New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-22
WHO WILL BE IN COMMANDO
co,r..xnrp scHLEY sELECrED-HE WILL 90 o,
r,r 1sr11s AND IIEUTENANT EMORY OK TIL
DEAR.

COMMANDER sCHLRY sELECTED-HE WILL 90 On
rup 14r11s AND LIEUTENANT EMORY OK THE
DEAR.
The Secretary of the Navy, accompanied by
Commodore English and other Ohicers visited the Navy
Yard Yesterday and Inspected the steamer
Bear, recently purchased for the GIeeV
relief eKuedton The visit on infor-
NAL one After inspecting the steamer the Secretary
Iunched with Commodore Upshur at the latters house.
IT was learned at the Navy Yard that the definite pro
rramme for the relief expedition has been arranged
Commander schey viii go 10 the Thets as commander OF
the expedition and Lieutenant w H. Emory VIII command
the Bear Commander j. J. Read Is spoken OF os the
commander OF the Alert. Commander Winfield = Schley
was bonn IN Maryland in S39 He entered tho Navy as
r,idsbinnan I'm 1856 and was stationed at the
Naval Academy untn 1861, when he was
monoted to be master ana attached 10
the frgac Potomac then the store ship AT snip Island
In 1861 and 1862 he served the Winona in the West
Gulf bockadng squadron. He was engaged with Dat
tcr,, near Port Hudson IN 1862 and In al the en-
carements which led TO the capture Of that place IN 1913
Dur,ng This time he held she rank OF Lieutenant lie saw
further sea service ia 1s64 1850 and 1850 IA the Pdcic
squadron. Commissioned "a Observation-Disclosures IL
,en ,d ~ commander IN 1874 he served auccessiJ ely
AT the Naval Academy, the Bcneeia OF the Asiac uyet'
ON tbe Essex Of the south Atlantic squadron. ana Oh
sn.cf.I duty at Washington. In person Commander
scc i, rather above medium height neither stout
nor him but W ell aud soldly built. lie wears pointed
heard and q heavy mustache. In conversation WIN
IGmCyE reporter he said!
Tho exact plan OF action which shall pur-
suo whom 7 reach the arctic region has been
rn,uated but has yet been officially sanctioned
onnnirfed crt away from Now-YOrk on May l. shall
c every effort bring Greedy and his party back with
,i aud fl,uk shall succeed. tbiak that Grccy has
49, ne t,toD and has worked his way sOuth. 10 not
tLi,L he would STAYING where he was nftl his time
Iieuteuant Emory Is aide 10 Admiral Porter lie IL
NJ f,,e nlysGdc and general faYoT1te IN Washington
sorotv G In the service. lie is apparently about thirty
i've wears Entering the Naval Academy IN S62, ne
,va Graduated I'm 1866 aud has since served on the lro-
nuois aud the Maumee on tho Asatic station /;
9t the Naval Observatory AT Washinct"hi on
{ tue sIP the Hartford, daeship of the Asiaic
ston on the lran 4n H. -ship OF the European station;
nj the Naval Academy aud on the nashp Trenton o. Ae
G,Tmaudrr Read vino viii probably co in coumard OF
no Alert il n native OF Ncw-Jrrscy lie entered the
1,e b1tllcs nom the Southwest Pass to NWksburg. and
scrved m the south Atlantic bOckadng squadron aud
eubscoucutv in the North Atlantic hDckd4lhg neet re
b9, .erycd since the Oh the home, European ana
P,ciS, tons the lakca. with the Bureau or ards
aud Dock, aud "A lighthouse inspector. He IL now on
duty the lakes. ~, -
n T. thought that Lieutenant Urel Schsee will be the
e,aci,tiya officer Of the Ibetis. Lieutenant En-
rrr Ta,uf will either be assigned 10 du'y IT, navigating
othrr vessels Lieutenant Bradbury, 10 s understood viii
he Inc r1ccriVe officer Of OF the Vessels probably tho
D.ar Three rusigns on special duty 1t tho smith
tcro, H. stunt ion m be detJoG tO Hrc0hian the eG-
Is,lit,ul 10 make scientific stfN ATOMS Two OF tAein
tefIi he Ensigns uarl0dd ana Die3Sel