THE WICHITA DAILY EAGLE kept close tabs on the Philippine front this month in 1898 to monitor the situation for arriving sons in the 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, set to sail for Manila later that year. The 964 enlisted men and 46 officers that included General Frederick Funston, sly captor of General Emilio Aguinaldo, were officially mustered into service on May 13, 1898, but didn't arrive in Manila until December 6. Funston captured Aguinaldo in Palanan on March 23, 1901 and was lampooned by
Mark Twain in his sarcastic satire A Defence of General Funston because of the tactics he employed in the operation:
“begging for food then capturing his benefactor.”
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| The Wichita Daily Eagle, June 18, 1898 |
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| The proclamation muted below the headline |
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| Where the buffalo roam: the 20th Kansas, home on the firing range |
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| Frederick Funston with officers that captured Aguinaldo |
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