The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-02-21
HENRY'S ARCTIC DIARY.
A Record From the Dead That hears
Harshly on Greedy.

A Record From the Dead That Hears
| Harshly Greedy.
The journal OF Private Henry, who was
shot for stealing provisions by order Of
Lieutenant Greedy, i'll the Arctic regions,
covering the period between October,
1888, and June, 1888, has been made pub
lie. He writes under date of May 3:
Gle (Whistler) who WAS louiest III
| his denuuciatlon of the unfortunate who
was tempted to purloin scrap of meat,
was today caught in commissary, having
| broken open the door, and was found
with about a pound of bacon in his
| pocket"
The entry May II is: ''CowaGdly &C
ton in Greedy wanting to shoot DR.. Z.
| CDR. Pavy); also drew rifle On Bender.
Calls kislingbury liar and apologies
| to enlisted men,
Four days later is the following: Eyes
terday Biederbeck and Whistler had a
row out of doors and someone stole Eli
sons bacon, which was under charge Of
Lieutenant Greedy. The terrible strug
Cling of death by starvation actually
| had no terror for Us. We looked Oh
| with stolid indifference upon our coming
| fate. 4 few hours before death, instead
of craving for food, they kept calling
| for water and could hardly be controlled
| or satisfied. All, with ole exception,
were UNCONSCIOUS for hours before dying.
| Poor Lockwood came cut of his bag to
stand in the alley-way while moonshine
distillery was going on, and was the last
| to receive his potation. Ere the rest Of
US had their share, he requested repeti-
ton of the dose from the officiating stew
ard, and, upon being reprimsnded by the
officer for asking such a thing from the
steward, he turned around to the doctor
and said, We'll, | will go to the fountain
head and he repeated his demand.
| Upon being absolutely refused, he drop
ped to the floor, and hardly ever opened
his mouth to utter another word
May the 23i, after noting that Whist
Ter is dying, Henry says: Called in tent
and informed that five men made sworn
statement that Pavy stole Ellison's ra-
lions, and that the official record con-
corning it had been tempered with. y.
W. c. if he dies, dies the death o? a
miserable coward" Private Henry then
speaks OF Whstler's death, and says
til 1t tea was foUnd in his pocket.
On May 90 Is this entry. Poor ks
lingbury is sinking rapidly, and the doe
tor has given him up. Last night DR..
p. and Lieut. G. had another sqnabble
over medicine. The majority OF US four
teen have given up all hopes Of seeing
our friends again, but few have still a
chance at the conclusion Of this terrible
tragedy to be welcomed with universal
reclamation as worthy frontiersmen OF
Uncle Sam, aud as men who have made
themselves immortal hy splendid vic
tory and innumerable sufferings hithei to
incompatible in the annals OF Arctic
exploration aud against ali laws of ma
ture.'
The notes of the frs, four day OF June
are brief memoranda OF the rapidly sink
ing condition of those left. These were
made by Henry just prior to his being
shot.
Secretary ChaniIer has prepared fol
the information Of Congress an itemized
account of the expenses attending the
expedition fitted out for the relief OF
Lieutenant A. W. Greedy. 1t is sum
merzed as follows: Cost and fitting out
of vessels, $152, GA; supplies for the ex
petition, 1921 254; miscellaneous expeu
ses, s25, 371; total, 500, 2G5.