Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-10
GREELY EXPEDITION DISCLOSURES.
Lieut. Kislingbury's Diary.
THE CHICKERING'S AMONG THE MEMBERS OF TIL
EXPLORING PARTY.

iately-threatening to shoot Cross without the
slightest reason the other day and swearing to
silly actions lately controlling the launch when
there are better men who can do II.
mes are
SO easily controlled and have behaved. without
exception, SO uneXceptionally throughout the
excuse for such intimidation. Confound the
man. man; Why can't he be sensible and do things
se and hardest WorEpg man We have aleee
IN arrest Is another of his silly acts. The man
Is not In service, and on this extraordinary
miserable farce can be Investigated"
Saturday. August 1888 10th day. "called to
breakfast In a nasty, wet, heavy snow storm.
Everything wet and disagreeable. Sleeping
bags covered with snow and no tents. 1t. G. on
comfortable, but we have rigged coverings over
our boats by using tents and poles, yet how
much better If we were on shore. But why COM
pii piIia'Hn' we are jolly and good nAtured spite of
DISSATISFACTION AMONG THE MEN
He continues to note the daily unnecessary
use Of coal and labor instead Of waiting for more
| favorable winds. On August 21st he writes !:
| "If he would take the advice and heed the
would be some encouragement.
There is serious dissatisfaction among
the men. Poor fellows, they cannot be blamed.
They behave manfully, patient and sensible
through all but i is all dreadfully trying to the
WS.
| August 23d, 18th day, he says: "As the ice
came pressing In, the men acted as when before
IN scrape something. like this, mooring their
| poatS TO safe places. Greely gave no orders and
| acted like man who knew not what to do.
write things just as they occurred; do not allow
my personal feelings to govern me in the slight
| est. But do not mention half the weak pusiI-
| luminous nonsensical and scores of things, but
me right ones the man has done since We left
| Conger. In fact he does nothing right, and our
| reaching this place is due only to good fortune
the the, hard b work and good management Of the
! Saturday, September 15.-"But record here
| that am possessed with a comforting assurance
that we VIII get out of this scrape cannot be-
neve that twenty-five such good men as COM
pose the strength of this party can be utterly
! lost after their hard work, and all they have
submitted to SO patiently at the hands of the
man in command of the expedition. The other
man man SLoekwoo1 do not include in this refiec-
| ton, because his conduct has been such as not
least, if not from the others Of the party. Both
Of their doings Will be produced, trust. to the
ths aa s wnsa %
all my cond act since left my country. / have
always tried to do my, duty and my best to help
what | conceived to be right. In my conduct
| toward; the thing which commands this expe-
course If had it to do over again have ave tried tried
not to surrender my rights, and would never
agree to wrong to please him"
Lockwood and Sergt. Rice were directed to go
out after breakfast and select the most fayora-
ine plan Is simply bu
write. he gave as reason for his taking this
course that he had heard the men lately criti-
clsing him; that some Of the. talk was mutt
nous but that he was powerless now to take
any action or TO stop the talking. The man is
fan p tbs Wny does % ne ne listen or pay any aen
| is not man here who has not done his level
best to please his commander, and there is not
| orders and wishes, and for the sake of peace
and harmony humored him beyond human
of Ss IN mapy sv
| Great God, does he call it doing his duty to
attempt his ridiculous plan of abandonins half
cause he has heard the men talking about him!
Bah! haven't patience to write any more
Must not forget he had not seen the condition
OF noe, having been In sleeping bag"
GREELY's COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE MEN,
September 81, AID day. - s"Command-
Ing officer complaining again last night about
growing of the men, and ordered Sergeant Raj
ston to make notes spy, in fact,) on one of the
fact' Vs. A'
TIDINGS OF GARLINGToN.
October 9th.-After learning of the wreck of
the Proteus, and of the intention of Lieut. Gar
lington to catch the naval vessel at Littleton
fellows got across all right. 1t is my belief that
Darlington will have gotten the naval ship to
providing she got there, and that he is there
himself and viii there remain until he can
cross. which, think, will be at the earliest date
the ice will permit him to cross. Crew of Pro-
teus probably returned to the United States in
naval ship: or course, we are greatly encour-
being made by our government for our relief
God bless my friend Darlington for his efforts,
as also our goyernment | was struck favora-
bly, when reading Garlington's last record, tell
Ing us OF the wreck. In closing he showed such
indifference for their critical condition and mis-
fortunes, and said that he would do everything
/ N aar,xy
reading aloud. Poor fellow his suffering si by by
anguish must have been great, indeed, and
feel for him the disappointment knew he
must feel at his failure through loss ofship. But
Lieut.. Kislingbury frequently refers to Rice
in his diary, more SO than to any one else and
says he Is the toughest and best man in the
RRsTty Rard the only trouble being that he works too
The events OF the dreadful winter which fol.
ings of the others of the party and Lieut.. Kis-
lingbury's does not differ from them. On April
9th, 1884, he gives an account Of his restoration
TO duty by Lieut.. Greely and the approval OF
his conduct BY that officer, with the understand
Ing that he (k) is nextfn rank to take command.
GREELr ASKS FORGIVENESS.
May 1o.-Meut. Greeley astonished me to-day
by Offering his hand and saying, "Kislingbury I
wish to say to you that you and have for the
past three years misunderstood each other for
that is what 1t was. You were standing simply
for your rights was cross, as am too fre-
4ueAeAS. l. CstIiIlot uIaInc you, ana ask now, II
not too late in the day, your forgiveness Your
conduct has been manly and commendable
throughout" The diary then relates how the
writer asked for the publication of an order re-
storing him to duty, and Incorporation in 1t of
Kislingbury's g remarks This Lieut.. Greedy read
lily agreed to- but when q few days later Kfsling-
bury politely asked for copy oft, he (G.) hesi-
tated and said che had not agreed to give me
the order but promised to write to Gen.
Hazen." After reminding him (G.) Of the con-
versation referred to, he few into passion and
called him (K9 in q loud insulting manner, "a
liar" "God help me, had to take this. Too
weak 10 write any more tonight"
NONE OF THE RECORDS DESTROYED By THE
FIRE.
The report that the records Of the Arctic ex-
petitions were destroyed by the signal Office fire
has given rise to whispe rings in certain quar-
ters 9hat the fire did well to destroy the Greedy
expedition records, and suspicious were set
afiOat In consequence. As fact none OF the
arctic records in the building were damaged to
any extent, but the papers, which are supposed
to contain the history of the inside workings of
that expedition, the diaries of the men, are in
the possession Of the chief signal officer in the
building on G street
Preparing his Inaugural Address.
A telegram from Albany last night says: Mr..
Cleveland and Daniel Manning boarded the Al