The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-17
LIFE SAVED BY BRASS BUTTON.
COngTeSSmanS Son Saw Active Service in Gu
ba, China and the Philippines and had a
Siege With Typhoid,

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A Washingtons correspondent
to the Philadelphia Record gives
the following interesting account
of a Pennsylvania soldier boys
experience in the late wars:
CATER an absence from Wash
ington of q months, during
which he travelled more than 25,-
600 miles, saw active service in
Cuba and against the Fillipinos in
Luzon, took part in the memor-
able Chinese expedition from
start to finish, was twice wound
ed and went through a weary
siege Of typhoid fever, Captain
Smedley Darlington Butler, Of
the United States Marine Corps,
son of Representative Thomas S.
Butler, of West Chester, return
ed here from Manila.
"The young veteran of three
wars looks well and weighs 15l
pounds, but he is still weak, as a
result of the attack of fever, from
which he was convalescing when
he sailed from Manila. The long
voyage across the Pacific, though
at times so rough that the decks
of the transport Grant were
swept by great waves and some
of the passengers were thrown
from their berths, did Captain
Butler good, and when he reach
ed San Francisco he had made a
substantial gain in weight and
strength.
Gle was met at San Francisco
by Representative and Mrs. But
Ter, who crossed the continent
for that purpose, not knowing
how he would stand the voyage,
and being naturally anxious that
their son should have the best of
care and nursing if he required
it.
"After a two days rest in San
Francisco, the little party started
eastward last Friday and reached
Washington to-day. Captain But
Ter had a slight return of fever
while on the journey, and is still
obliged to avoid fatigue and expo
sure in order to avert the risk of
a serious relapse, so dangerous
to convalescents from typhoid.
He viii remain with his parents
inWashington until Friday Then
the family will go to their home
in West Chester, where a rousing
reception awaits the young man
from his old friends and neigh,
bors.
The first caller on Captain But.
Ter this afternoon was Captain
Harry Leonard, of this city, tc
whose self-sacrificing devotion
during the siege of Tientsin the
young Pennsylvania owes his
life. Captain Leonard now car
ries an empty sleeve as a mute
reminder Of his heroism in rush
ing to the rescue Of his friend,
who was wounded in the leg by
Chinese soldiers stationed in the
walls Of Tientsin and was in dan
ger Of being shot to pieces, when
his comrade bore him to a place
Of safety. The greeting between
the two chums was of the warm
est kind.
eve had a pretty tough time O
it out there" said Captain But
Ter, especially while we were al
Tientsin and on the Today march
TO Pekin. The worst of it was
the bad water we had to drink
when there was any to be had al
ALL That's where l got the ty
phoid germs, | suppose; but We
| knew it wasn't going to be a pic
mic and took things as they came
There was plenty Of excitement
and experiences that kept us in
terested, and | don't think any O
us would have missed it for /
good deal
81 think the most remarkabl,
thing in the whole expedition t,
Pehin was the way the Japanes
cavalry captured the eleven Chi
/ nese guns at Peit-Sang. Th,
Japs dashed across an open tielc
under the Chinese artillery fir,
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