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Archibald Willingham DeGraffenreid Clarendon Butt〔Smith, p. 69.〕 (September 26, 1865 – April 15, 1912) was an American journalist and United States Army officer. After a short career as a newspaper reporter, he served two years as the First Secretary of the American embassy in Mexico. He was commissioned in the United States Volunteers in 1900 and served in the Quartermaster Corps during the Philippine Insurrection. He gained notice for his work in logistics and animal husbandry, and received a commission in the regular United States Army in 1901. After brief postings in Washington, D.C., and Cuba, he was appointed military aide to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. He died in the sinking of the . ==Early life== Archibald Butt was born in September 1865 in Augusta, Georgia, to Joshua Willingham Butt and Pamela Robertson Butt (née Boggs).〔Matthews, p. 161.〕 His grandfather, Archibald Butt, served in the American Revolutionary War. His great-grandfather, Josiah Butt, was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army during the same conflict.〔 He was the nephew of General William R. Boggs of the Confederate States Army (CSA).〔Boyd, p. viii-ix.〕 He had two older brothers (Edward and Lewis), a younger brother (John), and a sister (Clara),〔Knight, p. 1457.〕 and the family was poor.〔"National Affairs: Dear Clara.'' ''Time.'' September 15, 1930.〕 Butt attended various local schools while growing up,〔 including Summerville Academy.〔"Archibald W. Butt," in Butt, ''Both Sides of the Shield'', p. xiii.〕 Butt's father died when he was 14 years old, and Butt went to work to support his mother, sister, and younger brother.〔 Pamela Butt wished for her son to enter the clergy.〔 With the financial help of the Reverend Edwin G. Weed (who later became the Episcopal Bishop of Florida), Butt attended the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.〔 His mother worked as a librarian at the university,〔 where she lived rent-free in an apartment in the library.〔Abbott, p. xiii.〕 While in college, he became interested in journalism and eventually was named editor of the college newspaper. Butt became acquainted with John Breckinridge Castleman, a former CSA major and guerrilla fighter during the American Civil War and who was, by 1883, Adjutant General of the Kentucky Militia.〔 He joined the Delta Tau Delta fraternity,〔Macfarland, p. 67.〕 and graduated in 1888.〔"Butt, Archibald Willingham DeGraffenreid," in ''The Encyclopedia of Louisville'', p. 150.〕 After taking graduate level courses in Greek and Latin,〔 Butt traveled to Louisville, Kentucky, to meet with Castleman.〔 While in that city, he met Henry Watterson, founder of the ''Louisville Courier-Journal''. Watterson hired him as a reporter, and Butt remained in Louisville for three years.〔 Butt left the ''Courier-Journal'' and worked for the ''Macon Telegraph'' for a year before moving to Washington, D.C.〔"Archibald W. Butt," in Butt, ''Both Sides of the Shield'', p. xiv.〕 He covered national affairs for several Southern newspapers, including the ''Atlanta Constitution'', ''Augusta Chronicle'', ''Nashville Banner'', and ''Savannah Morning News''.〔("Major Archibald Butt." ''New York Times.'' April 16, 1912. ) Accessed 2012-05-18.〕 Butt was a popular figure in D.C. social circles, and made numerous important acquaintances during his time in the capital.〔 When former Senator Matt Ransom was appointed United States Ambassador to Mexico in August 1895, he asked Butt to be the embassy's First Secretary.〔Abbott, p. xviii.〕 Butt wrote several articles for American magazines and published several novels while in Mexico.〔 He returned to the United States in 1897 after Ransom's term as ambassador ended. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archibald Butt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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