)
San Antonio, Feb. 20.-Pendine
the arrival of Major General J. J.
Pershing from Ell Paso and detailed
advices from Mrs. Funston, who,
with her three children, is in San
Francisco, funeral arrangements. will
not be completed for the late Major
General Frederick Funston, whose
sudden death occurred here last
night after an attack of angina
sclerosis.
Two weeks ago Gen. Funston had
suffered an acute attack of indiges-
ton, but according to his physician
had fully recovered and was appar-
emily in the best of health yester-
day. The heart affection which
caused death had first appeared in
1910 but had not been considered
alarming. :.
The body OF Gen. Funston Will De
taken to San Francisco tonight for
burial, following short services at
Fort Sam Houston this afternoon.
Mrs. Funston is at her home in San
Francisco and requested the body to
be sent there for burial.
Collapsed in Hotel Lobby.
General Frederick Funston, COM
mander Of the southern department,
United States army, since February,
1915, who became famous as a re-
suit of his capture of Aguinaldo, the
Filipino rebel chief, died suddenly
at q hotel here tonight q few min
utes after he had finished dinner.
He collapsed while seated in the
lobby of . hotel talking with friends,
and was playing with little Inez Sill
yerberg Of sDes ;Moines, Iowa, 9
guest 1Ifh hsf -; pss;sslnB ;sli b 7t M fhs shhotsi.
when he fell unconscious. Death
was almost instantaneous.
General Funston was 81 years of
age.
Strenuous Work Undermines Health
Ever since March, 1916, when he
was placed In command Of all Unit
ed States forces on the Mexican
border, General Funston has work
ed at an unusual pace. At critical
times in border developments he
frequently remained on duty "a
hours Of the "a. The handling of
regulars disposed Of at various sta
tions on the border, the >Pershing ex-
pedftion and of late resarrangement
Of regular troops while, providing for
the return of national guardsmen,
have entailed an enormous amount
Of detail work, probably exceeding
that which fell to any commanding
general Of the United States army
since the Civil War.
Only Monday Gen. Funston COM
pleted orders for the return of the
Hast Of the guardsmen. Because OF
the amount of work which has fallen
to him, General Funston's only re-
crestion or relaxation for nearly 9
year has been an occasional dinner
party with friends.
Two weeks ago General Funston
suffered an attack of indigestion. To
use his own expression, u fought it
out xionnSs'' Later he placed himself
under the care Of Lieutenant Colonel
NV. ireland Of the medical corps,
southern department, and regained
normal health and spirits. For
three days." Colonel Ireland said to-
night, General Funston had been.
entirely we'll. . Il
Nevertheless, at dinner last night
General Funston was particularly
abstemious and ate only sparingly
OF the simplest dishes. a.5
Not until 1896, when the Cuban
was at its height did
Frederick Funston become known
thruout the United States as q first
clasa fighting man, but his friends IN
Kansas where he spent early man.
hood-long had so classified him
~ 1, student at the University OF
Kansas. when he weighed less than
10o pounds, he conquered 9 ~2OO-
pound bad mar" who threatened
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