The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-03
The Greedy Party.

Portsmouth, N q ,2.-The Greedy
relief squadron leaves for New I orK
on Tuesday night. The Bear IS CT
dered to Governors Island, where
tha bodies of the victims OF the
Greelv expedition will be turned
over 70 Gen. Hancock. This after
noon the survivors of the expedltloh
viii be put under the care OF tns
war department represented ny
Gen. Hazeu. Tie SURVIVORS resi-
GuiatIv here to day and tomorrow.
ON Monday formal demonstration
In honor of the return of Greeiy.
will he held. The organic stl0n OF
the naval division which Will De
landed to participate in the ceremo-
MES is coTnpleted. The naval GiVl.
si0ns of the parade VIII consist OF
SIX subdivisions, comprising nAVal
cadets, naval apprentices. marines
snd q brigade from the North. At
Isntic fleet. Besides these divisions
tire parade Will comprise military
and civil O; CARNATIONS, fire compa-
MES, municipal governments OF
Portsmouth and Newburyport and
state authorities. On Monday eve
ming a congratulatory meeting will
be held at Music Hall at which
Secretary Chandler is expected TO
Early this morning Mrs. Greedy
came over to the city from Admiral
Wells residence snd then took her
two little daught srs, who had re-
NAMED during the night with ther
grandmother at Rockingham House.
over to the AdmiraPs to see their
father. Major Greedy was overcome
with emotion at the sight OF his
little ones. at noon Surgeons Gun
mel and Head Visited the G 'nstitu-
tionto examine into the physical con-
ditiOn of the survivors OF the Greely
expedition.
Portsmouth, 2.-Greely saunteFed
under the trees on the lawn for an
hour with his wife, mother and
children around him. While he
conyersed with Gen. Hazsn be was
gssed on with great interest by the
vast crowd around the house. 70
reporter Greedy stated he was feel
ing better than at any time
since his rescue, and esld he, 81
am Just about as happy
as any man could possibly
be, the only drawback being the
memory of the seventeen who are
not here to enjoy the fruits OF thell
courage and devotion" Sergeant
Brainard, in conversation with a re-
porter, said the party did not suffer
much on the journey down from
Lady Franklin Bay, they having
been but little inconvenience from
cold, sslu was when we be
gan to stsrve that We began
10 suffer-" said he. When tn
reporter asked him if the Greel!
marty could have gone still farthe
north than they did, Sergeant Brain
erd replied it would have been yer!
difficult" ga ship" he said, "cer
tainIy could not have gone fsrthe
north; the ice would open and clos
so rapidly that q vessel woul
surely have teen nipped an
crushed had passage further mort
been attempted. The same ice coma
TONS he said would prevent sledgln
northward, because where the &c
was opening so often it would hav
been of great danger to life" Whe
asked as to his opinion whether fu
tire Arctic expeditions Woul
succeed in finding the Mort
pole, Sergeant Brainerd said b
did not believe this would oe accom-
pIlshed," "nor do believe" said al
THAT any expedition will ever reac
higher latitude than the Greeie
expedition did" Sergeant Braine1
also states that the crew were con
fortably situated while at Lad
Franklin Bay; there was plenty,
proyisions, coal and everything ell
there that was needed. When ask'
if the entire party won
have reached home If pr
visions had been land'
at Cape Sabine by one Of the fo
mar rescuinG expeditions he repli,
smiling: eWel, if the men vi
died had had enough TO eat tn
woul6n's have starved to deaf
The greatest loss to the expedite
was when the Esqaimaux died;
YES able TO get game food for
that we had not strength or kno'
LEDGE to get for ourselves" VIII
the reporter asked the survivors
,aev believed othsr expedite
wonld be sent to the Arctic one a
ali renlied: ayes, AMI We are
ready to 60 with them and Gov
start tomorrow if neces sary.
~ fseno look strong and healthy.