Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-08-07

his hat. His every movement Indicated
weakness. His comrades Received mnch
attention. All were placed in a coach
and driven to the Rockingham house. r.
having been decided that they should
not appear in the procession. At the
hotel crowds gathered to catch glimpse
of them.
Lieut.. Greedy said to an associated
press representative that he felt very
we'll this morning, and he looked it. He
expressed himself much moved by the
cordiality of the reception. Mrs. Greedy
Joined her husband at the hotel. At
20 the procession began to march,
'Ehe streets were packed. Applause
greeted the sailors OF the relief so uadrop.
and the ovation continued through the
entire route. Commander Schley, Lieut..
Emery and Commander Coffin were re-
ceived with tremendous applause. SO
were Secretary Chandler, Gen. Hazen,
Commander Wells and Acting Admiral
Luce. As the head of the procession
neared the Rockingham house. where
Greely and the other survivors were
waiting the review, the pressure of the
crowd became SO great that the column
was delayed several minutes. Lieut..
| Greedy and comrades were seated on
balcony. Cheer after cheer greetedihlm
as the crews of the Thetls, Bear and
Alert passed. Greedy bowed and seemed
to look his gratitude to the men who
rescued him from an Artic grave. The
scene was very affecting.
| Commanders Schley and Coffin and
Lieut.. Emery raised their hats as they
passed the hero. After the procession
Greedy and party were driven to the
grand stand, where they again reviewed
the procession and received the plaudits
OF the multitude. The prominent men
on the stand were Secretary Chandler.
Gen. Hazen, Gov. Hale, Mayor Lathrop, Of
Dover. the mayor of Newburypolt, Sam
uel ). Randall, Congressman Robinson,
OF New York, officers fthe relief expedi.
tion and north Atlantic squadron, and
members of the city government of many
New England cities. The procession
was dismissed at two o'clock. Shortly
after the invited guests were entertained
at dinner by the city OF Portsmouth.
The meeting of citizens this evening
to extend an official welcome to Greely
and companions was largely attended
and enthusiastic. On the stage were
officers of the north Atlantic squadron
and Arctic relief fleet. In the front seat
sat the crews of the Thetis, Bear and
Alert. The sailors were enthusiastically
received while entering the hail. Also
the officers who followed. Secretary
Chandler, Gen. Hazen, Admiral Luce,
Gen. Butler, Congressman Randall,
Robinson, and Gov. Hale, of Maine, oc.
cupied seats on the platform. The meet.
ing was called to order by Rev. w. A
!: McGurley.
Rev. w. q. Alderman made PRAYER
, followed by an address of welcome by
J the mayor OF the city of Portsmouth
. Secretary Chandler was made chairman
} On coming forward he was warmly ap
! plauded, and when he referred to the
efforts of Randall in the house of repre-
sentatives, and Senator Hale, in behal
of the Greedy relief bill, as we'll as thu
: noble work of Commanders Schley ani
( Coffin and Lieut.. Emery, the audienc
, became almost wild with enthusiasm
] Chandler told the story of the organiza
> tion and object of the Greedy expedi
;. tion.
Mr.. Chandler said: With the excep
tion that it left few rations and som,
5 clothing at Cape Sapine, the expedition
g of 1888 as we'll as that of 1882, was fail
i ure. No attempt, the secretary said, wa
s made by either Lieut.. Darlington o
3 Commander Wilde, to establish part
i at Littleton Island, for which poin
I Lieut. Greedy was under orders to star
t not later than September l.
: Chandler then related the history c
Is the successful effort of Commando
l Schley and comrades to rescue Greel,
and paid deserved tribute to all COZ
e cerned, dwelling mournfully on th
t. suffering and fortitude of those VIII
d perished, and expressing the satisfa
1t tion of the nation in the surprising SUI
IS cess of Greely and his rescued comra ie
n Senator Hale and Congressman Raj
.e dali followed with short addresses.
s. Secretary Chandler here announce
q that it was impossible for Lieut.. Greel
,. and party to be present, owing to til
:. fatigue incident to to.day's ceremon,
y he then introduced 0. A. NesmitI
I brother of Mrs. Greely, who, with muc
g emotion, thanked Secretary Chandlt
d and Commanders Schley and Coffin an
e Lieut.. Emery for their work of rescue.
e General Butler was introduced ami
's tremendous applause. He spoke fee
IS ingly OF his early acquaintance wit
Greedy, whom he described as sad eye
e student OF exploration and travel. q
10 said the thanks of the nation were du
e 10 queen NlctOrla tor the gift OF tt
Alert. As to polar explorations Geners
le Butler thought Americans would nevt
d rest until the north pole was reache,
It He thought party ought to be sent I
q, the Arctic to stay and advance slowl
d establishing supply depots as the
a moved. The north pole belonged to til
o United States, he said, and he predicte
u that their territory would soon embrac
If the entire western hemisphere, poles an
/. all. He said all Americans needed ,
10 enable them to realize all their possibil
Is ties was a thorough knowledge of tt
I principles OF their government. tt
If meeting closed at midnight.
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