Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-21
THE GREELEY VICTIMS,
Commander Schley' IS Orders--EHplatn.
ing the Calamity Disposition
of the Bodies.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-Admiral Nichols,
acting secretary of the navy, issued orders to
| Commander Schley this afternoon TO remain
at st. Johns as long as necessary to secure the
encasing of the dead Of the Greeley party in
caskets and then proceed with his three YES
sels. tho Thetis," Bear and alert" with
the survivors and the dead. to Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, where he will await further
orders and where the members OF the Greeley
nartv and the relief expedition can become ac-
climated before proceeding further south.
Gen. Hazen is annoyed by criticisms which
have been made respecting the non-establtsh.
ment of q depot neor Cape Sabine, upon the
west coast Of the channel, and has prepared
the lowing memorandum in respect TO the
matter: at was the plan from the first to place
a depot upon the east bank Of Greenland, at
Littieton island. This was Greely's plan be-
fore he starte 1, but very carefully reiterated 1t
in writing after reaching Lady Franklin bay,
closing his letter on the subject in these words:
No deviatlons from these instructions should
be permitted. Latitude of action should not
be given to a relief party who, on q known
coast, are searching for men who know their
plans and orders The reasons for this de.
cision were that there was coal on the east side
and none on the west. 1t was in the neigh.
borhood of friendly Esquimauxs, who did not
live on the wort side. On the east side
butIb MhS bDuh'lhlb Bhlii's "lllp bllblp ""o
none on the west. While numerous camps
of explorers had been established on the east
side for the above reasons, they are never es.
tablished on the west side, because the west
side was scarcely more than barren rocks.
The pledge of the signal Office to support
Greeley in exact accord with this arrange
ment WAS the most sacred any man could
give, and to have departed from it would have
been base treachery. This was done in every
particular. Retrospectively, ono may now
see other plans that might have been better;
but in making personal Judgments, we must
place ourselves in the position of Greeley and
those who were working with him three years
ago at the time he left. The signal office
was condemned by o court OF inquiry, be-
cause it did not depart from this agreement,
80 far as to establish n depot going up instead
of coming down If it failed to reach Lady
Franklin bay, az Greeley had directed; but 1t
seems now that, had it been done, Greeley
could not have reached it, as ex planned in his
dispatch, for reasons then not foreseen."
ST. JOINS, N. f., July 10.-The following
is the present disposition of the bodies Of the
victims of the Greeley expedition in the res
pective steamships: In the tanks of the
''Thetis" are Lieutenant Lockwood, Sergeant
Cross, Sergeant David Lyon, Sergeant A.
G Mdiner, Private ii. Snyder and Sergeant
Israel. The tanks of the Bear" hold the re-
mains of Lieutenant K~islingburg, DIR. Pavey,
Sergeant Jewell, Private Ellin, Sergeant Rail-
ston, Corporal Joseph Ellison and Private
Frederick Christian, JAMS Ed
wards, Esquimaux, and Private Henry Benlor
have their graves amid the Arctic SHOWS. |
Baskets for the deceased will be prepared by
Thursday. The ships sail on Thursday night
or Friday morning. Lieutenant Greeley
80, perhaps, than the 9TH
Yesterday he exhibited symp.
toms pf great fatigue and weakness He is
too much and the constant, interviewing
operates uofavorably. He was taken for a
Yesterday up the valley to Waterford
bridge and gloated upon the. beautiful fertile
prospects in marked contrast to the
bleak sterility of his 30 recent cabin home.
''These trees, he said with exuberant enthusi-
asm, 'loos 80 beautiful to an eye that has seen
no vegetation for over three years. The green
fields give me new life" Greeley is the guest
of the city and private horses and carriages arc
at his disposal, and every kindness and atten.
ton is paid TO HIM, Eachmember of the party
forms the center of listening and admiring
groups, and goes over and over the recital of
the terrible past. There will be memorial ser
vices for the dead in all the churches of the
city tomorrow and commemorative sermons
will be preached.