Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-03 | Page 4 | Local News

It will will be be recalled that some th time e before General Brigadier-General Fred Funston left the Philippines es on leave to visit his family and friends In hi the States he was compelled to undergo a serious operation operation operation op op- op- op for appendicitis From what appears In the ThC newspapers It would seem that the operation was not entirely entirely entirely en en- successful In any event he Is still stUl suffering either from the old trouble trouble trou trou- ble or the results of Its treatment His leave w will expire expire about March 10 and unless the War department should see fit to extend it It or r assign him to duty at home he will have to return to his post sick or well As the gallant young officer h has been three years on on active service in the Philippines and Is In precarious heal health i one would think that a command in the States States' would be be found for him quite as a matter of course If It h he hr were a a. a West Pointer it would beyond peradventure But Funston Funston Funston Fun Fun- ston It Is rumored is persona non non grata on account of his success In Jumping into the star class of the he regular regular regular reg reg- ular army from the volunteers when arrangements had been carefully made to shelve him or put him off oft with a Captains Captain's commission There was great resentment In army circles when he captured and Gen MacArthur MacArthur MacArthur MacAr- MacAr thur was severely blamed for giving him such a chance It is due to the General commanding the army to say that this feeling never has been shared by the people at army headquarters