, 1890-11-09

Ammunition, clothes ana r11eS are ADSO-
lutely necessary. By careful distribution
you can reduce FOUR 600 loads to 450. The
object OF carrying all these supplies was
that if the men desired to return to civill-
cation the goods would meet them half
way. and would be necessary to purchase
food and the good will OF the tribes if we
went to the coast. 1t was not necessary
for these men to stay in camp. They
would have made progress If they had
tried.
Il notice that in Bartelott's new book
that he says not a man in the whole
world would propose such a thing as l
did. What | said to them was. Tippoo
Tibb will not send all the men he las
promised, but he will send some. With
these you can move forward your loads
BY taking some OF them on six miles a
day and then going back six miles the
next day. By keeping up this forward
and back movement of six miles a day
you will make good progress. Barefoot
says such a thing was never heard of.
Yet l had at a time previous with only
sixty-three ZauZibaris men made thirty
three OF these back and forth marches in
order to make a total advance of fiity-two
miles. | only ordered them to do what
had been before and what l had done my
self. They were not expected to 90 all
the way to Lake Albert.
In ten months they would have gotten
300 miles inland. If they had only
started they would in three months have
met my couriers who were looking for
them. In fonr months more they would
have met my second batch OF couriers,
twenty in number, who would have given
them the news OF the finding of Emin.
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There was nothing in my instructions to
him to prevent, but the officers said they
would not go. They would stay in camp
aud look after the goods. They could
even then have looked after their men
and preserved their lives. No one asked
Tippoo lib for food. Some 100 men died
at Ysmbuya. Instead OF giving food to
the men they sent it down the river.
These things made me say that che rear
column had been wrecked by the negli
gence OF the officers to obey orders. |
have the written reports and afildavits of
the survivors, so [ know who is to blame.
Among themselves they woull talk
the state of affairs over. and say the ma
lor would ruin the rear lumn. But as
soon as one of them would propose some
way of relief the others would back out.
Then one would propose that they would
go and talk the situation over with Major
Bartelott, but no one seems to have had
the courage to face him. They had no
loyalty. Each one in bis contract was en-
titled TO a tair share OF the European
provisions. which were essential to the
physical welfare of the white men. Ma
ior Barefoot picked out all of the canned
provisions and sent them down the river.
When L said to one OF the men:
Couldn't you have eaten them?' he
answered, Yes, sir. Then why did you
not go to Major Bartelott and ask for
them2'
~ don't know was all the answer [
could get.
II asked Troup why he did not write
an Official letter and demand these things,
but he didn't seem to realize how to get
to work to do so. He told me he was GO
ing to write a book, aud | told him he was
privilege | to write his own account as he
pleased"
Mr.. Stanley, did you go to Africa as
the agent of the English government for
Emin?"
mo, l did not. | had no orders to
do anything except to take the supplies
to Emin. | was to take him out. If he
was DESTROYS to return to civilization, !
was to escort him safely to the coast. II
be wished to remain, l was to inform him
that he was not to expect more aid from
Egypt. These were my instructions. Ny
trip had nothing to do with the extension
OF English or German territory in any
way. l have Incorporated in my book
all the official documents regarding the
expedition
MIR. Stanley, how about the statement
that you did not look on the loads OF sup
plies with so much solicitude on your way
out as when you went mp
well, that is true to some extent. Go
ing in we did not know how long we
would be gone or what supplies we would
need. When Emin decided to come out,
that lessened the Importance OF these
supplies in my eyes. as | knew We had
more than enough. 1 gave Emin thirty
one loads of ammunition, but they were af-
forwards captured by his own rebels"