Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-29

now almost assured.
THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER.
The report Of the chief signal officer
Biological work.
During the fiscal year ending June
30. 1884. the entire expenses Of the sig
nal service were for the first time kept
distinct and separate from the expen-
/, ditures for the support OF the army,
and the cost OF the service for that
year, including the amounts drawn
from the treasury up 70 October 81,
1884, for the expenses OF the above.
named fiscal year, under the
civil several titles Of APP
preparations, was $95S 1892 %, from
which should be deducted the receipts
of military telegraph lines covered
into the treasury during the tiscsl
year, Sl7, 07i ~, leaving the net expen-
diture S9ll ,3lS %, The appropriations
for the fiscal year 1885 aggregate
81 ,00l Dds 80, and the estimates for the
fiscal year 1886 amount to 81 ,552-
! B50.84.
The chief signal officer describes
with sufiicie.it detail the events CON
nected with the closing of the work Of
! exploration In the Arctic regions and
| the return Of the survivors Of the PARTY
under Lieut. Greedy
The secretary of war observes with
regret that the chief signal officer has
chosen 10 make, in his anntial report,
"A formal expression Of opinion that,
after the arrival Of the wrecked PRO
teus" party on September l3, 1888 at
st. Johns, there was still time, "as
known from previous experience aud
fsient relief y ststiny tbst,,Cant Mi
vile and ofbers vnln1taersd 10 o,, ,i,,.
inc their mn nIans Tor tbe rai;e9Ii
4 contention ma IN wbat ,vo,,ld bavs
be,,,, tl,a ,,r,baI,I., ras,,tt - az, III,
tion To The Arctic REGIONS. started in
the s,,,,,n,n ,vitb sneh Ira,, aIou ~
cn,,Id ba ~, a.
tar,h.r 60 ,,,,, ,,saiass o. a,,, ~,
nnrnosa 80 Nv" ''i''' '0' "uJ Pi"o'io"'
Tbo nproto,.u nort,. oe. a.
,,,r,'cl, ~ that sIi,, "a 81 ,ue
Santen,har M iseS Tioit G az yVtta
in char,e ~ tho rart, 30, 80, I'LL sIDni
dav asLsd hy tsIoara,,T u,ha,i,a,. s,a,'
tbIng ,,nro on,,ice t'a "' sh,n. any
He re,iIad ON Eentarnhar IA. 20 IN e r.,
tjrne s,italIe 1917, on,ii wy
GIlsd nroyisionad 40 IL ,,,oi,iI ~ ~,
l,,. A., saoao,, -, $3.50, 49, ~ y ouiu Ne Wv
lila ,,aar y Not.,iii, ,,'.i, a. 'uimB
ros,,oyse on Tho ssy,'.ti',. i.,l ,iig ,nls
If the sacrstariae of 49, ~ -, "a ~ o' ~.
NV, , n,r,I.,r Ia -, 80, VI Wv
Tia1t a.rIir,,,o,, 81 was sehs ~
rn,,IIaa Srnn, t,in,aoIt s,,,a io' lull
,oandar Mild ', III H. I'm IN
IIni,ad 49,, ,.WtfE tne
cartaJ, g,,,,ations ,',.,' .Iui upon
Sns,L.'. oii,l 49, IL Pioi'Vuteui anu
hia 1870 rs " "i., ~ Was Ieasl-
Wv Pi"J'OU ~ Oaa,seI . steA,li sealer
,nol, a1ao sn,,',' aiul t,ie telegIaul
n,,,','.th a''o oV IN. euYBeoul1iis ~ 10 tme
III Tiah, - GoI v SniP anu lnen' 10
,,.a,,i, E''u iePlIeu ny Ge'e-
s ,'a o y, veH9, io' "V lengIhi saying
u1rhSa Iii ,Vi,ii ,nis ,,.
t,tin, ~ ' ~ rvsuiv vi any unuer-
. .nhiuS w ~ hpIll AZ thls time eS-
oniaSy a.. Proplellla1ical chances
aSat,,s' no Suoress' oWihB 10 uaTk
$50 lie, NV Nv oesun III tnose regions,
III HIhnnS ,oo my 1T,. isaVlun extremely crlti-
co. , muih n i ~ no SAFE winter
i.,iO,,olas9 n nn YVES. snnIe OF greenland
a 1890" D,sSo anu ThnHors haroor,
v ,,,,,'t' per"aps, Suitn star pay,
Minte, quaIIels oI saunders. How
~ 800 w, 40 Q oe'ie olIsnCe VI success
= .....l 4 -. - N w NP
Pioveu ! am re1auy ana anxious TO
iii4 ts t me- siiort.
"a nc lheli nluue suggestions as to
hlElng steam sealeI, and how It WAS
70 BE coh l,Iis ana manned. Conn
llahuer Wlues replied IN these words,
unuer uete on september 10; TO
enarler ahother foreign ship with
Ioreign crew ior this duty 70 20 north
az tnis iSee seasoh would simply
lhYlVe lIesh disaster snip must he
Anlerlcan manned ana oihcyred by
navy anu VhoIoughly equipped. I'M
iess wliiter quarters can Do reached
OF CApS Athol, the attempt would
o 'sn useless inns cannot be done. Mel
vllle oay WIN De iihpassaole by OctO-
per AZ latest snip cannot winter At
pernaVlk ana cannot sledge north
ii9lh mere,
~ nuer uate OF september IA, 1888,
1hiel Engineer George w, Melville,
ohltsu states navy, submitted = pro-
poseu hleth3u OF RELIEF FOR the Greedy
party, Whleh wa IN substance to use
lhe steamship fahtic," but there was