Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-15
The Loss Of the PrOteus.

OFF1CEE
NOT FOLLOwED-LIEUT GREELY AND HIS PARTY
SUPPOSED TO HAVE SUPPLIES ENOUGH TO LAST TILL
NEXT sUMMER-OFFERs OF LIEUT. DANENHowEF
AID CAPT. TYSON TO GO TO THEIR RELIEF
The supplemental orders given by Gen. Hazen te
Lieut. Darlington, just before the departure OF the
relief expedition from St. Johns last summer. di
recting that the Proteus should land her stores
except supplies for more northerly depots, at Lit
tleton island, on her way north were published IL
IHE STAR yesterday. From all the information
thus far received it would appear that Lieut. Gar
lington either disregarded or found it impractical
Bile to obey these supplemental orders.
GREELY's FOOD SUPPLIES.
Gen. Hazens orders to Lieut. Darlington stated
that the food supply OF Lieut. Greely's party
would all be exhausted during the presen mt fall
but 1t Is said atthe signal Office that this was an ex
treme statement based upon the most unfavorable
supposit1on as to the amount OF consumption
waste loss etc., and did not allow for any care OF
economy in the use of food or any Increase OF the
available supply by means Of hunting and fishing.
~ was statement OF the worst possible aspect OF
tce case. intended to emphasize the necesSlty OF
renewing Lieut. Greelys party at once. 1t is posi-
tlveiy asserted, therefore, by the acting signal
on1cer that. notwithstanding the contrary state.
ments In Gen. Hazen'S order to Lieut. Darlington.
Lieut.. Greely has provisions enough at Lady Frank
lin Bay station to last him until the summer Of
1854 II he remains there until that time. II, how
ever, as seems more probable to the authorities
the first of September and retreated down the
coast OF Gunnell Lan1 to the mouth of Smiths
sound expecting to find there a relief party and a
depot OF stores, his situation may shortly become
critical
WHAT SECRETARY LINCOLN SAYS
secretary Lincoln sail last night that the ques-
tlon now best to get relief to the Greey party had
Deen discussed at the department. yesterday He,
however, had little hope that anything could be
done this year. He thought it would be useless to
fu nm ftnto cam
tnelr having to winter several hundred miles from
Greely's station without means of traversing that
intervening distance, when by waiting until next
summer a party could be sent that would make
that re1 coaIa be thaf 9o
Greeiy eastye no expense nor pains would be
CAPT. rYsoNs OFFER
Capt. Geo. E Tyson, who has offered his services
10 command an xpedition to the northern seas
1or the reef OF the Greedy party as stated in yes
terdays STAR, has had a long and trying expe-
r1ence In arctic navigation, his letter to Sec
retary Lincoln will Show. He was assistant SAIL
Ing master OF the Polars. sent out by this govern
ment, ana which met her doom amid the iceberps
at the mercy OF the wind and tide for 1856 days
travelling 1890 miles. At present he is a watch
man man at me War department The following is the
texL OF mis- letter to the Secretary of War:
"! see Dy the evening papers that the Proteus
sent to the relief OF the Greely expedition has baen
!oSt. f1dNluS Spent many years IN the Arctic seas
In the whaling service ana also assistant nav1ra-
tor on the steamer Polaris; also, acting leuten-
ant on board the steamer Tigress, commanded also
the Florence on her expedition to the
north. have consequently, gained considerable ex-
peIlence Ia Arctic navigation, and now offer my
schooner from one hundred to one hundred and
twenty-five tons burden. equipped under my direc-
tion and manned by men OF my own selection, to
go to the relief OF the Greely party In the spring OF
1884 and bring the survivors home IL 1T is human
possibility. The expense to the government will
be light" "