Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-30

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vastess kessuss Naval cnsses.
A Washington special to the Herald
says; /" <prepos Of Lieutenant pauen-
hower's illumination against polar cx-
psditious,. said . gentleman foTfneriy
n : foreign naval service to your cor
respondent. "let mo show you COM
munication from my old friend, Bed.
ford PIN. whose recent attainment o.
the grade Of rear admiral in the royal
navy viii be gratifying news 70 the
host Of his acquaintance "no
read the Herald. The paper 70
too long and too foil Of 'ecn-
nical details TO be reproduced reroai'm'
bat hero are tho points In II OF pubic
interest. You see that the ola ie'io~
il as full Of fire as when. while cal
low mid. hipman, he shocked the eti-
ouettc Of the Admiralty by his vigor-
Gus efforts 70 get himself attached to
the iIl-starred expedition OF Sir John
Franklin. mainly induced thereto, IN all
probability. by true British obstinacy,
the authorities having prohibited mid
shipmen as too young and undeveloped
physically TO endure the harshlps oil
Arctic service.
1.-THE Admiral plants himself on the
Divine command TO subdue and re-
pltnish the earth, and finds no scriptu-
raj warrant for exempting any part OF
the globe from its operation. lie refers
10 the spirit OF enterprise innate IN the
breast Of man, particularly in those
races which have pushed themselves to
the forefront Of human power and pro-
g,ess. and seems to imply that, II this
spirit cannot find outlets as legitimate
Is those Of polar research, it will waste
itself on enterprises even less hopeful
and inyigorsting. He says that Of all
forms Of sea service that in high lati-
tudes is attended with the least loss oil
human life. and that the death-roll o!
four centuries OF Arctic exploration IS
smaller than that Of many q single ac-
ton. not rising above the dignity OF
skirmish, in modern warfare.
EXAMPLES or DARING.
"He thinks that. with the example
before us of what the daring and fore
sight Of Columbus, the Cabots, Car
tier. Frobisher, Gilbert, Davis, Hud-
son. Baffin, and other early explorers
have accomplished for North America,
il would be degenerate in the men OF
the present day, with their enormous
resources in accumulated experience
and scientific appliances for work and
life In the polar regions. to shrink from
the small remainder of
what has to be done to compel the very
pole itself to give up its secret. Re-
ierring to his own long and arduous
service as an Arctic explorer. he de-
clsres that if anything were needed to
crown his already replete satisfaction it
Is supplied by the generous act Of Lieu
tenant Greedy in perpetuating his name
and memory in Bedford PIN Island.
1.-The Admiral is warm in praise OF
the enthusiasm and achievements OF
Lieutenants Ray and Schwatka and
Commander Schley. lie promises a
great welcome to Greedy, aud has only |
. shade of anxiety about the future,
lest it be reserved to America instead
Of England to complete the great work
and vindicate all that has been and shall |
be done by making Arctic navigation
safe and-with true Anglo-Saxon utili-
tarisnism-profitable. lie speaks Of
the expected Hudson Bay cattle route
rs an example of the commercial value
Of exploring expeditions in developing
new fields of enterprise, and, looking at
the subject from professional stand
point. declares that polar research is
worth all that it has cost as a training
school for the navies Of Europe and
America.