The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-26

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CURED In lew ENTERPRISE aud the sacrlnce In
tins case was lar because the experlme was Q
great one. II was perfectly well UNDERSTOOD why
the crews OF the Erebus ana Terror perlshed; bnt
they had learned much since tntt time, ana u as
la posslole mat, TO Ger am extent, ,ne same
dangers wUuu aiise as formerly. NO service what.
ever he was OF opinion, was more faithful u carr ed
out tnan the search ior Franklin. The command.
ers OF mat expedition mad delicate TASK
to perform. and each dd his best, according TO AIS
aoility. There wa no clew to io!lDw-AI wen.
WESTWARD. ana, so far as they knew, tnat as the
right direction, ana gu ior the disc very oy DR..
Re. In that m memorable Journey wulch he under.
took, the ate o these men might have renamed
mySlely AIDED by Ms own instincts, McCiln.
tocx aud his companions fnaly solved he mys-
terry and the details o me voyage OF The liite
Fox, htteo out by Lady Franklin. were well known.
The experience o. otner Arciic explorers won
now Admlrai Richards tnougni, stand them IA
w.sely, IN the interests OF science, say nothing
OF the terest5 o. the coun.rf, 10 espatcn well
equipped expeuiton TO endeavor 10 reacn the
hgnest northern latituae, possoly the Poe tseiI.
THE ROUTE PROPOSED
was the channel leaolng norm rom tha head OF
Bliiin's Bay 10 the souther N entrance. which was
known as Snltn's SOUND ana TINS route offered
suCn great advantage over all o hers oecau o
the course was a straight one. The en- rance 70
Smiths Sound Was discOyeT red and named by
Baflin III 1915, " en- he sailed round the sea or
bay which pore mis- anne aud there was no record
o. IFS DeIng visited until Two centuries after aard,
wnen Ross appeared No peope nad shown a
greater interest IN Arctic expiol alton than the
AmerlcaDs- tcHeer- AND wnen all ur,her hopes
were tandoned w the Engisn IN the direction OF
spirit was among them. AID Jney rersevered ior
years tiil they pushed results whcn must
passed. Among eminent olscoyerers were the
names OF Kane, Ha es and Hall. After abiding IL
DETAIL 10 the eXploral IONS OF these gentlemen,
Admi al Richards went on TO say ma, with regard
I ~ smtn's SQUAD, us Longitude ma tered little
all na they were co cernea TO Know was thlt II
VAS ound 10 oe navlglDle channel Tor ships,
ana II was the route which 1T was supposed the
EXPEDITION Was 10 follow.
Win respect 10 the character OF the expedition,
were OF excellent char 5er, over 700 tons, aud
were iurnished WIN steam power aud were now
being lit Ell OUT az Portsmouth, unoer the super-
mten1ence OF sir Leopold McCintocg. Thev had
been MADE as strong as wooa and iron could make
them, and tney nad been lifted AS no expedition
had oeen htteu III tnis country. (Applause.) Tue
( crew consisted o. aDout Sky ONCE and men.
ior period oil at least three years. These numbers
might appear small W tGCse unacquanted W tn
sucn service. but only ships OF certau as could
navigate he Ice II safety. There nad oeen ap
polntCl three ICE men TO each snip. AS one OF Ine
OBJECTS OF the vo3 age was scientific research,
former precedent mad 80 FAR been departed iron
That sailed naturalist mad 10 be squeezed II
each saIp-Qangh ter)-aud Instruments ant
! appliances OF investigator Oh every bralct
Arraaaements, too. had been made u
snip aoout Sky dogs, to be shipped OF
/ The sedees, and IL might be interesting to Know
/ that several tons oil the choicest dogs biscuit
! would be PROVIDED Tor tlem. "a au.h.) He con
| fessed so.ne dOubt whether the biscuits would OF
/ pro ery appreciated, Tor his own experience wa:
enat tney prelerei 10 taL one another. (LdQS ntef
| THE COMMANDER
J OF this expedition, Captain Mares, who was now
preseut-( neers)-nad had great experience II
/ Arctic as well as other services. In the ordinary
course o. Things the two ships would leave Pvr s
mouth a. out the after end or May or the begin
! ming o June, and take the usual route OF BarIns
! Bay, and tneY won d endeavor TO pass up omltn'
Sound. Here. probably III 81 deg. or 80 ueg. norti
, latitude, II such a position could lie reacued, one
snip would leave tie Other, and II so the remain
ing one would had plenty 10 occupy the explorer
IN 1915 IN tue exploration OF the north coast
main Ivr lurtner orders. Captain Mares, the
speaker presumed, wouid endeavur 10 push NORTH
ward In ms vwD ship. and they ght he certain
/ that should the two ships wlnter apart taeI
would use tnelr Test eXertlons 10 communicate
with each otner In the uamer OF 1876, ana taer'
was no reasonable doubt but Jhat they wOult
be aDle to do He was OF opinion that as ia
as human foresight went. everything woulu D'
doue To secure success. ('Hear, nearby Although
tney were not permuteo 10 forecast, they migh
be permitted to speculate upon the sea ueyUn(
elgnty second latitule. rhey knew that in tnt
Polar area there was c1nstant current OF drli
which travelled toward the south, through
| Smita's ) uund, and that 1t swept with great VIC
| leuce tlrocgh Hudson's strait along ne coas 3, 0
| Labrador. FMS was the current Judt damned 81
tee W King wlillams Land, aud from II he IN
| terred that there Was no great continent on TN
| north OF Smlih's sound. In concluSiO he sook
! OIL the advantages that would result from the eX
petition. loud cheers.)
! captain Mares, WAC was Warmly received, ad
dressed the meeting. He SAID that the memoer
composing tue present Po ar expedition, ano IN
many hopeful friends they wound ieave benin
them, looked FORWARD to their hnding iavoIuol
season, an J, consequent v. oolaining very nlg
latitude. from which the Pole might be reached
which ne would give to the completion OF ~
WORK.