The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-20
Highest Military HOnOrs Tor
Generals Funeral.
Famous Kansan Drops Dead Ill
San Antonio Hotel.
ENDS REMARKABLE CAREER
His 81 Years Filled to Brim
With Adventure.
remains TO Frisco Tonight,
Where Family Resides.
PERSHING SUCCEEDS FUNSTON
Body in State Today in Texas
Cradle of Liberty.
His Death Caused by Hardening
OF Arteries of the Heart.
remains TO Frisco Tonight,
Where Family Resides.
PERSHING SUCCEEDS FUNSTON
Body in State Today in Texas
Cradle of Liberty.
His Death Caused by Hardening
OF Arteries of the Heart.

San Antonio. Feb. 2O.-The body of
Major General Frederick Funston
idol and hero of the American army
will rest in state in the Alamo this
afternoon before being taken to San
Francisco for interment in the mill
tary cemetery at the Preside.
1t was deemed fitting that the
Alamo, cradle of Texas liberty and
the scene OF one of the most heroic
incidents of all time, should shelter
the body Of the dead general. The
funeral procession will reach the
Alamo about 4:3O o'clock and the
casl-et viii rest in state there until
nishtfaH
Then it will be placed aboard a
special car to be taken west either
on the Southern Pacific train that
leaves here at $50 at night or the
limited which passes thru at 4:40 in
the morning This phase of the ar
ranGaments has not been definitely
settled as yet.
The BODY of General Funston will
be taken to San Francisco in accord
ance with the request of Mrs. Funs-
ton who. with her three children is
there at the present time. According
TO the schedule the car bearing Cen
eral Funston's body, will reach San
Francisco Friday and a military fu-
rection of Major General ]. Franklin
Bel. commander of the western de-
partmcnt The grave of the eminent
army commander will be in the GEM
ctery at the Preside. beside that of
his Oldest son, Arthur Macarthur
Funston
Services at TT. Houston.
Prior to the military procession
leading to the Alamo funeral services
were to be held at General Funston S
quarters a the staff post Fort Sam
Houston Chaplain Barton w. Per-
~ of the Third field artillery was to
deliver the funeral address Then
the escort of honor, commanded by
Brig. Gen. Henry y. Greene and con-
sisting of the Thirty seventh infantry,
two troops of the First Alabama cav
airy and one battery of the Seventh
field artillery, was to proceed from
the post down GraYson street to ave
nue. d, south on Avenue d, to Alamo
plaza and across the plaza to the Ala
mo. A company of the Thirty seventh
infantry has been detailed to be on
guard during the period that the body
reposes in the Alamo.
Six non-commissioned officers have
been designated as casket bearers and
the four senior colonies of the regular
army and four colonies OF National
Guard regiments at Camp Wilson
named as pail bearers.
On the trip to San Francisco Cap
tain Fitzhugh Lee, aide and close
personal friend of General Funston
will be III command of a guard con-
sisting of two nOn-commissioned Of
ficers and six privates.
Preside Most Fitting Place.
The body was removed to the gen.
erals quarters at the post today by an
escort company from the Nineteenth
infantry. This company remained on
guard turnout the morning and until
time for funeral services to begin. Of
ficers of General Funston's staff
agreed today that it was fitting that
his resting place should be at the
Preside instead of in the National
cemetery at Washington. 1t was in,
San Francisco that General Funston
drilled the Twentieth Kansas that was
destined for so much fame in the
Philippines campaign. And it was
there, while whipping his organization
into shape. that he met and married
Miss Edna Blankart. This act to use
his own words. Was by long odds the
Smartest thing l ever did in nv life ."
1t was in San Francisco that General
unston was on duty as commander
OF the western department in 1906 at
the time of the earthquake and fire.
BY his efficient handling of the terri
bic situation he added new glory to
his record
In placing General Funston's body
a. S,'aNV III the Alamo. san Antonio is
paying the departed leader a tribute
that has never been accorded to an
other since the little structure first he
came the most precious heritage of the
city and the state of Texas. No o+ba,
BODY has ever reposed there.
General Wood Praises Funston
New York, Feb. 2O-'I am very
much shocked by General Funston's
death said Major General Leonard
"a n ft,rr
the east. He was one of our most
e1hcient and ablest officers. His loss
IS great one to the army and the
United States" 'iie
The Funeral Saturday.
San Francisco. Feb. 2O-F1aes IN
al municipal buildings in San Frau
cisco We're at half mast TODAY in re-
SSpect to the memory of Gen. Fredericl,
p ullsl9h' All available troops at the
Presidio and other military nosts IN
me vicinity of San Francisco bav will
participate in the funeral Saturday