National Republican., 1885-02-06


EpiToR NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, In your is
sue Of this morning you print a letter from
Lieut.. Greedy to the adjutant general Of the
army, inclosng one from Lieut.. Purssoll, Of the
signal corps, in which the correctness Of a lato
special TO the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette Is
called IN question in very severe terms, and
It's correspondent placed In an entirely false
position. Lout Greely says:
81 have the honor to inclose herewith slips
cut from the Cincinnati Gazette and the Hdtchd
which have been brought to my attention last
evening and this morning ! learn reliably
that similar statements have been circulated
among pcrsons. with whom, unrefutod, these
iilsehoOds would do me great injury.
caunOt believe that the American people
will countenance the daily crucihHion, by
anonymous accusers in the publ press, Of me
and my mon, who, tortured by months OF star
walton, freezing, mental and physical suffer
ings have returned to their country with
broken health and impaired mental powers.
To permanently set this matter at rest, i
transmit the certificate of Lieut., B NJ Purssell,
signal corps showing that the statements as TO
diaries as set forth by the Cincinnati Gdsctc arc
have not seen tho communication to the
Hdictd and It's editor VIII be found fully able
20 take care of his part Of the controversy
Few reading the entire letter and especially the
above extract would suspect the fact that Lieut..
Greedy was fully aware before he wrote his lot
ter TO the war department that a full state
meut Of his declarations IN regard TO the dia-
lAt1 anu MS Ntulul NlUt lneN NOulu thhlhlu
the report as TO their contents which had
reached the military committee of the house
had been telcgraphed TO the COmmcrclM Gdscttc,
and that he was urged to write this explain
ntOry dispatch himself In order that II might
cover the whole ground aud be entirely
satisfactory to him The letter clearly
| conveys the impression that the special
| OF the CgnnicrciaiiGasriic had undertaken on
| his own authority to declare what these care
| fully guarded diaries disclose. IL WAS how
l ever strictly q news paragraph setting iorth
/ the fact that the military committee had re-
| voked iis request to the committee on
/ sistant signal Oillcor and that this action had
| been taken because members Of the commit
| teo had been assured that the diaries In cues.
| ton contained grave matters which should be
| fully investigated before further action was
| taken looking TO the promotion OF Lieut..
Greedy. This special was as follows:
| "WAsHiNGTOS Jan. 3O--Tho fact that the
military committee has withdrawn the recon.
| mendation II made to the committee on appro-
| prlations to provide for an assistant signal
| ofhcer, with the rank of colonel, has excited
| much remark II has been generally known
that this recommendation was in the interest
| of Lieut. Greedy, and with the understanding
that he was to have the place thus created.
"lt has now come out that the request was
| Withdrawn because Of knowledge which MON.
bcrs OF the military committee have of the
| contents of some OF the diaries brought back
| from the Arctic expedition. Those were said
TO give strong ground ior the belief that three
| at one time the waters were open and smooth
between Capo Sabine and Littloton island,
| and earnest appeals were made to Lieut.
| Greedy to allow party TO attempt crossing
in the boats. This was refused, II the diaries
are true, and the boats broken instead. The
whole matter was regarded as SO grave by the
members OF the committee that Il was decided
to be best to take no stops till this matter, as
well as some others Of very serious nature can
be fully investigated. In this tho friends OF
Lieut.. Greedy concurred, holding that In hil
interest the subject Of tho exact contents OF
these diaries, aud their reliability, should be
examined and set at rest"
This dispatch Is sstriGtly true. on Jan. "a the
military committee, in writing formally re-
qucsted the committee on appropriations to
Insert an item for an assistant signal officer
On the 18th of January Gen. Rnsecrans, chair
man of the military committee, in writing
formally notified the committee of approprla
tions that the former action had been recon
sldered and revoked and asked for a return o
the papers In the case. The reason for this &C
tion, as explained by member of the com
nlttee, was that the statements made 10 thon
In regard 10 the contents Of the diaries were o
a character which called for further investi
CATION Besides this there were some whC
thought such an item would be objected to OF
the ground of its being new legislation.
| II Is well known to many persons that the
public, which paid for the Greedy expedition
as yet has been allowed to have a very made
quate history oft. II is known, further, tina
| this history exists and that thus far the sigma
oflice, which has possession OF 1t, and other
interested have resisted every attempt to Civ,
the public the full facts. II does not follow
that such u complete story will reflect oi
Lieut., Greedy. But until these diaries, kop
by direction of Gen. Hazen, iu order that ther
might be full record Of the expedition, ar
made public, and their accuracy tested, sucl
charges as have been laid beiorelthe member
{ of the military committee will continue to b
made. Anu SO long as tine signal office itse
, carefully suppIesses this information the Gel
tihcates of subordinate will settle nothing
Let the public have all the facts, and then Ii
. injustice will be done to any. Respectfully,
H. V. BoYNToN.
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