The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-29
cENsUR1NG LIEUTENANT GREELY.
An officer of the Loeb Garry Makes Some
Queer Statements.
New York Special.

New York Special.
One of the officers of the Arctic steamer Loeb
Garry which accompanied the Alert, Thetis
and Bear on the Greedy relief expedition, said
to-day:
Lieutenant Greedy and his party were not as
friendly to Commander Schley as people res
eued under such circumstances generally are
What was the dificultyF
II don't understand il exactly but Greely
thought that army men instead of navy men
should have been sent to him, and GOODNESS
between the rescued and rescuers has sprung
up. The fact of the matter is, Greedy would
have stood a small chance of being rescued had
the expedition been composed of other than navy
men, If there had been any sailors on the Pro
teus expedition that vessel would never have
been lost Army. people ought never to have
been sent up in the arctic regions. If the United
States had fitted out whaler with whaling men
Greedy would have been rescued year ago."
What is thought of Greelys work?n
He has done deal of good work, but he is
solely to blame for the loss of the nineteen men
of his party. In St Johns, N F., there was
much talk against him. The relatives Of those
lost men will have an investigation before long.
and the public will know of matters that the
authorities are endeavoring to keep quiet.
Greedy did well for soldier, until August, 1883.
when he struck that floating cake of ice and
then he began to show his weakness There
he staid and allowed his men to die off like
sheep. The season was in his favor, and he
could easily have reached Littleton island, where
bnefe were provisions enough Tor q year. lie
was only twenty five miles south of that
island, and he could have made the
distance in less than two days. He allowed one
poor fellow to start out alone, while twenty five
able men lay around and starved to death. A
combined movement would have saved them all
They were afraid of water, that's all and when
they got on the ice they wouldn't move. Instead
OF using the boats which were intended for the
purpose of reaching supply stations by water,
they chopped them up for fuel Ninety miles to
the south of them was the Carey islands, where
they could have found food and shelter for time
eternal They could have lived with the natives,
and would have been rescued by whalers had
they endeavored to go south, instead of losing
all heart and lying down to die They had only
to drag their boats over ice here and there to
have reached Littleton island, and it would have
been less difficult to get to the Careys, The
men on the Proteus suffered greater hard
ships between the time their ship was lost
and the time of their rescue than Greedy and his
party would have had to endure had they en-
deavored to reach either of the isles. Greely's
party took the most barren place in the arctic
regions to die, when they could have reached a
better spot and lived. The living are all heroes,
but justice should be done to the dead and
Greedy will have some hard questions to answer
in a short time He has not told a connected
story yet The men on the Thets declared they
could not understand his tale. They are guard
ing him closely for fear some enterprising
porter may get hold of him, and something may
come out The Alert was hindrance to the ex-
pedition. She is helpless old tub, and it took
most of our time, after June %, to look after
her. One good vessel, with men who know the
arctic regions, on board, would have rescued
Greedy long ago. and the United States govern
ment would have been saved sight of money