Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-25
MiIe-Iong Funeral Procession
Winds Through Streets Of
San Francisco in DrenChing
Rain Storm,
MILITARY SERVICES
SIMPLE AND BRIEF
Short Address Is Given at
Presbyterian Church in Pres
enCe of Relatives and Close
Friends Of Family


San Francisco, Feb. 24,--"Taps
the last cali blown for a soldier
sounded here today over the grave OF
Mai. Gen. Frederick Funston, who
died suddenly in San Antonio, Tex
Monday night. In accord with his
wishes, he was buried near his son
Arthur Macarthur Funston, in tho
of the military reservation
at the Preside, overlooking the Gold
en- Gate A mixed brigade of coast
and sailors--every avail
able man from the depleted garrasons
around San Francisco bay--with Of
ficers of high rank and thousands of
san Franciscans Combatted the ele-
ments to do honor to his remains.
Drcnching Rain Falls.
From early day, when the triple
balconies were packed with citizens,
gazing at the guarded Casket at the
foot of the great marble stairway, un-
til past midday, the ceremonies ran.
A drenching rain, hour after hour,
slanted across the ranks of the mile
long escort. The streets, seemingly
deserted, became alive with civilians
as the flag-wrapped casllet was borne
lEOiIl lllt CITY nan pll Cll az tliNiS N1ih
son to the First Presbyterian church
and thence to the cemetery. The
route lay along Van Ness avenue,
lined on one side with old-time man
sions which escaped destruction, be-
cause in the great fire of 1905, Gen
eral Funstons engineers dynamited
the buildings on the opposite side of
the street and checked the flames.
Through Streets He Saved.
The entire route of the funeral pro-
cession lay through portions of the
city which owed their immunity from
destruction to the efforts of Fun
ston's men" and his hillside grave
overlooks the camping grounds where
slept thousands of refugees whom he
fed, sheltered and clothed. Hundreds
Of these, it was said, were present at
the ceremony today and persistently
sought mementoes of the last, rites. for
the man who to them was the great
est general of all. Women braved the
sentres to pick from the grass the
empty shells fired in the last salute
and crowded around the grave when
Il was found necessary to set spe-
,ial guard which will remain through
lhl ''iit bIiltl lpNti ~
NAMED of the sentiment which bound
,itizens and soldiers. The sick in the
hospital found at their bed
sides late today cut flowers and bios
SONS which were sent by the gener-
AIS friends and had been heaped on
mis- casket in the church during the
services there,
Funeral Arrangements Simple.
The simplicity of the funeral ar
which the generals
friends regarded as harmOnizing with
MS own utter lack of display, was in
,ensified when before daylight, Gen.
!. Franklin Bell, commander of the
Western department of the army,
the order for full dress uni
'orm to service uniform and overcoat,
n which the two regiments of artil-
erymen endured the storm, The sail
,rs were muffled in REFERS. At 10
o'clock the casket was taken from the
,ity hall rotunda, where it had lain
n state all night. A Gordon of mount
ID police preceded guard with ma
or generals flag, two white stars
IN red field. General Bell and his
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