, 1879-03-20
POLAR SEARCH,
What tho Conlnhrtlor of tito Jcannctte
snys Abnut tho tArutic Exploring Expedl.
tiun.

What tho Cominnntlor of tho Jcannctte
snys Abnut tho lArutio Exploring Expedl.
tlor.
St,o Tork Tribune. 1fsrch II.
Lieut.. George W. Dc Long, Of tic United
States Navy, who has been detailed BY The Coy
erlsnicnt to co1nnlMlIl the Jcannetto OH the
Arctic expedition, the en!lro uxpcnso Of which
Is betrayed Gy Jnlncs Gurdon Bennett, arrived
in this city at n late hour on Saturday evening"
and ia stopping at No. 1bo West Eleventh street.
Last evening, In a eonvcrsntfon, Lieut. Dc
Long related many facts Of interest concerning
the conception Of and preparations going
forward for tic Jcannctte expedition.
lie has served eighteen years Ia the
navy. In 1875 ho was navigator
OF the junintu t!,at, with tho Ilercss,
went in scurcl OF the poIasls. He felt crrtain
that Mr.. Bennett had not telbcratcd Oil thu
subject Of I'LL Arctic expedition before te united
with Ills English colleagues to send Stanley to
Africa. Arctic exploration Ind bcrn subject
tnore IN tho l1no Of American thought a,ui nt1hl-
tfon, untl III the mission OF tho Jcunnctte Mr.
bennett had been acsuatcl by publ[c-spis',cd
feeling to aid III the solution Of thu great prost-
lem Of tho North, nrd would naturally feel coll
siderable pride in tho patronage II lie uuilcr-
taking resulted In anything useful. But With
LlA1IakEEtEtlL VI huAeELAktlE NlFs Dtll-
nett had nothing to do. Ilo lud stepped entire
~ to one side, placed tile responsibility Of exc
cutiun III the f,a,!1s of tic American Navy, md,
to express 1t In American fushion, bis only ,lls-
Btruci!ons were: s'Go In, and do the best yoa.
call. III stand the expensc.'
I4ontinn, Lieut.. Dc Long had told him TINT MI
important results could lc hoped for frDrn sucI,
uil expedition. MntcEa 1t wcru taken out of the
Indefinite, Irresponsible position Ut private GU
wi ntS
III authority, ,tsa carried out un1er naval rul.s
a,u. discipline. This colncided with sir. Hen
nrtt's views. Thu Jennl'ctto Ind beco,np, for
tic timp Of Tho cxplosattnis, part Of the
unltcu States Nayy; The authorities ut WAslI.
ingtnu would aasigm naval otleurs to llcr anu
hold these responsible To them for thu fellow
Ing out ol thu secretary's instr'ctfons and the
between lie cruise of the .tca,netto aud TINT 0E
all American snan-uf-wnr will be t!iat mollcy to
meet the rxpensss Willie drawn rs needed by
ortler OIL d private gentleman.
scr s Vas efsna anfd H. :f It. s. a. aasf Ssn"Gtf ai
went through tlic hands Of two or three owners
from thy Queen, anl, after haYiug son,o tx
f'erlcncs - Arctic waters. to Mr.. Bennett, who
ps 1nr n9t {yI |o 1, baa rsa puoss e:
thr communal by htr. Bennett, lolncd the newly
ehristeuod crait ut 1luyrc. lie has n pluto
graph taken OF the hantlfomo, ,ra!slal..'0oklng
little ship In tho French port. she lius low, tho
143 feet long, twenty-five tGct buanl, anil draws
thirteen feet Of wuttr when fully loaded. sho
has trce lnasts raksshy srt, a,ia Il, rlE Is what
the English eal barhentfnc, with rolling top
rl1el, hesdes, With bollets altd screW, Which
will ennb1e tho navlgators to mike oil possbu
speed, COMPATIBLE with safcty, during tlle au-
lnrr, OIL the tl,eorcttc North Pole. Sic has
root, only for limited supply of coal. During
the suil Of 165 ,tays from London TO aan Frasi-
cisco slc stcatned eighteen days during calrns
BE- Long wiil husband the c6nl for tho icc
regions, where hc expects to uso steam Utmost
altoRethur. Very heavy galcs were experienced
| in this last long voyage, the Jcannctto behaving
tile compliment Of being thu finest vessel llo
| Ind ever been to sea tn.
After seeing preparations for thoroughly
| overhau!lng tbs vessel under way at tho Marc
lsln.,.L Savy-Yard, Lieut.. d. Long wc,lt on 10
Washington, wicro ho Inns hcon for four weeks
comforting with tsie Secretary Of tho Nnyy. Ihu
must iuportAnt duty, ho said, would be
te soiccttn1l d q crcw,-thtrsy-th men MI
fuw Of The o!l!ccrs,, ocsdcs the commander,
already chosen or likely to be, were Lieut..
Ghar,ss ": chipp. exccutiys officer; John y.
qs!fr W a rGsssa Evs1x A'sst4nt osr E
saas, seaan 'eH' Viii b. it Soluntscl % Iieat Do do
Lung las received letters from enough
applicants to nun 1cet.. md enough ex-
perienevd scasncn to tnau trigate, fhrso CT.
hhlt fcatuscs interesting a:a ludlcroust and
navo bucu rgrelytl from all ltnls ol men l,ltl
| schoulbnys. Lawyers Nllll sc!looisnnsttrs hAyo
applied by dozens, nntl even newspaper writer's
have expressed d lrslro to pcnctratc the Arctic
regions. y great ,nany. lMyc. they relate, very
Important thcorles ol Arctic cxylorat[ot',. md
Suggestions which they uru willing to llaro
utilized IL nroperly fcm'lnesnted lor them.
tlueu1nents ara offered, and others aro willing to
| 70 fur thu glory III IL ulUuu,
Lieut.. DC Long will give tho preference to
American HcaIncn, tor national tensars, nlltl
Of men without yet engaging tlssn. somc vii!
caInu from l3ostot,, uthcra from New York, n,nl
very fcw perhaps WILL bu chosen III sau Fran.
cisco, wherc they will hc shipped under
considered IN ln4'tlnE d choico Of crew.
Each man must bc physically perfect. A
ycfY slight tetect. here tn!ght bceomo a
serious atlnent IN polar 'atEttsaos. Acnw!u ara
Du Lon. !,ellcvcs IN Il vury moderate .lsu ut
gr0g u, sllipbunri, and lnen who llucd liquor
nefU need raoru IN the ArctEcs. Ut cousse. eucsI
man must " good seaman, Ihd intelligence
THIS eapactty tn atnE. dance, anl spin good
yarns. or do al'YtllsIg to ettrTtnn sfipnlates.
will receive Important consideration. Tile c1us-
mandrr pro!efa TO- take uuinarrle mon, cspeeial.
ID stimulated to greater etTft II llo l!as faulty
to tuka pride in his succcss, but an tg.Nrant
H,un II there is scason In bccO,llu tliahrnrtened,
lufaily hs has lett bchins|. All hauls will b.
sean,cn will DO ,,ado companions Of 10 fur IA
they shDw wHrthtness ami i!Io Interests 0f dis
cp!ne Will aelo", mutual RESPECT uni llars,onl'
luz essuntal clumvnn Of suecoss. llu
dlsetp'Ius will , 1Y 'ua.ls y llttisi
trk.oo sn,o,is Is posse s but + tns nnyn. s,,
| fhnrItv will hu maintained Without lpXttY, hQ