The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-24
BRAVE TO The LAST
SURVIVORS DESCRIBE HEROLSM
OF MAJOR BUTT
COOL IN A GREAT Crisis

"God Never Made liner Noble
man" is Tribute of Woman, Saw
ed from Titanic Wreck, and An
other Tells of Parting as Last Life
boat Left Doomed Ship.
A graphic story of the heroism of
Maj. Archibald Butt on the Titanic
was told in an interview given to the
Washington Stars staff correspond
ent in New York by Miss Marie
Young, a former resident of Wash
ington. Miss Young is believed to
have been the last woman to leave
the Titanic and the last Of the sur
vivors to have talked with the pres
ident's military aide. She and Maj.
Butt has long been friends, Miss
Young having been special music
instructor to the children of Former
President Roosevelt, Miss Young
said:
The last person to whom
spoke on board the Titanic was Ar
chic Butt, and his good, brave face,
smiling at me from the deck, was
the last could distinguish as the
Ihoat was pulled away from the steam
er's side.
Archie himself put me into the
boat, wrapped blankets around me
and tucked me in as carefully as if
we were starting on a motor ride.
He himself entered the boat with
me. performing the little courtesies
as calmly and with as smiling face
as if death were far away instead Of
being but a few moments removed
from him.
when he had carefully wrapped
me up, he stepped upon the grnwale
of the boat and, lifting his hat, smil-
ed down at me.
Goodbye, Miss Young, he said
bravely and smilingly. Luck is with
you. Will you kindly remember me
to all the folks back home?'
"Then he stepped to the deck Of
the steamer and the boat I was in
was lowered to the water. 1t was
the last boat to leave the ship; oi
this l am perfectly certain. AnG
, know that am the last Of those who
were saved to whom Archie Butt
spoke.
GAS our boat was lowered and LEFT
the side of the steamer, Archie wa:
still standing at the rail, looking
down at me. His hat was raised anc
the same old, genial, brave smile wa:
on his face
Mrs. Henry 3. Harris, of Washing
ton, in an interview in the Washing
ton Star, described the heroism Of
: Major Butt. She said:
Archie Butt was major to the
last. God never made a finer noble
man than he. The sight of that man
calm, gentle and yet as firm as
rock, will never leave me. The
: American army is honored by hin
and the way he showed some of the
other men how to behave when wo
men and children were suffering tina
awful mental fear that came whe1
we had to be huddled in those boats
Major Butt was near me, and know
: very nearly everything he did.
When the order came to take tc
the boats he became as one in su'
preme command You world have
thought he was at White Hose re-
,, ception, so cool and calm was he
When the time came he was man
to be feared. In one of the earlier
boats fifty women, it seemed, were
about to be lowered when a man
suddenly panic-stricken, ran. to the
stern of it. Major Butt shot one
arm out, caught him by the neck
and jerked him backward like a
pillow. His heard cracked against
the rail and he was stunned.
Sorry, said Major Butt, women
will be attended to first or Ill break
every damned bone in your body
The boats were lowered away
one by one, as I stood by my hus'
band, he said to me: Thank God fol
Archie Butt Perhaps Major Butt
heard it, for he turned his face to-
ward us for a second Just 1T thai
lime young man was arguing te
get into lifeboat and Major Butt
had hold of the lad by the arm like
big brother and appeared to be
telling him to keep his head.
How inspiring he was; stayed
until almost the last and know what
man Archie Butt was. They put
me in a collapsible boat. I was one
of three women from the first cabin
in It. The rest were steerage peo-
pie. Major Butt helped those poor
frightened steerage people so Won
derfully, tenderly and yet with such
cool and manly frmness. He was a
soldier to the last. He gave UP his
life to save Others"