New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-08
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TROUP ANSWERS STANLEY
DENYING SOME STATEMENTS OF THE Ex-
PLORER.
HE DECLARES THAT THE REAR GUARD At cANp
YAMBUYA COULD NOT MovE,-BARTrELox
YAs CRUEL AT LEAST ONCE, BUT
HE WAS WILLING TO SUFrER
WITH HIS MEN.
fBY TELEcgAPH TO THE TRmrSE.1


WITH HIS MEN.
rsr 1ELrcxAPm TO THE TRIBUNE,
| Boston, Nov. 7.-Lieutenant Troup, who was
! with Stanley in his last African expedition. is
| in Cambridge visiting relatives Of his wife. lie
is preparing to return to England, and to-day SAID
that he was compelled to decline an invitation
to lecture before the Boston Press Club. He In
terrupted his packing long enough to read whss
Mr.. Stanley said to New-York reporters yesterday
and then very emphatically gave the lie direct
to some Of Stanley's statements relative to
Barttelot and Troup He did not pose as de-
! fender Of all that Barttelot did, but merely
wished to do justice that officers memory. and
at the same time to relieve himself Of the imputa-
tion of insubordination. He remarked:
| "If Stanley were to stick to one story 10
would be easier to reply to him; but he jumps
about SO often and contradicts himself so fire.
quently that it is impossible to keep very near
| him. In one interview Stanley's charges OF dis
loyalty against Barttelot based upon letters
| from me, and now after the letters have been
published, Stanley ignores them and takes Bonneys
diaries for proof; but in his book Stanley places no
| reliance on the diaries Of subordinates Toe rear
guard was not in condition to follow after Stan.
| ley 1t would have been physical impossibility.
| Common-sense would have shown this to any man
| familiar with the facts. 1t is plain enough to most
| minds thar 25O sick, enfeebled and disabled men
| could not travel with heavy loads through rough.
dense forests as rapidly as il unincumbered. STAN
ley speaks in his book of the suerings Of the adj
| vance guard from hostile savages, poisoned ar
rows and hunger. What would have happened
to the rear guard, hampered by its loads il it had
! gone forward? Major BarttelOt did right to re-
| main. l did protest again and again against cer-
| tain acts Of Barttelot, but he was not devoid OF
| many excellent points"
Lieutenant Troup then said: "When Mr.. STAN
ley charges me with cowardice and indifference
to the fate of the natives with guard, he knows
that he is not telling the truth Let him ask any
| of the men with whom / had dealings
and see what the reply will be. 1t is
"a matter Of pride with me that / have
| always treated my kindly as II
they were Europeans / have punished them. 10
| is true, but did not do it until actually forced
| to do so in order to maintain discipline. Then
explained the reasons fully to the other natives,
so that there should be no misunderstanding, and
there was none. So, when Mr.. Stanley lays
upon my shoulders ~the responsibility for the
terrible loss of life by starvation and otherwise.
he is saying that which he ought to know is false.
Stanley describes the provisions which we
! had Let me do the same. Before going
up the lake to Camp Yambuya, I disposed
of the following supplies under Mr.. Stanley's
explicit orders: Ninety sacks of rice, twenty
three cases of biscuit, weighing 1880 pounds;
and twenty eight bundles of brass rods, weighing
5,4OO pounds used in bartering for fish. left
behind about 800 sacks Of rice, which migh1
; have been sold.
STANLEY himself was responsible for Mt least
part of the misery growing out OF the stsrys-
ton and privation. When Stanley left us he lefs
only enough brass rods to give one per week
| xxif1 NH IN
for five months. When this supply was ex-
bausted we were in terrible straits. In view Of
Stanley's stern and relentless discipline no one
dared to disobey his orders Stanley di not
return in ten months, and the people whom he
left with barely food enough for five months
starved Provisions exhausted, and they
had no barter with which to procure more The
, only food procurable the manioc, and many
were poisoned, not knowing how toe prepare it,
1t was Staney's place to provide against
lust such an emergency. will give
you our bill of fare at famouya.
which we endured for one year When arrived
at the camp, August 25, 1887, the provisions tor
all the officers of the expedition consisted OF
thirty-two sacks of rice for the regular dish.
There were 10 cases of condensed milk, eleven
, tins of cocoa milk, thirty-four one-pound tins
of biscuit. five cases of sugar, thiry-one cases OF
tea seventy cases of butter, seven cases oil choco
| late forty-two cases of jam, eighteen cases Oh
sardines twenty-three of Liebigs extract, three
Of coffee. five of candles. five of vesetaoe,
} soup four of red herring, thirty one
nound tins of -four, twenty tins OF
sausages. containing four each; three OF arrow
root and one of sago lin ALL 425 cases OF provisions
for all the Europeans, both in the rear guard anu
, with Staney's advance guard. The rations doico
ont nor man for a period of three months were
fottrf
8 one and one-half tins of salt, one pound OF tea
+ one and ore half tins of butter two tins of con-
5 danscd milk one and one-fourth !Pouh"S
- sugar one and one-haf tins OF Jam,
= a half pound of flour, half TN Ok
: rod herring. tin of chocolate and miiK'
one of cocoa one of sardines. one OF Sausage 'hs
of fancy biscuit, one pot OF Lleoiss eA'rao'.
q quarter of a pound of tapioca and a quarter Oh
nound of sago am not complaining because we
had too little We were glad to get lt' pu'' ss
d = man try to estimate how long he could MAKO
# these rations last. We were hnahy iorceu :"
f oot mouldv biscuit and spoiled rice, to save lie.
4 While the barter lasted we had one goat weeN n :
d ,or meat that is when we could get IT, bartteioe
r nid not dare TO use the provisions whlch Stahey
. had left for an emergency lie ieit' Petnaps;
/ that the fate of the entire eXpeditl9n deNoseu ,
u. | unon his absolute obedience to Stanley oruerS'
II ppI apJn ike i,e a good soldier, he obeyed orders
= The medicines were almost worthless, ana these
l. | that wene of any avail were lnsuihc~no.
june 1883 when Stanley charges bns,eS that 5ee
off the medicine supplies was aDsp'u'ey and "A
d was ,eas necessary to carry me in my hammock
to the steamer. The Is;,;or LOSS Of 50 stores ws
mern told. and what could we do, but wait and
sBarttelot actually starved himself He did not o.
. ask his men to suffer any privation that ne woaia
NOT endure himself and he shared all their suffer-
4 ings.' ,,. On. ;rs,.rc. of
n brutal, unnecessary punishment inflicted Dy bar.-
/; telot's orders A man stole gun, and 300 lashes
= were ordered Troup protested that 1t was un.
!. | necessary and brutal, but no one cond lnnueuos
Q Barttelot lie was very set and unyielding
e MR.. BARTnELOTrS ANGRY CRITICISM
. | Sr,A COUNT Oh