New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT.
Airs. Henry 3. Harris said

Slrs. Henry 3. Harris said:
II saw Major Butt Just befor. they put
me into a collapsible raft with ever so
! many women from the steersge.
f., "Oh, this whole world should rise In
praise OF Major Butt! That mans conduct
! will remain in my memory forever-t1e way
| he showed some OF the other men how TO
behave when women and children were suf-
fering that awful mental fear that came
when we had 10 be huddled In those boats!
Major Butt was near me pnd | know very
nearly everything he did.
| when the order 10 take 20 the boats
came he became as one In supreme COM
mand. You would have thought he was at
! n White House reception. so cool and calm
was he A dozen or no women became hys-
terical all at once as something connected
with a liteboat went wrong. Major Butt
stepped TO them and said: Really. you
must not act like that: we are all going TO
/ see you through this thing He helped the
sailors rearrange the rope or chain that
had gone wrong and lifted some of the
women In with galiantry His was the
manner we associate with the word aris-
tocrat.
when the time came for Il lie was a
! man 10 be feared. Tn one OF the earlier
boats hfty women II seemed, were about
| to be lowered. when a man. suddenly panic
! stricken, ran TO the stern OF II. Major
! Butt shot one arm out, caught him by the
neck and jerked him backward like pill
low. His head cracked against g rail and
no was stunned.
"Sorry,' said Major Butt; women will
be attended TO first or I'll break every
damned bone in your body
"The boats were lowered away one by
one. ard as I stood by my husband he
said to me Thank God for Archie Butt
Perhaps Major Butt hoard II. for he turned
his face toward lis for a second
| Miss Marie Young said:
THE last person 10 whom I spoke on
board the Titanic was Archie Butt. and
the deck OF the steamer was the last ]
could distinguish as the boat was In pulled
away. Archie himself put me into the boat.
wrapped blankets around me and tucked
me IN as carefully as II We were starting
on a motor ride. He himself entered the
boat with me to help me get fixed, and with
az smiling n face as II death were far
away
when he had carefully wrapped me UP
he stepped upon the gunwaie OF the boat,
and, lifting his hat smiled down ut me.
Goodby. Miss Young he said. Luck
Is With you. VIII you kindly remember
me TO all the folks back home?
Then he stepped to the deck Of the
steamer and the boat was in was low
! cred to the water. It was the last boat
to leave the ship-of this l am perfectly
certain. And 4 know that I am the last
OF those who were saved to whom Archie
Butt spoke"
Mrs. Churchill Candee. OF Washington.
was with Miss Young. and she said she
saw Major Butt standing on the deck
watching their boat pull away and waving
goodby.
Mrs. d. W. Marvin said: II think that
| when We pulled away from the Titanic
saw Major Butt, whom ] knew slightly,
standing near where they were loading
some other boats He had an iron bar or
stick In his hand and he was beating back
| the frenzed crowd who were attempting
| TO crowd into these lifebosts"
a second cabin passenger who was taken
| to the Chelsea Hotel said he saw a man
who was pointed out as Major Butt stand
ing alongside OF the lifeboats. He was IN
his shirtsleeves. In his right hand he held
revolver and an the crowd made toward
the boat heard him shout: Stand bach.
you men. Women and children first. III
shoot the .irst man who tries 10 enter a
(: boatr
This held them back. As was showed
i TO one side I heard a pistol shot, but
- n.
know. The last saw OF bin was after
was showed into the boat with my wife
and my ten.months-old baby In my arms.
saw Major Butt and Colonel .astor stand
Ing together "a our boat was lowered 10