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Show President Writes Mrs. Funston. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. President Wilson wrote to Mrs. Frederick Funston today expressing his personal sympathy for her in the loss of her husband and paying tribute to the gallantry and patriotism pa-triotism of the major general. The letter let-ter follows: My Dear Mrs. Funston May I not tell you with what genuine grief I have learned of the death of' your distinguished husband? I feel confident confi-dent that I am expressing the feeling of the whole country when I say that we have lost in him an officer of unusual un-usual gallantry, capacity and loyal devotion to the interests of the country. coun-try. He has repeatedly in very recent re-cent months proved his ability to handle situations of unusual delicacy and difficulty with discretion and success. May I not express my warm personal per-sonal sympathy for you In your irreparable irrep-arable loss? Cordially and sincerelv vours. WOODROW WILSON." ' |