Major Archibald Butt

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Le Mémorial des Pyrénées

MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT

New-York, April 17.

President Taft sent messages everywhere he could, so anxious was he about the fate of his aide-de-camp major Archibald Butt. Butt was on his return journey from Rome where Taft had sent him on a special mission to meet the pope and king Victor Emmanuel.
We know that among the topics he talked about at the Vatican was the difficulty roused by Mr. Farley, archbishop of New-York, and Mr. O’Donnell, archbishop of Boston, both becoming cardinals.
From Rome, he recently wired that the Sovereign Pontiff entrusted him with an important communication for the president.
His death is felt as a hard blow in Washington.
When American troops temporarily occupied Cuba, Major Butt proved that he was a born soldier. He was single. As he was staying in Italy, there were rumours about his marriage. But he nicely refuted it, stating that he would rather be the only one to know how the novel of his life ended.
You will have to admit that the end of the novel is particularly sad.

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LE MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT
New-York, 17 avril.
Des dépêches ont été envoyées dans toutes les directions par le président Taft, particulièrement anxieux d’obtenir des nouvelles de son aide de camp le major Archibald Butt. Celui-ci revenait de Rome où il avait eu des entretiens avec le Pape et le roi Victor Emmanuel, auprès desquels le président l’avait envoyé en mission spéciale.
On sait qu’entre autres questions il avait discuté, au Vatican, certaines difficultés soulevées par l’élévation au cardinalat de Mgr Farley, archevêque de New-York, et de Mgr O’Donnell, archevêque de Boston.
De Rome, il avait télégraphié dernièrement que le Souverain Pontife lui avait confié, pour le président, une importante communication.
Sa mort cause une consternation profonde à Washington.
Le major Butt s’était particulièrement distingué lors de l’occupation provisoire de Cuba par les troupes américaines. Il était célibataire. Pendant son séjour en Italie, on avait raconté qu’il devait se marier. Mais il avait démenti ce bruit d’une façon plaisante, en disant qu’il préférait assister seul à la fin de son roman.
Cette fin est, on l’avouera, particulièrement tragique.

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