Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-13
LIEUT.. GREEDY IN WASHINGTON.
a Talk With the Arctic Hero aud with
His ReScuefr.

Lieut. A. ". Greely, Of Arctic fame. ar1iYed In
washington yesterday afternoon and to-day re-
ported to the Secretary OF War and Gen Hazen
He Is the guest OF Gen. George d Ruggles while
here Lieut. Greedy win enter at once upon The
preparation OF his report tor the last year OF his
expedition. The report OF the operations OF the
nrst year was submitted to the chief signal ofncer
several months ago and was embedied In his an
nuai report Lieut. Greedy was unable to continue
the WORK away from Washington az all the re-
c0aos ana material necessary TO compile 1t are on
the latest operations al the exneiiion have fhsrs
Tore been entirely from memory.
GLAD TO GET BACK 70 WASHINGTON
He looks remarkably well, but In answer to In
qpires OF STAR reporter this morning he said that
his strength had not returned to him yet, but he
heartily glad to ges back 70 washington as he re-
gsrued it as hts home He hoped 20 stay here for
some s Sme % come but an army onacer never could
ten where De would go next 49, -
''THR EVENING STAR" IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS.
sRy the way he said, zone OF thefrst familiar
things that saw after being re scuedwasa COPY OF
TIE STAB. One ofthe officers OF the Tnetis pulled II
out OF his pocket TO show me. and tell you was
s!aa T. sss sen TIE %sssqP MAS different from
old STAR"
WHAT GREELY's REscuER SAYS OF HIN.
One OF Lieut. Greely's lrst visits to-day was to
Commodore Schley, his rescuer and the meeting
was very cordial one, each greeting the other
with ~ am heartily glad to see you" Lieut.
Greely feels that he owes his life to the commander
OF the relief expedition. "Thag man is all pluck"
said Commodore Schley, after Greedy had de-
parted. " He never had much OF physique, but
he lived for six weeks at Cape Sabine on viii
power strong physique is a very desirable ad-
1unct for successful Arctic exploring, but strong
Will, with plenty OF mental resource. Is much
more essential That Is the reason educated men
fare best when entirely isolated In starving con-
dltton. The ordinary sailor or Soldier having but
little to divert his mind soon allows it to feed on
his BODY as 1t were. A student like Greedy has q.
hundred avenues open for hts thoughts, and they
could travel In every direction. You would be sur
priSed continued the commodore. sat the correct
ness or the theories he worked out from clues
gained from scraps OF paper. Shortly after he was
rescued he asked for news. l told him that the
car OF Russia had been killed by niAilists .Fknew
that,' ne replied. How? l asked, saw picture
OF the explosion on piece of illustrated paper
LEFT IN cache by the Neptune expedition. he re-
pied. found that there was nothing more than
the picture to guide him. but he had the whole
story straight in his mind, and knew how it all
happened as well as II he had read columns about
It. When / struck the HOwgate matter 1t was
genuine news to him, and he could scarcely realize
"He looks like fine fellow" said listener
Eyes, and he is fine fellow, replied she commo-
One of the most essential reasons for Lieut..
GreelyS presence here is to hasten the settlement
OF the accounts OF the heirs OF the lost men OF the
expedition. He will have two or three assistants
assigned him to complete the report - 800