Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-21

position that the party had made their way
across the Pole on Wrangcl Land.
THE rETERsaNS THEORY.
Ihe Theory on which the Alliance was sent
mere tn look for he Long has not been fully ex.
p'ained tn print II was an outcome of the
iaoors oil the Jeanette Relief Board. and the
reasons. briefly stated. were these: AT the time
she started the Petcr;nann idea had not been
invalidated by the discoveries Of Lieut.. Berry
ana 4 was argued that IL ne Long had landed
on Wfaagell Land and sledgcd his way 10 the
Pole he would either make his way to
Smith Sound or SptZherrcn where. nc vould
be sure Of finding whalers and walrus hunters
or al least more likely than D, returning tn tho
lower extremity Of Wrangell Land The lower
eha ot "ran%eil Land. the only place De Long
would be likely To meet with whalers To hri,,r
him home via Tire Pacific is about one Thousand
one hundred miles from the pole whereas ~
norher limit Of Sidtzbersen Is only about nye
hundred and siNty-fye miles distant from that
point. Admitting then that he reached the r.. .le
ana on sledges and was deprived Of his shin
;his would toe the scientific way for him To
escape. and So on these premises the AlliaI q
was Sent on the search. Her trim proved al
least that DE Long had not come out that way,
ana one fertile source OF conjecture Was ohlitrr-
ated. She went " thin fve hundred and ninety
niles OF the Pelc feat only cNceiled by two
other ships IN all the history of Arctic nayiga-
ton and returned home within six months
THE RODGERS.
The Rodgers still remains in the Arctic. and
during the coming winter her commander will
search the Siberian coast where DE Long Is now re-
ported cast away, and in all probability learn
what is now announced TO the world via Europe
So much for the foremost of the two eNped tions
Third in order comes that made by Captain
Hooper IN the revenue cutter Corwin. The
captain i'm addt ion To his usual duties "a agent
nj ne inn ODD
TO 70 to Nrangell Land during his summer
cruise and search for traces of the Jeanette.
He succeeded in reaching its inhospitabe shores
hut could find no trace of the missing ship aud
returned 10 report as much.
OTHER EXPEDITIONS
The other two expeditions were primarily FOR
meteorological purposes, but each was in
structed TO keep bright look out for the Jean
nette, and to consider 1t an important part OF
their duty. The nrst of these was under the
command Of Lieut.. Greedy with a station at
Lady Franklin bay. i'm Smith sound and the
| second Was located at Point Barrow the north
ern extremity of Alaska. under command OF
Lieut.. Ray. From this it will be seen that no
such comprehensive scheme OF relief was ever
organized that instituted by the United
States government for the Jeanette Four Of
the most important points of egress were COW
ered-the norther shores of Siberia, by Lieut.
Berry; Point Barrow. on Alaska. by Lieut.. Ray;
'piuilh souHu Dl isieul ana SpltLDergen
by Commander Wadleigh. Nor Was this all,
for Mr.. Leigh Smith, in his yacht the
Ezra. little craft OF about $50
tons burden, promised, before he left Peter
head last summer to keep digent watch for
the missing Americans. Who can tell since he
himself has not returned to relate the history OF
the summers cruise. whether his philanthrophy
did not lead him into danger and prevent his
return! Some powerful incentive must have
made him regardless Of that rare caution that
for fifteen years has stood him in such good
stead in his Arctic journeys. His cruising
ground was away to the eastward of the ALI
ance in the region of Franz Josef Land. where
Weyprecht and Payer were cast away in the
Terethof.
This much had already been done for the re-
lief of the Jeanette and still the activity went
on. The Royal Geographical Society of Great
Britain, as mas been stated still actively en-
gagged IN 6evising plans for relief expeditions,
and Lieut.. Hoogaard was planning an expedi-
tion to go over the track which he had sailed
before in the Vega for the purpose Of searching
q shores Of Sibnria