Editing Frederick Funston (section)

===Cuba===
[[File:FredFunston.jpg|150px|thumb|Funston in Cuban uniform]]
He eventually joined the [[Cuban Liberation Army]] that was fighting for independence from [[Spain]] in 1896<ref name="Davis"/> after having been inspired to join following a rousing speech given by Gen. [[Daniel E. Sickles]] at [[Madison Square Garden]] in [[New York, New York|New York City]].

After a bout of [[malaria]], Funston's weight dropped to an alarming 95 lb. The Cubans gave him a leave of absence. When Funston returned to the United States, he was commissioned as a [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] of the [[20th Kansas Infantry Regiment (1898)|20th Kansas Infantry Regiment]] in the [[United States Army]] on May 13, 1898, in the early days of the [[Spanish–American War]]. In the fall, he met Eda Blankart at a patriotic gathering, and after a brief courtship, they married on October 25, 1898.<ref>https://www.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/eda-blankart-funston.htm| Eda Blankart Funston</ref> Within two weeks of the marriage, he had to depart for war, landing  in the [[Philippines]] as part of the U.S. forces that would become engaged in the Philippine–American War.