New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-09
THE JEANETTE INQUIRY.
NfNpERNAyN AND COLLINS TESTIFY.

a., 80, "a s,,, coumtse OF the House Committee on
Naval Affairs. Questions we're asked Nv 'uuee Ou',
counsel for Dr. Collins with the INTENTION appslcu'!'
showing that the retreat OF survivors from the place
where the Jeanette sank to the Siberian coast was ~
MANNED and badly managed and that the disaster "no
befeu CAPTAIN Do Longs party was consequence Vi
such bad judgmen. and bad management ino WINES
said that IL the survivors OF the Jeanette hao pec
proper guidance and control they "ouio no'
have had to make journey OF moro
,hu qno uuos in n southerly direction from
whore ts Jeanette went down to reach AID ana succor'
He thought il wa. twice that distance from "here JUG
shin was lost to place where the bodes OF De oe
and his party were iOIud There was delay Vi eisn'
days al Bennett Island They were engaged part oi tho
time I'm nenlng their boats. witness had heard protests
AGAINST This DELAY In his Judgment, had it not been for
This deav they might have reached shore before the com
ing on OF the gale In which Mr. Chpp was lost WIN re
gard to the equipment OF The retreaing PaTtyWheSSS'u
they had hatchcts. bat no axes. There was goo"
deal Of drit wood along the Lena near where the pt
lang boIt crow landed hut they hadn axes TO cutl
up with Asto what they carried after they starteI UP
the riy foot from the place where they landed WIZ
ness said they the journals and papers OF tAee1pc
don the Doctors box and three rifles, but no sho' guns
Tuey might have shot parni9an II they had hao Shot
guns and the latter would have been lighter than tne
rifles They hal a sextast the boat, bat it was left
when they landed II weighed about four pouude VII
ness thought il would have been better TO abandon the
hooks and take along the sextant de made no 5uSgeS-
ton OF THAT klrd however, to Captain DeL0ng IL was
not his business TO do 80.
A auestion tending TO show that DeIong did not act
with Judgment and discretion during the retreat was Oh
ieeted to by Mr.. Araoux, counsel for Mira belong
He coutended the committee had 10 right to inquire
int the conduct Of the expedition That had been settled
by the Naval Court OF Inquiry MI Curtis insisted tha'
that committee had right so into the nnsmanagement
Of the expedition They were not to be bound NY 'he
findings OF the Court Of Inquiry when that court itself
frAss fl.gtin W.
that the truth suppressed in the Court of inquiry might
he known Messrs McAdoo and Buchanan thought the
committee had right review all the facts connected
with the expedition.
Mr. Boutelc opposed this view, and said the only sub
feet before the committee the alleged unohcerlEe
and ungenemanly conduct of the officers OF the eApsu
ton he committee had right 20 determine whether
belong used the best discretion not. WHO ever
heard" he said, of Congress investigating the iesion
whether Admrsls Of the Navy used TIE wisest discretion
Mr. McAsoo remarked that the Fltz John Porter case
was q precedent. ,.
r BouceI do take the Porter case ss precedent
for ANYTHING Bcsides this expedition was an experiment
from hrlinnnC to end We are bound IL assume mat
The committee ruled that II had the power TO invest
cate the whole subject Nr ArnouH than offered the
record of the Naval Court OF Inquiry In evidence MT.
Curtis objected and said ne bad never before known
member committee 10 make "a argument on one sue
Nlr Rouiellr-I shall object To being placed ON tllal.
con vi" ,,,sr s, Giscarging nv duty properly
viii ,llovr me-
Nr Hrp"uE ,sed fora ruling on his motion. n the
lon,ittrr was iu de- dc whether there had been an
mug suppressed by the Court Of Inquiry he Thought
they should have the record OF hS court bcore them Ill
order that ihey might decide I'M ellicenty -.
Tr Curt--ihis suggestion i - dsnscnuous att 3mpt 10
Fo upon the committee the evidence ~ the very posI1
which assd ii is unpec"'eitco i.lcga ana hDs!u:
Nj Curtis eXorcsscd willingness 10 have me rcc9n OF
tire Naval Court OF Inluirt 2n III evidence as "a eA
IAi4 was then done and the eXiuuinauoa Of oeah"h
WINS rta1l he circumstances Of the arrest Of Sea
man starr result Ola controversy hciween tue iatea
a& Were We're o 10 coin,sss in boats dur
Ing tie retro Tie only compose taken on Leaving
~IyDrnuAzy AND HIS CAPTAIN.
Concerning 'he Ie"uon' "o' "'.n % -
his crew during the retreat Wines oi%'11 "a, %
stances oi his oNh ailes' io' I'r Us - -, ,, F
'"'"" '"' ,f.I.,Io rho mon had intended
som. a' .' IN; na to the cauiqin asking for
The irisr o starr because strong. useful man
~ the ce ha me- rr adI 5eQ n' 20 ,9 Sn "fStiv
,noi--' lie tioIllt lie e. plia md Lssy tenn
nor Nor,nni onc' ci OF the J"tnnetta stood dcck
n thc Navy for officers 10 GO 80, lro,n3 s Se
il WIS ne himself put Tie Wasnpoatas aT" o t iaS
, ,o oie4 him 10 do H. In III. opinion It saved he
PlIN W '.S i m 90 head sfrcr aid IN the Lena Delta
~, and aoor Of tie others wsrein good condition.
! i,III NV ~, ~ .,o. and hesn rcfused
tho r,i,,sc cement OF Captain belong IN the
o.n Ti,n ,,i SCENTS aud leave the journals
| ~! i..i'ln1 lie dd onrc Captain De
iu PH -, lie a,anlnn,.d D1t VA, told that as
l'.u .ii, ~, , ,,d y,II or had a seaman 20 c3Iry
9ut - W ,,,iC ~. tent Tn ,itnssss opinion il
lntih 'i e. ,.i. -, Inc I(na nom Balun he
/ 'i.''' - Sc, .,,',.,,.j H.. T oDo'. marty
might uaNe Ir"ci.u ie IN r,,iaes adhered n his
, ne, IN, ,ricers Of the Jcannctte did not stand
stacmeL' ina '' ,.,t ~, - 80 n Seck Synrnrvrr
Grcb Wa'h ' '1' me- II. y ,oa 49, tho long stav
thty were cdnl n ~ $500 retret was made
nj Bt hh"il i-ls ioca.n of that Island
,9f thr 49,. -, aid i.,e Killed MANY nfarnligan
he ~, l. tsy h,d b9d shot INNS 'Tney saw
IN lhe - 10 nn =, ~, lie thobt however that even
"a 1titod fh.,n II would not have saved De
w. ns ~, liliea two der WIN the rifles hut
Long P'r'i ~, 49, III ,ritb shctg7in Witness
m'sh' nave hii'Cp , - bscn nrgcticable for
/ in1asir , ~ rar+T 10 pursue an early
! me Itl''d,'nE I,,,.,o oyer the ice 10 the
- 80 T. St,e,5an coast instead Of going as they