Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-06
great in the integrity of his heart and in

great in the integrity of his heart and in
the simplicity of his SOUL
President Taft followed Mr.. Snyder and
as he sat through the singing of Dudley
Bucks beautiful composition set to the
great poem of Cardinal Newman, Lead
Kindly Light his frame shook with
cheeks. He left Immediately after
speaking, the audience standing until he
had departed.
Secretary Of War Stimson was the next
speaker with tribute to Maj. Butt, the
Soldier The Secretary reviewed Maj
Butts entrance into the service and
his record up to his detail as mill
tary aid to President Roosevelt, and later
to President Taft.
Very often" he said, 'it is only from
| other sources-from the lips of his asso-
ciates or others-that We can obtain the
keynote of his dhe army oficer's) char
acter which furnishes the true picture OF
the living man. In this case of Maj.
| ords and by all his fellow-officers is the
! same.
Absolute and mistaken loyalty to
every friend and to every duty, good
| humored tact and discretion combined
| with efficiency, an ever gentle and con-
| siderate manner coupled with unf1inch-
| ing courage when courage was required,
these were the simple, Soldierly traits
| which all who met him recognized.
1--WE do not always associate gentle
ness and consideration for others with
| the courage of a soldiers profession
| Our ideal of army valor too often carries
with 1t the notion of ruthless force which
dominates and overridea Are we right
| in this? Have not courage and gentle
| ness been ever combined in the ideal OF
chivalry? A noble Frenchman, speaking
to Mr.. Justice Holmes of two of his COM
/, patriots, relics Of the Ancient regime, ex.
pressed 1t: They were very gentle; they
| thought nothing of their lives. 1t was
Of the soldier that Bayard Taylor wrote:
The The bravest are the tenderest;
Ideal of Courage.
| 9"The same ideal Of courage shines out
in the records of the American army.
And SO we are glad to think that there
came to Maj. Butt an opportunity to
vindicate this Chivalrous ideal of the
quiet. self-sacriicing valor of the Ameri-
can soldier. We are proud to think OF
him on the deck of the Titanic. calm. ef-
ficient, helpful, ever master Of himself;
helping Miss Young into the lifeboat and
even placing wraps about her as unaf-
fectedly as If she were starting on a
pleasure ride, and yet showing In his sim.
pie messages of farewell that he realized
only too clearly what a long farewell
it was. We like to think of him there
as a fit representative Of the American
soldier, quietly doing his duty. Such an
end is far from tragedy; it is the full
fillment of a soldiers faith
| Carter B. Keene, master of Temple
| Lodge. paid the tribute of the lodge and
of Masonry to Maj. Butt. the Mason
He said in part:
1T Is impossible to speak of Maj. Butt
as a master Mason without reiteratins
| much that has been here said Of him, for
| the sterling qualities which characterized
his eventful life illumined his Masonic
life. His gentle birth and breeding in a
Georgia home, his alertness and reliability
lin the press galleries, his perfect sense
| OF duty and his absolute respect for dis.
| cipline in the army, his infexible fidelity
| to every trust, his kindness and affability
| his compassion and thoughtfulness fol
| the unhappy and afflicted, were conspicu.
/ Gus in his short but beautiful Masonic
/ career.
i Mai Butt inherited his veneration fol
i the fraternity. A life-size portrait o!
4 Jonathan Butt hangs on the walls o,
4 Franklin Lodge. No II, Warrenton. Ga
i It is the likeness at his great.grand