FUNSTON, FREDERICK (1865-1917), American soldier, was born at New Carlisle, 0., on Nov. 9, 1865. When at an early age, his parents moved westward, settling in Kansas in 1881. After some three years' study at the University of Kansas, he worked as a railway conductor and as a newspaper reporter in Kansas City. In 1891 he was appointed botanist for the depart ment of agriculture in the Death valley expedition, and two years later he was commissioned to report on the flora of Alaska, where he made extensive explorations, including a journey down the Yukon alone in an open boat. In 1896 he joined the Cuban insurgent army in which he became a lieutenant-colonel. On the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, he returned to the United States, was appointed colonel of the 20th Kansas Volunteers and sent to the Philippine Islands. For his conduct at the battle of Calumpit in 1899, during the Filipino insurrec tion, he received the Congressional medal of honour and was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers. For his capture of Aguinaldo (q.v.), the leader of the revolt, he was made brigadier-general in the regular army. As commander of the U.S. troops stationed at San Francisco at the time of the earth quake and fire in 5906, he displayed notable promptness and energy in establishing order and organizing relief. Afterwards he saw further service in the Philippine and Hawaiian islands, and in Jan. 1914 he was appointed commander of the 2nd Division of the army. In April 1914, when the naval forces turned the captured city of Vera Cruz, Mexico, over to the army, Gen. Funston be came military governor of the city, an office which he discharged humanely and efficiently. He was rewarded with the commission of major-general, and in 1916 was placed in general command of the forces along the Mexican border. In that year he directed the movements of the troops in Mexico in pursuit of Francisco Villa. His death occurred at San Antonio, Tex., on Feb. 13, 1917. He was the author of Memories of Two Wars (19n).