Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-20
THE ARCTIC SURVIVORS.
Their Plans for the Near Future-Gen.
Hazen Defends Ills Course.

Hazen Defends Ills Course
ST. JOHN, y. F., July 19.-The follow
ing is the present disposition of the bodies
OF the victims of the Greedy expedition in
the respective steamships: In the alcohol
tanks of the Thetis are Lieut.. Lockwood,
Sergt. Cross, Sergt. David Lynn, Sergt. Il.
Gardiner, Private Snyder and sergt.
Israel.
The tanks of the Bear hold the remains
of Lieut.. Kislinbury, DIR. Pavy, Sergt.
Jewell, Private Ellis, Sergt. Rallston,
Corpl. Joseph Ellison and Private Whist
ler.
Frederick Christian, Jams Edward, the
EsquimauX and Private Henry Bender
have their graves amid the Arctic SHOWS.
Caskets for the deceased will be pre-
pared by Thursday. The ships will
sail on Thursday night or Friday morn
ing. Lieut.. Greely and his men are pro-
crossing favorably, Lieut.. Greedy less so,
perhaps, than the others. Yesterday he
exhibited symptoms of great fatigue and
weakness. He is talking too much, and
constant interviewing operates most I'M
faYorably upon him. He was taken for a
drive yesterday up the valley of Water
ford Bridge, and he gl0ated on the beauti-
full fertile summer prospects, in marked
cent cabin home. "These trees,' he said,
with eXuberant enthusiasm, 'tloOk so
beautiful to an eye that has seen no yege-
tatiOn for over three years. The green
fields give me new Iife."
Lieut.. Greely is at present the guest of
the city. Private houses and carriages
are placed at his disposal and every kind
ness and attention is paid him. Each
member of the party forms the centre of
listening, admiring groups, and goes over
and over the recital of the terrible past.
There win be memorial services for the
dead in all the churches tomorrow,
and commemorative sermons will be
preached.
NICHOLS ORDERS TO SCHLEY.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-Admiral Mich
OILS. Acting Secretary of the Navy, issued
orders to Commander Schley this after
noon to remain at St. John only as long
as necessary to secure the encasing of
the dead of the Greely party IN suitable
caskets, and then proceed with his three
vessels-the Thetis, Bear and Alert
with the survivors and dead to Ports
mouth, n. H., where he viii await
further orders. and where the members of
the Greely party and the relief expedition
can become acclimated before proceed
ing further south. Orders were also is
sued for the Loeb Garry to proceed with
out delay to New York with the supplies
and lumber intended for the construction
of a house, ETC., which were provided for
the expedition.
HAZEN DEFENDING HIMSELF.
Gen. Hazen is annoyed by criticisms
which have been made regarding the nom
establishment of depot near Cape Sabine
on the west coast Of the channel, and has
prepared the following memorandum in
respect to the matter, of Which he asks
publication;
E'It was the plan from the first to place
a depot upon the eastern bank OF
Greenland; at Littleton Island. This
was Lieut.. Greely's plan after very care
full and prolonged study of the whole sub
iect. He not only made the plan before
he started, but very carefully reiterated it
in writing after reaching Lady Franklin
Bay, closing his letter on the subject in
these words: No deviation from these in
structions should be permitted. Latitude
of action should not be given to the relief
party who, on a known coast, are search
ing for men who know their plans and
0rders.'
THE REASONS FOR CHOOSING THE EAST
SIDE.
EEThe reasons for this decision were that
there was coal on the east side and none
on the west. 1t was also in the neighbor-
hood of friendly Esquimaux, who did not
live on the west side. On the east side
there was abundant game, while there
was none on the west. While numerous
camps of explorers had been established
on the east side for the above reasons,
they were never established on the
west side because the west side was
scarcely more than barren rocks. The
pledge of the Signal Officer to support
Lieut.. Greely in exact accordance with
this agreement was the most sacred any
man could give. To have departed from
! il would have been base treachery. This
was done in every particular. Retrospect
lively one may now see other plans that
might have been better, but in making
personal judgments we must place
ourselves in the position Of Lieut.. Greely
ami those who were working with
him three years ago, at the time he left.
! The signal office was condemned by the
court of inquiry because it did not depart
| from this agreement so far as to establish
a depot going up instead of coming down,
if it had failed to reach Lady Franklin
Bay, as Lieut.yGreely had directed, but it
seems now that had it been done Lieut..
Greely could not have reached it, as ex-
planned in his dispatch. for reasons then
not foreseen."