The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
Memorial Service Will Be Held in the City of
 New York
EVERY STORY TELLS
 OF HIS COOL COURAGE
From Moment That Ship Struck Berg Butt Was an Officer of the 1i- tanic - Monunent Win Re
 Y Erecsed to Him in Capital

New York April 20, -(special) )-The death of no man on the Titanic caused more general grief than did that of Maj. Archibald Butt II may fairly be said that the mourning for this gallant offi- cer is nationwide. for there was not 9 state in the union nor an island possess sion of the United states but there are waIm friends of lie close friend and personal aid of the President.
 Memorial Service in New York
 In New York there will he special service in memory of Major Butt at the Episcopal Church or St. Mark s-n-the- Boue1ie al which the alumni of Sewanee the alma mater of the dead soldier will attend The Rev. William Norman Guth- re, the rector, himself personal friend of Major Butt. will conduct the services
 The Sewanee alumni have appointed two of their nnmber, T. Charming Moore and Charles MeD. Puclsett to draft appro- l,rIate resolutions and a letter of condo lelce to the stricken family. which will be adopted at meeting to be held inn mediately after the services.
 Every story of survivor of the wreck tells of the cool courage the splendid courtesy and the fine efficiency of Ma sor Butt.
 Army Men Feel Loss K eenly
 Among army men especially Is the jess of Major Butt keenly felt Froia the time Of the tragedy the interest of military men here have eentered in the two army men, Major Butt and ~ s..Ir both men. talked about the saving of the one and the apparent loss of the other. because the subject was one in which they felt d concern which 1t Is difficuult 10 find a word definitely to describe. If one army man was los,. the other man with an army training ought to have been lost, too.
 When the stormy came about the wa 7 in which Gracies life was saved they were relieved. He was saved by one of those rare "accideuts of ohanceo which one finds in Clark Russelrs Sea Tales" Oracle stood with the mon while the women were saved, and like Archie Butt faced willingly what seemed certain death.
 Major Butt Was Everywhere
 From the moment that Captain smith let it be known to his officers and few of the men passengers that the Titanic vas doomed, MaJor Butt was an officer of the Titanic. He was every where. giving words of encourage ment to women and children. and ut tering, when necessary. commands to keep woakneed men from giving in and rendering the situation even more ter rible. t4
 That this was the manner in which Ma jor Butt met death is certain Capt Charles E. Grain of the Twenty-seventh United States infantry was q passenger on the Carpatha, and when he learned that Major Butt was amoing the dead he made 1t his duty to get the true story of his comrades death
 Naturally said Captain Grain. T was deeply concerned in the fate of Major Butt. for he was not only q fellow officer of the army but also personal friend of many years and 1 questioned those of the survivors who were in a condition to talk, and from them learned that Butt, when the Titanic struck. took his position with the officers and from the mome;it that the order to man the llfeboats was given until thc last one was dropped int Q the sea he aided in the maintenance of discipline and the placing of the women and children in the boats.
 Was Cool as Iceberg
 ? "Butt was told, was as cool as the iceberg that had doomed the ship. ard not once did he lose control of himself. In the presence of death he was the same gallant. courteous officer the American people had learned to know so well as a
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