MEMORIES OF TWO WARS. CUBAN AND PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCES - IN SOUTH AFRICA

1912 ex-library hardcover with 452 pages. R60 postage in SA. Funston played an important role in capturing Filipino leader Emilio Aguinaldo, on 23 March 1901 at Palanan. The capture of Aguinaldo made Funston a national hero, although his reputation was somewhat tarnished when details of the capture became known--Funston's party had gained access to Aguinaldo's camp by pretending to surrender to the Filipinos.In 1906, Funston was in command of the Presidio base in San Francisco, California when the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake hit. Funston took command of the city under martial law.With the US entry into World War I, President Woodrow Wilson favored Funston to head up the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). His intense focus on work would lead to health problems, first with a case of indigestion in January 1917, followed by a fatal heart attack at the age of 51 years in San Antonio, Texas.