The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-11-14
LIEUT.. WADE MARRIED.
Gen, Clark Talks Of His War
History.
A Brave Young Officer From Southwest
Missouri.
Nevada Mail.

Lieutenant Ben. r. Wade, son of
Col. Wade, editor of the Butler DEM
ocrat, was married at Fort Crock,
Nebraska, Monday to Miss Blanche
Lowe, of that city. The bride is a
daughter Of the late General Lowe,
OF Fort Crook. Lieutenant Wade
went into the Spanish-American war
with the Butler company, and later
became a member and First Lieuten-
ant in the regular army. He is now
attached to the Tenth Infantry, sta
TONED at Fort Crook, His appoint
ment to this position came from
President Mckinley
Speaking Of Lieutenant Wade and
his marriage, General H. c. Clark, of
Butler, under whom he served in the
Spanish.American war, said to a
Mail representative: 81 have just
been telling Col. Mitchell, Lieutenant
Wade's old regimental commander,
ola very high tribute paid the young
officer by Captain Rumbolt OF Light
Battery A. who served with such dis
tinction as Adiutant Of the 32nd U.
s. Volunteers during that regiments
brilliant service in the Philippines.
After the inspection OF the First Regi-
ment and battery at st. Louis last
week, l was present at a smoker
given by Colonel Sinclair and his Of
GERS at the armory, and during the
evening the subject turned upon the
service rendered by the National
guard during the Spamsh-American
war and the war in the Philippines.
Captain Humboldt related an act of
bravery performed by Lieutenant
Ben. r. Wade, who served in the Sec
ond Missouri Volunteers under
Colonel Mitchell during the war, and
later went to the Philippines as an
officer to the 32nd United States
Volunteers which in the judgment Of
the Captain entitled him to a medal
OF honor. "While we were stationed
in the province OF Bataan," said Cap
tain Humboldt, "Wade went out with
his company to the Orani, native
stream, on a scouting expedition,
and the command was ambushed by
a large Filipino force. To under
stand the tremendous disadvantage
under which our men are placed in
that country one must see one Of the
wild and seemingly impenetrable
thickets which make the guerilla war
fare waged by the natives not only
possible but sometimes most deadly.
and effective. The handful OF Ameri-
cans were divided, and Lieutenant
Wadeteek Observation-Disclosures
ed the stream in an effort to flank
the enemy. After considerable fight
ing at great odds, it was discovered
that the party left behind had mis-
understood the order and were on
the other side OF the stream exposed
to a cross fire Of the insurgents, which
was doing deadly execution. Then
it was that Lieutenant Wade volun-
teered the hazardous feat Of wading
the river to them in the face of the
Filipino Ere. Wadeis a short, heavy
built fellow and he can't swim q
stroke. In crossing the stream the
water was up to his chin, and only
by holding his face turned up could
he keep it out OF his mouth. But he
made it across, reached his men and
started back with them. TWAS then
shat he performed an act Of personal
bravery and devotion to duty which
marks the stuff Of which Missourians
are made. Now while Filipino SOL
diers are plentiful, good rifles were
scarce and the loss Of one American
gun to the enemy meant the placing
in his hands Of the means of making
the next ambuscade that much more
successful. The detachment had
started across when two OF the Amer
leans we're killed. Leaving his men
to hurry across, Lieutenant Wade
returned alone under fire, took the
rifles and cartridge belts from the
bodies Of his two dead comrades, and
holding them high above his head.
again waded the stream, the water
gurgling about his mouth at every
step.
l see that he has been appointed
an officer in the regular army. and /
hope to see his services still further
recognized"
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