New-York tribune., 1910-10-30

| 1. D. H.
President and native Of GeawJuh, sub,
and proud OF it
Since Taft became President, the Captain
has been known to the public as mass Of
smiles and a network of gold lace, which re-
sided IN big automobiles, Ornamented the
background OF any scene upon which Mr..
T aft might appear, and shOne resplendent at
every White House ball and afternoon tea.
He has been set down as the carpet knight
of glitterIng achievements and gabby gOr-
geOuSness.
But Archie he denies that his full
name IS Archibald Willingham de Graffen-
ried Clavering Butt-has done things that
have established his reputation for Sterner
deeds than bending gracefully over a
womans fan or handling q cup of after din
ner coffee with all the grace OF a magician.
In the first place, when he was IN active
service in 1900, he revOlutlOnIZed the method
Of Transporting animals by ship. So well did
his innovation work that the British army
has adopted it. He was put N charge Of a
shiplOad of horses and mules to be trans
ported from Portland. Oregon, TO the Philip
pine Islands, and, as he stepped aboard the
cattle craft, he was handed bulky mass OF
orders 1nStructIng HIM how TO handle the
animals. The general purpOrt OF these
papers was that he must put each horse and
I
of the boat would not cause the beasts to
lose their footing. This sling was made by
q tail band, belly band, and q shoulder
plate. all so adjusted and tied 10 the sides
OF the stall that the horse or mule could
neither fall down nor lie down. In fact,
these slings held the beasts a little above
the flooring of their stalls and let them sleep
suspended IN air. The theory on which this
was done was that no animal could stanA
It's feet for thirty-tive days, to - on
sumed by the voyage. and & time con-
than the So So 49, snip lost sight of land
all the -: ain issued blanket order that
aa~, -ngs be done away with and that
mule and horse be given three feet of
cham to Its halter. 1t was rank nSubOrdina-
ton, Tor he was going against the bulky
mass of orders from his superior officers:
but Archie spent his youth on a farm in
| Georgia, and he knew that when the water
/ got TOO rough for . horse or mule to keep its
! footing II was time Tor mere man 10 COntern-
plate the danger of going to the bottom of
the sea. He also knew that horse or a
! mule could stand on It's feet and sleep on its
/ feet almost indefinitely.
! Luckily for him, the reform worked won
dertully well. He got the shipload Of ami
mails TO Manila without losing one. Before
/ that more than half of every shiplOad OF
horses or mules carried to the Philippines
| from this country had died on the wav.
| The result was that the Captain was highly
commended and his plan was adopted bv
the army OF the United States and by the
British Government.
Few people remember that Archie accom-
panied former President Roosevelt on ms
famous ride Of one hundred and SIX miles
from Washington to Warrenton, Virginia.
and return. The trip was made in fourteen
hours and forty minutes, and the last sixteen
miles were covered IN a binding storm Of
sleet and snow. The start from Washington
was made at three-hfty O'Clock in the morn
ing, and the only thing Archie and the
Colonel ate during the whole dav was soup.
The morning after the ride Butt went to
the White House and took occasion to step
around IN a lively manner. so as 10 disguise
the fact that the long ride had made him
stiff. Roosevelt, after watching him a few
minutes. called him into a corner and SAID:
Archie, / see you 're putting up the same
bluff / am, moving about quickly so as to
hide your bodily discomfort"
That ride was made 10y Roosevelt TO show
that his executive order, requiring every Of