Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-18
CAPT. belongs DOGS AND GUNS.
what Professor NevcOmb Says Of Capa
TAIN Ncrbaum's vieWs-A Question -
Saving Dogs or Men.

STAR reporter met Prof Raymond Lee New
comb, the naturalist OF the Jeanette expedi-
ton, this morning and asked him what ho
thought OF the publication OF a Russian captains
opinion TO the effect that the loss Of CAPTAIN D.
Longs party can be accounted for because they
Killed their dogs and neglected to carry fowlin9
pieces. He replied: "a / do not care to criticize
at length the article. but in some details ft 4
incorrect. Mr.. Rudolph Neumann, not Captain
Nerbaum. was the agent Of the fur company 6
st. Michaels when the Jeanette party Wa
there. When the dogs were disposed OF 1t was
question of stowage room and provisions Tor
either men or dogs. Naturally the men were
flrst considered. As to the firearms. / would
say that besides Remington and WinchestHe
rifles each officer. excepting myself, had Rem
lngton breech-loadng sltOt-0uas some of them ne.
ted with auxiliary rifle barrels. Besides these Mr.
Chipp had a Parker shotgun, Mr.. Melville gun
OF his own and had mine, with which more
than once shot dsenough forthe whole ships
company. The other items of tine article refer.
red to have nothing to say about"
WHAT NOROs AND WILSON SAY
Meeting NorOs and Wilson, two more OF tho
Jeanette survivors The STAR reporter put the
same question to them. They had just read tho
article, and were very Indignant. Talk aboue
belong being Ignorant" exclaimed Noros.
''Why he knew a. much as anybody what 10
was about and he took good care OF everything
under his charge. The man who wrote that ar.
tice was the one who didn't know what he Wa
about We were very much attached to tho
dogs and hated 70 lose them; but II was q
simple question whether We should attempt to
save
THE DOGS OR THE MEN.
There were on board the ship forty-two docu.
Six or eight Of them died in the Ship When
Bennett Island was reached we took to tn
boats and there the question Of carrying the
dogs arose. We couldn't do it; there was M
room for them all; 80 we selected ten Of the
best and the rest were killed. The ten saved
were distributed In the three boats but we
couldn't keep them there. Whenever q boat
would come near enough to a cake OF ice and
sometimes we were in a narrow lead the boat
touching the ice on both sides the dogs would seo
their chance and would jumpon the ice and drifs
Off. We hated to see them go, and would try to
coax them back but 1t was no use and No
couldn't spare valuable time to run after then
continually. You must remember, he contin-
ued. that at Bennett Island we had provisions
for forty days, and expected to get assistanoo
as soon as We could get to shore.
ALL THE DOGS ESCAPED
that way, but two, which were tied In the car
tains boat One Of these was large New
FOundand or St Bernard dog. He was tho
largest dog of the lot, and @ splendid worker:
he could almost pull load himself. and woull
work just like horse, He had to be killea
though, because he took up SO much room
more than two men. The remaining dog No.
kept tied In the bow Of the captains boot
"What surprised me" said Wilson, twas tn
they carried that dog as long AZ they did"
'Well." answered Noros ''he came In miQhtv
handy after land was reached"
"How about the charge that mistake We
made In not carrying more
R0wLINd PfECHGe"
asked the reporter. I'VE had q The -
guns we wanted, replied Noros. 'Frsesuw
Newcomb carried his own shot-Gun, an1 60
sionally fsw ducks were shot hsfors lan1 -
reached. But what good would few dusln .
[conftnued on Nexf Raosl