Show C p T 1 i 1 i t b r r. r dr t y i 4 r s I ELMO SCOTT WATSON 11 THIRTY years years ears ago America Jh had d a new national hero He was was a ua little man with a slight tImp limp a little man mou who weighs less than a hundred pounds with a Vandyke m- m beard aboard and a sense of ot humor 1 that bubbles in him like the 2 j ence sacs ence of ot wine His Ills name m 1 d Funston and his made mad e as he himself called 1 is name on the time lips of It or r Funston had captured r the time leader of ot the theli li the most talked talked- the Orient If It not In th the 3 gild at that time who for ars gars had been leading some American troops and native natives s a merry chase from one onee he e province of ot Luzon to an- an tin March m 23 1901 WOI the chase Jin an end when through the nd the strategy of ot the little this wit wily native leader was loner i cant int though Funston may mayn n In appearance few mens men's mense e been packed as full with ad- ad c s S had his when he sprang e almost overnight He was k hlo In 1865 the son of ot a first firsti i the Union army ormy who In Int Into into t d to Kan Kansas sax when Frederick d d Years old where he lie was elect elect- Kansas state legislature and ted ted and repeatedly re-elected re eSS Ss 1 rr rj r Funston was educated In li ft attended the University of ot nor or or two years cars and then went J il It 11 as aa a newspaper reporter tort ort Smith Ark and later on s CU City Journal t the summer of ot 1800 1596 he at- at r t ct mass meeting rn tn New York P arouse sympathy for the rho ho o were struggling to throw oke of ot Spain Funston bej bette be- be j tte rested In the cause causa of ot Cuban d offered his services to the ta After drilling recruits le e he Joined a and aided in dellver- dellver h Gomez the first Hotch- Hotch le it eu p owned by the Cuban Two weeks later he was wasT 1 charge hage of these guns as capI cap- cap T 1 I raillery e Is 18 months In Cuba Cubo Funi Fun- Fun part In 22 engagements and i was the execution wrought fill ns S five pieces Including a dynamite dynamite gun the first ever that the Spaniards set seton on n his head At the battle baUle I hill ls lungs were pierced by a ft at t and while h he a was re- re nt nom I this wound his hip was Gt Ge Get yf his horse fulling upon It lore cavalry charge This was wasy J by py c y an nn attack of ot fever and health broken Funston at- at I reach reach the coast and escape ted State States arrested by the Spaniards cd ed In convil convincing them that w. w deserter from the time Cuban jer er swallowing the passport i ld have betrayed him and j 11 hey at first sentenced him him ad and a 0 stone wall he ha freed and sent to the to tes This was In 1800 and B ew V years Funston spent on i J Platform ot of the Spanish Spanish Spanish-Amer- Amera Amer- Amer e a organized the time Twentieth a u regiment similar t fw Riders of ot which he was onil His regiment was or or- 4 S f j ro 0 x dered tiered to the Philippines and in November November November No No- vember he Joined Gen Wesley Vesley Merritt at Manila and aided In the capture of the capital It Is at this point that Aguinaldo comes into the picture The Time early life lite and ancestry of ot this leader Is cloaked In mystery He lIe Is said to have much Spanish blood In his veins from which came his intelligence his courage his military ability and his political acumen When hen In August 1898 he declared himself president of ot the time revolutionary revolutionary revolutionary revo revo- government of ot the time Philippines Philip Philip- Philippines pines and general In chief of Its army he called himself Don Emilio Aguinaldo Agul Agul- naldo y Famy lIe He was even then dreaming of ot Independence for his native native na nay na- na tive land laud after atter the Americans had debated defeated defeated de de- de- de bated the hated Spaniard and these dreams led to the time Insurrection against the new masters of ot the Islands Almost from the beginning of ot the Insurrection Funston had been In the field against Aguinaldo's followers His strict discipline had not made him especially popular with his soldiers but after the affair at river In April 1899 1890 he had their unbounded respect There he tie found the bridge across the river destroyed and a strong force of ot on the theother theother theother other side to resist a crossing by the Americans Selecting 20 O of ot those who volunteered to accompany him Funston Funston Fun Fun- ston stop swam the river drove the enemy back and took 80 SO prisoners A few days later with only 45 15 men he lie crossed the Rio Grande at on a raft and after atter a desperate fight drove e 2500 1500 O of ot the enemy from an nn In In- trenched position For this feat he was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers Throughout 1899 and 1900 there was constant fighting but hut always ahva's the leader lead lead- er of ot the eluded capture Sometime during 1000 he seemed to have e dropped out of ot sight entirely but butIn butin In III January 1901 1001 from front his hiding place In the time province pro of ot Isabela Aguinaldo sent out a letter denouncing the sub sub- chiefs who had taken the oath of ot al allegiance al al- to the United States and ordered ordered ordered or or- dered certain Insurgent forces In southern Luzon to Join him hlin at the rendezvous In Isabela Time The messenger messenger messen messen- ger entrusted with this letter surrendered surrendered dered to an nn American lieutenant In February and upon securing the Information Information information In In- formation so long desired General Funston determined upon a n daring plan for capturing Aguinaldo Going to Manila Manua to lay his plans before his superiors supe Generals MacArthur ant nn d Wheaton he finally gained their consent consent con sent to the attempt Taking with will m him U. U W. W Newton I and Russo Hussel 1 T. T Oliver I p. p M. M Haz lInz Hazzard zard and Burton J J. J Mitchell and i a II t com company pan of or SO who spoke spot e the languages he was landed landec on a beach south of In the th e province of ot Principe on March 13 1801 AguInaldo's messenger and aud the scouts were to pass themselves themselves themselves them them- selves off oft as a detachment of ot Insurgent gent who had hind captured the five Americans and were taking them themas as prisoners to Aguinaldo The position position position tion of ot Funston and his companions was a n dangerous one Everything depended depended depended de de- de- de upon the faithfulness of ot the Should they turn traitor to the Americans It meant certain I death But they remained faithful and after a fatiguing and dangerous march of seven days and nights the party reached a n point eight miles from AguInaldo's hiding place A message stamped with the seal of ot General Lacuna an Aguinaldo supporter supporter supporter sup sup- porter which had been found among the papers handed over by the insurgent Insurgent Insurgent gent leaders leader's messenger er was sent forward forward forward for for- ward to Aguinaldo and a n prompt response response response re re- re- re was received recel welcoming the party Time The Americans and their fake hastened forward Funston himself was not present at the actual capture That he lie entrusted to a n Span- Span lard Segovia Sego and a detachment detachment detachment detach detach- ment of ot the time scouts The fhe story as Funston told It later follows Running up the bank toward the house we were met by Segovia who came running out his face aglow with exultation and his clothes spattered with the blood of the men he lie had wounded He called out In Spanish It Is all right we have him We hastened Into the house and I introduced Introduced introduced intro Intro- myself to Aguinaldo telling him that we were officers of ot the American army array that the men with us were our troops and not his and that he be was wasa wasn a n prisoner of ot war He Lie was given assurance assurance as as- that he lie need fear tear no bad treatment Ho lIo said In a dazed sort of ot way Is this not some Joke I assured him that It was not though as a n matter of ot fact It was a n pretty bad one on him While naturally agitated agi ngi- agitated his hearing bearing was dignified and andIn andIn andin In this moment of his fall there was nothing of ot the craven In after atter years Aguinaldo was loud loudIn loudIn loudin In his praise of ot for the audacity audacity audacity au au- au- au and skill of ot his plan saying that only by the stratagem used usell could he have hayo been heen captured The news that Aguinaldo was captured was flashed to the thc United States and was hailed with delight as the sign that the long and ond weary war against the Insurgents was over at last President den dent McKinley on March 30 commissioned commissioned commissioned commis commis- Funston a n brigadier general In Int Inthe t the he regular re arm army and had It not been for his untimely death In 1917 1017 It Is la probable that he would have e been commander In chief of or the time A. A E. E F. F when the United States entered the World war nr Ills His only part In that great rent conflict cont con con- met was as to give his name manic to a trainIng train train- Ing lag camp In Kansas where thousands of men received their training for over 3 ei p by Western r Union |