21 Facts About Frederick Funston

Frederick Funston's father was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1884 and served five terms.

Frederick Funston attended the University of Kansas from 1886 to 1890.

Frederick Funston worked as a trainman for the Santa Fe Railroad before becoming a reporter in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1890.

Frederick Funston eventually joined the Cuban Liberation Army that was fighting for independence from Spain in 1896 after having been inspired to join following a rousing speech given by Gen.

Frederick Funston was in command in various engagements with Filipino nationalists.

Frederick Funston played the key role in planning and carrying out the capture of Filipino President Emilio Aguinaldo on March 23,1901, at Palanan.

Frederick Funston's party, escorted by a company of Macabebe Scouts, had gained access to Aguinaldo's camp by posing as prisoners.

Frederick Funston was considered a useful advocate for American expansionism; however, when he publicly made insulting remarks about anti-imperialist Republican Senator George Frisbie Hoar of Massachusetts, mocking his "overheated conscience" in Denver, just prior to a planned visit to Boston, the epicenter of the US anti-imperialism movement, President Theodore Roosevelt denied his furlough request and ordered him to be silenced and officially reprimanded.

In 1906, Frederick Funston was commander of the Presidio of San Francisco when the 1906 San Francisco earthquake hit.

Frederick Funston declared martial law, although he did not have the authority to do so, and martial law was never officially declared.

Frederick Funston attempted to defend the city from the spread of fire, and directed the demolition of buildings using explosives to create firebreaks, but his orders often resulted in more fires.

Frederick Funston gave orders to shoot all looters on sight; however, these orders resulted in numerous cases of innocent people being shot.

From December 1907 through March 1908, Frederick Funston was in charge of troops at the Goldfield mining center in Esmeralda County, Nevada, where the army put down a labor strike by the Industrial Workers of the World.

Frederick Funston was briefly shifted to the same role in the Hawaiian Department.

Frederick Funston was active in the United States' conflict with Mexico in 1914 to 1916, as commanding general of the army's Southern Department, being promoted to major general in November 1914.

Frederick Funston was commander of Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, where he prodded Second Lieutenant Dwight Eisenhower into becoming the football coach for the Peacock Military Academy and later approved Eisenhower's request of leave for his wedding.

Frederick Funston commanded all forces involved in the hunt for Pancho Villa, and provided security for the United States border with Mexico during the "Bandit War".

Frederick Funston's intense focus on his work led to health problems: first, with a case of indigestion in January 1917, followed a month later by a fatal heart attack at the age of 51 in San Antonio, Texas.

Frederick Funston was holding six-year-old Inez Harriett Silverberg in his arms.

Frederick Funston lay in state at both the Alamo and the City Hall Rotunda in San Francisco.

Frederick Funston Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois is a K-8 Chicago Public School In the Logan Square neighborhood.