The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-22

Butler simply covered himself with glory
as the organizer and leader Of the From
tier Light Horse. In the former cam
paign, as his general said of him, "he set
an example of intrepidity and calm cour-
age to his men under very trying circum-
Stances" while the military historian of
the ten months war wrote: Butler was
a splendid worker. and never seemed to
tire, however great the amount of hard
work and wherever the sthest amount of
work was he was sure to be found In
action, if you could ascertain for certain
| where most bullets were flying, you could
be pretty safe in venturing your last dol
lar that Butler would be in the midst of
it."
AS leader Of the Frontier Light Horse,
Butler, who had been bred TO the profess
sion of arms as an infantryman, developed
a kind Of Cromwellian genius for the
mounted arm and for the commanding of
men. Leading his men at a swinging
canter," wrote the historian of the cam
paign, with his reins in his teeth. re-
volver in one hand and "a knobker-ie,
which he snatched from a Zulu, in the
other, his hat blown off in the melee, and
a large streak Of blood across his face.
| caused by a splinter of rock from above,
this gallant horseman seemed a demon in
carnate to the flying savages. who skunk
out of his path as if he had been-as they
| believed him to bean evil spirit, whose
very look was death"
It was no wonder that his men loved
their fierce, silent captain, though he
ruled them with an iron rod. In one hand
he held an iron rod to enforce the disci-
pine of his men. and in another a shield
wherewith to screen them from death.
Thus at the action of the Inhlobane
Mountain he was instrumental in saving
the lives of two of his officers and one Of
his men. at the imminent peril of his own.
Butler had brilliantly performed the task
appointed him by his chief, Evelyn Wood,
which was to reconnoiter the mountain,
when his force was compelled to retreat,
in something like panic-stricken disorder.
before the sudden appearance Of over
whelming masses of the savage enemy.
Butler himself was almost the only man
whose cool courage did not desert him on
his way down the boulder-strewn and
debris-encumbered hillside. Presently he
had been shot under him and who was
retiring on foot Butler, though a heavy
enough burden in himself for his own
exhausted horse, took the captain UP be-
hind him and carried him out of reach Of
the hotly pursuing foe. A little later. in
exactly the same manner, he rescued
Lieutenant Everett and later still he
pulled up behind him q trooper whose
horse could go no further, with the enemy
| not eighty yards behind. Finally he led
into camp seven other troopers who fly
ing from the mountains, had lost theSr
way.
For these splendid services Butler was
awarded the Victoria Cross, a proud dis
/ tinction which carries with it all the
greater honor when II is conferred for the
saving as distinguished from the destruc-
/ ton of life The personal savious Of in
/ dividual mems lives. Butler may also be
! said to have proved the salvation OF Lard
| Chelmsford's little army; for he 1t was
/ whose bold and intelligent scouting led
| to the selection Of the position at Clundl,
| where the savage Zulu power Of Getaway o
| received its crushing blow. Had the per-
! sonal inclination Of Butler been followed
when he returned 10 South Africa 20 join
/ his old chief. Sir Evelyn Wood. after the
/ disaster of Majuba Hill. the shame Il
! that disaster would have been very
! soon edaced.
We'll may Sir Garnet wolseley have
! written to Evelyn Wood al the close OF
/ the Zulu campaign: "yod and Butler
! have been the bright spots in this mtser-
/ able war. and all through I have felt
proud that I numbered Won bo-h among
4. nv friends and companions in arms" As
+ Butler had pioneered Sir Garnet's punt
+ tive expectation through me pathless
/ swamps and forests Of Ashautee. 20 again,
| as chief OF woIseley's intelligence depart
/ u7ant. Il was he who piloted his little
/ arnv-Graham's brigade In particular
| across tho starlit desert from Kassassa 70
( Telel-Kehir. where Arab Pas1i was
I crushed IS enectGaUy as Koaee Ka'kaI
/ and Cetavsyo mad been successfully
/ crushed before him
N the Egyptian campaign o. iss2 Pub
! lar-who now became 81 RedveTs-17d
+ feen. 50 70 s1eak. the b-afn u Voiselsy's
urt,a army. bat n1vr hs vas n receive =
/ command that called Cor the exercise Of
/ Drawn no less :han brain. Appointed 70
i The command % TIRE Yrs; Brigade. as
/ well az second in command u. the ht-is
+ fo-ce-s af,5nen-vita which General Ora
ham II 1ss9 was Dispatched 70 sauklu1 20
I avenee the frequent raassacTes - EzE-p-
/ tan troops n tae hands n Csman Dig
ma SIR Resvers Buffer csat-Ga1tef ma
I te-ssTfv. b. hss uever-faIisae ce1sness md
4 courage. 20 the victory o. = Ts5; wHs
2. the subsequent battle - TaaraI i was
f, re who positively rare5 The DAY ~ p
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/ the huge h5r-w s4us-s hst q. Taraai
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/ pl7esrg III re ezzz IN oas basket BE- di-
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/ ilIss onrfsh = .he Faesssg~as TN; Da-
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