HOWARD, Captain Arthur L. - Gatling Gun operator
Captain Howard (1846-1901) operated the Gatling Gun in the North-West Rebellion of 1885, and visited the Bell Farm en route East after the conflict ended.
Captain Howard, an American, and an member of the Connecticut National Guard, was hired to join General Middleton's forces in 1885 to operate the Gatling Gun provided by the American manufacturing firm. Howard visited the Bell Farm along with General Middleton en route east after the Rebellion was quashed, and reportedly gave a demonstration of the gun's firing power on the Farm. This would have been the only time during the 1885 Conflict when any military weapons were discharged on the Farm.
Later, he remained in Canada and was a shareholder in the Dominion Cartridge Company.
During the Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), Howard re-enlisted and supervised the operation of gatling guns during that conflict. In 1900 he commanded a unit called the Canadian Scouts, and was killed in Action on Feb. 17, 1901.
SOURCES:
http://members.memlane.com/gromboug/P5NWReb.htm
Biography - https://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/boer/gathoward_e.html
"New York Times: - Nov. 16, 1885, p. 1 - 'Capt. Howard's Reward'
Gatling Guns sent to Battleford and Batoche - https://www.pressreader.com/canada/saskatoon-starphoenix/20100513/283996123469997
https://www.historynet.com/great-guns-2.htm
http://www.goldiproductions.com/angloboerwarmuseum/Boer70p_hero17_howard.html
Death of Howard - https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80000604
"History of Indian Head and District", 1984; p. 6
Gravestone - https://www.angloboerwar.com/forum/5-medals-and-awards/13-gat-howard
Photo - Prince Albert Historical Society: PAHS Archives collection, H-392
RESEARCH BY:
Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Saskatchewan