The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-02-11
ARCTIC JOURNAL.
A Leaf From the Notes of Private Henry
Who was Ordered Shot by Lien
tenant Greely,
Covering the Period Between October,
1888, and june, 1884, Made Pablo
1t Shows . Depiorabie
tts State OF Affairs. ~
A DEAD MANS DIARY.

n MAN .
WASHINGTON, February 9.-The journal
Of Private Henry, who was shot by order
Of Lieutenant Greedy for stealing provisions
in the Arctic regions, covering the period
between October, 1883, and June, 1884, has
been made public. He writes under date
Of May 8: "He (Whistler) who was loud
est in his denunciation Of the unfortunate
who was tempted to purloln scrap Of
meat was to-day caught in the commissary,
having broken open the door, and was
found with about pound Of bacon In his
pocket" Itg, f.nOnT
The entry of May II is: 1.-THE cowardly
action In Greedy wanting to shoot DR.. r. he
also drew a rifle on Bender. He calls Kis-
llngbury liar, and apologies to the en-.
listed men," ..t. t.I.
-Four days later Is the following: "Yes-
terday Biederback and Whistler had row
out OF doors, and some one stole EllisOn's
bacon, which was under charge of Lieuten.
ant Greedy. Tie terrible struggle OF death
by starvation actually bad no terror for us;
we looked on with stolid Indifference upon
our coming fate. In few hours death, in.
stead of craving for food; they kept calling
for water, and could hardly be controlled
or satisfied. All, with one exception, were
unconscious for hours before dying Poor
Lockwood came out OF his bag to stand in
the alley-way while the mOonsbine distill-
cry was going on, and he was the last to re-
ceive his potation. Ere the rest Of us had
our share he requested repetition Of the
dose from the officiating steward and, upon
being reprmanded by the officer for asking
for such thing from the steward, he turned
around to the doctor and SAID: We'll, /
| will go to the fountain head and he re-
peated his demand. Upon being absolute
ly refused, he dropped TO the floor, and
hardly ever opened his mouth again to utter
another word"
On May %, after noting that Whistler Is
dying, Henry says: ~ called In the tent
and was informed that FIVE men had made
a sworn statement that Pavy had stolen
Ellison's rations, and that the official record
concerning 1t had been tampered with. A.
w. g., II he does die, dies the death OF
miserable coward"
On May 2S is the following entry: "Poor
Kislingbury Is sinking rapidly, and the
doctor has given him up. List night DIR.
=. and Lieutenant G. had another squabble
fourteen have given up all hopes Of seeing
our friends again, but few have still
chance at the conclusion OF this terrible
tragedy to be welcomed with universal ac-
clamation as worthy Of the frontlersmen of
Uncle Sam, and as men who have made
themselves immortal by a splendid victory
and innumerable suiferings, hitherto incom-
parable In the annals OF Arctic explorations,
and against all the laws OF nature"
The notes OF the first four days OF June
are brief memoranda of the rapidly sinking
condition OF those left These were made
just prior TO his being shot.
Extracts from the other diaries show a
deplorable state of affairs. Insubordination
prevailed 10 considerable extent, and
quarrellng, sometimes leading to blows, was
not an uncommon occurrence.
Sergeant Brainerd's diary Is in his per-
sonal possession and Is not obtainable, and
Sergeant Connell refuses 10 allow his diary
to be inspected, stating that II was written
with the express understanding that no one
but General Hazen should read 1t.