The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-03-07
NO. 80.
TIE e9Er!.Y EXPEDITION.
Extracts from the Diary of Private Henry
starvation and Death.

Washington Correspondence,
The .ournal of Private Henry, shot
for stealing provisions by order of Lieut..
rcrly in the Artie rCgiens, 20 cru!
the per od between October, i?- and
Juac, 1891, has leen made public. a.
writes under date o Nay =:
(h hiStlcr who was loud ,St in h's damll.
ciation ot tho un 'orlunate wjo W
tempted to purlon scrap Of m at, MS
TO day caught in the ,ommiSstr. Ia .
ing broken open the door IN N,,i
found with about Il pound OF bacon il
his pocket
The entry Of May II is, "CowarNy
action in treely in wanting tDsaoo, +.
p: he also drew q rife on on hr. ~
calls kinshngbufy liar, AMI eiN ., es
to enlisted men. "
Four days later the following 'es-
terday BicdFbeck and Whistler had
row outdoors and some one stole El-
lisons hacon, which was under charge
of Lieut.. Grcely. The ttTrihle strug-
Cling with death by starvation actually
had no terror for US VIC looked on
with Stolid indi erence upon our coa-
ing fate. A few.hours lcfore death, M
stead Of craving for food they
kept calling for water, and
could hardly be controlled or sat.
Used. All, with ope ex' option,
were unconscious forhours before d. ing.
Poor Lockwood came out Of his bag 10
stand in the alleyway while tho moon
shine distllery was going on, and WAS
the last to receive his potati0n. Ere
the rest of us had our share h. re. uutcd
repetition of the dose fpom tine oflicia-
ting steward, and upon being repri-
manded by the officer for asking for
such thing from the steward, he
turned round to the doctor and said
We'll, well, go to the fountain hea ~
and he repeated his demand. Ipon
being absolutely denied he dropped TO
the Iloor and hardly ever opened his
mouth again to utter another word"
May p, after noting that Whistler is
dying, Henry SAYS -, allied in tho tent
and was informed that Favoy sto'e Eli
sons rations, and the the ce!r cord
concerning it had ben tanpsrei W tb,
a. W. e., if he does dje, dies nc lca..a
Of miserable coward.
On May IS is the following entry:
"ioor Kinslinghury is sinking rapidly,
and the doctor has given him up. Last
night DR.. p. and Lieut. &. had another
sQuabble over tbs medicine The ma.
iority of US fourteen have given up all
hopes of seeing our friends again, but a
few have still a chance at the con-
clusion of this terrible tragedy to
be welcomed with universal a0rla-
nation as worthy frontierSmen of
Uncle Sam, and as men who
nave made themselves immortal by
splendid victory aad innumemble suf-
ferings hitherto incompatible in tho
annals of Arctic exploration and against
all the laws Of nature
The notes of the first four days of
June arc brief memoranda of the RAPIDLY
sinking condition of those loft. These
were mado Just prioc to his being shot.
Extracts from other diaries show tho
deplorable state of affairs. Insubordi-
nation prevailed to cons iderablc eXtsnt,
and quarelling sometimes leading to
blows was not an uncommon occur
renee
Scrgt,. BpaiHard's dairy is in his per-
sonal possession and not obtanablo, and
>ergt, Connell declines to alleT his diary
to be inspected, stating that it was
written with tho express understanding
that no one but Gen. Hazen should
read it.