Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-18

Sergeant David Linn, Company c, Sc
cond cavalry.
Corporal Daniel C. star, Company F, Sc
cond cavalry.
Corporal Nicholas SAILOR, Company ii,
Second cavalry.
Corporal Joseph Ellison, Company +.
Tenth infantry.
Private Charles b. Henry, Company E.
Fifth cavalry.
Private Maurice Cornell, Company ID.
Third cavalry.
Private Jacob Bender, Company g, Ninth
infsntry.
Private Francis Long, Company +, Ninth
Infantry.
Private William Whistler, Company i,
Ninth infantry.
Private Henry Bierdcrbeck, Company G.,
Seventeenth infantry.
Private Julius Fredericks, Company L.,
Second cavalry.
Private james Ryan, Company II, Second
cavalry.
Private William A. Ellis, Company C.,
Second cavalry.
Octave Payy, VI. D., was taken on board
at Disco. Greenland, 10 I'LL the position OF
acting assistant surgeon with the expedi-
tionary force. Corporal Starr and Private
RYAN were relieved, and returned in the
Proteus. In addition to the men men,
toned above, Jams Edward, an Esquimau.
and Frederick Thorley christensen. a
haIi-breed, both Of whom were engaged Mt
Proven, accompanied the expedition. The
Arctic colony thus consisted Of twenty-five
men all told.
Attempts 10 Reach Grociy. -.
In June, 1892, Mr.. W. VI. Beebe took
command OF party which sailed from ST.
Johns, y. f., on July s. 1882, to take sup.
plies 20 Lieutenant Greedy. The Neptune,
the vessel which took the party, met with
heavy gales and q rough sea. After most
perilous voyage, the highest point reached
by the vessel being 70 degrees, 20 min, II
was found impracticable 10 continue the
journey northward, so caches were est1b-
lished at Cape Sabine and on Littleton
Island. At Cape Sabine the stores and
whale-boat were placed In sheltered spot.
well secured. and covered with tarpaulin.
A tripod, made Of scantllng, with an oar
attached, to which pieces OF canvas
were well nailed, was placed upon a
prominent point, showing well from
the northward. and securely anchored
with rocks. In a cairn beneath was
placed a record giving the bearings OF
the cache. The cache on Littleton Island
was similarly constructed. Copies of the
record, with minute directions for find
ing the stores. were placed as directed by
Lieutenant Grecly's letter OF the prece-
ding year-two in the coal at the south
cin end OF the island, and one in Captain
Nares's cairn, on the summit OF the south
west part OF the island. The remaining
whale-boat was placed on Cape Isabella.
The Neptune returned to 81. Johns on
the oath Of September. having left the
stores, dogs, dog-food, aud lumber in
tended for Lieutenant Greedy at Godhl-
ven, so as to be in readiness for the eX-
pedition OF the following year. The Nep-
tune did not come nearer Lazy Franklin
Bay than one hundred miles. which Is n
serious distance in Arctic regions. In a
communication dated August Is, 1881,
Lieutenant Greedy stated that, in his
opinion, a retreat southwark from Lady
Franklin Bay TO Cape Sabine would be
perfectly practicable in case no vessel
could reach them in 1882 or 1888.
Lieutenant T.. a. Darlington, OF the Sew
enfh cavalry, was selected to command the
second party 20 90 to the relief Of the Greedy
expedition. He sailed from st. Johns, y.
F., on the 29th OF June, 1888, on the steam
shin PrOteus, the same vessel that carried
Greely and his men to Lady Franklin Bay.
The United States steamship Iantic accom-
panied the Proteus rs a supply-ship and
base. The story OF the expedition, which
was so recently the subject Of an inquiry
by the Navy Department. is still fresh in
the minds Of newspaper readers. When
within six miles OF Cape Albert, on the 23d
OF July, the vessel was crushed by the ice
and foundered. The party made their re-
treat in the ships boats, saving some OF
their stores. Lieutenant Darlington left a
supply OF clothing for the Greedy party in
a cache in the rocks in Payer Harbor, and
i'm a cove about three miles west OF Cape
Sabine left supply OF provisions, besides
depOsltlng a definite description Of the To-
caiity Of the caches in a conspicuous cairn
on the top Of Breyoort Island.
The Final Expedition.
When the news Of the destruction OF the
Proteus was received here the public mind
was filed with apprehension for the fate OF
Greely and his party. II was hoped that
he had been enabled to obtain the supplies
cached by the Neptune, which it wa,
thought would sustain his party until this
summer, when another expedition might
be able TO penetrate TO his station. The
geographers and Arctic explorers all over
the world recognized the peril OF bis posi-
ton. The Government at once took steps
10 organize an expedition TO sail rs early a
practicable this year. Several distinguished
British officers made valuable suggestions as
10 the best course to be pursued. Sir q. ;.
Mares, Major II. W. Feilden, and Captain
Albert II. Markham, well-known Arctic au-
tlorities, recommended that the two main
relief ships should arrive at Upernavik
about the first week IN July, and in the
event OF no tidingS OF GreeIy's safety being
forthcoming at the Danish settlements,
they should proceed norihward in company
If no iidngs or traces OF the missing party
are forthcoming at the entrance TO smith
sound. further plans should be organized
TO prosecute the search through Kennedy
Channel, even, if necessary, TO Discovery
BAY. The British Government presented
our Government with the ship Alert. to be
used in the expedition. The three ship,
selected for the expedition were the Bear,
the Thetis, and the Alert. The Bear sailed
from New York April 9th last; the Thctis
followed on May Isl, and the Alert May
10th.
An Interview with General iIazen.
Shortly after the news was first received
a Star reporter found General HaZen care
fully perusing the telegram. In answer tc
the reporters greeting he said: " 1t is Joy
ful news in some respects, and sad IL
others. am particularly reloccd for two
things: that Greedy himself is safe. and
that the fact that the failure OF Lieutenant
Darlington TO establish Il supply station a
LittletOn Island on his way up in the FRO
teus had no effect upon the result. Those
who persisted would have done 50 hat
there been any quantity OF supplies cached
at the island"
"Could not Lieutenant Darlington have
left more rations at Cape Sablnc?' asked
the reporter.
"Yes. but rations were left there il
accordance with the instructions from Lieu
tenant Greely himself. That part OF th'
programme was carried out all right"
yet, if there had been more stores lefl
there would not the lives OF the whole par
" have been saved !"
"Yes, suppose they would
"Then, il the crew OF the Proteus nae
erdeayored to save the supplies when th'
Proteus sunk instead OF quTrelllng wosl'
not more have been saved, and would no
Cape Sabine have been the place selected
10 cache themi"
ayes. l suppose very likely ii would"
"Theu the Greely party could have beer
saved had the crew been properly disclp
lined?"
1T looks thai way" said the General.
ais Mrs. Greedy in town." asked IN
reporter. 49,
"No, she is in San Diego, Cal. | haY