The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-07
STANLEY IN NEW YORK.
The Troubles of the Rear Guard
Reviewed.

NEW YORK, Nov. 6-The Teutonic, with
Henry II. Stanley and party on board, ar
rived this morning.
Mr. Stanley was met at quarantine by a
number of friends, among whom were Maj.
Pond, Mr.. Stanley's lecture agent. Col.
Thomas ". Knox, Edward Quintud and
Col Finley Anderson, who. while on the
New York Herald, sent Mr.. Stanley to
Greece in 1868 and afterward to Spain. dur
ing the Carlist uprising in 1870. and who
started him on his first African expedition
TO find Explorer Livingston.
THE REAR GUARD TROUBLES.
Mr.. Stanley was asked to say something
about the rear guard troubles aud the stand
/ the London papers have taken on it SINCE
! his lnr. Stanley'sl departure from England.
| DO not wish to say much about IL yet,
and have not read the London papers care
| fully enough to express an opinion.
L object to stirring the matter up
unless am forced TO do so. This is the
whole affair in brief as possible, and ex-
| presses my convictions. l am justified by
/ all in my censure of the rear guard, which
was the cause of the attack made upon me-"
| Later in the day, in an interview with
| Col Anderson, when Mr.. Stanley was told
that Lieut.. Trouu's book was published in
| London, he said Lieut.. Troup had seen fit to
write letter to Nal bartteiOt.
IN HORRIBLE CONDITION.
| Upon my return from Albert Nyanza in
| search Of the rear column. distance of 800
miles" said Mr.. Stanley, II got reports at
! Banlaya of the condition of the rear column
which left at Yambuya. had grown ap-
! prehensive as to its safety and had
| Travelled back these 800 miles to
discover this splendidly equipped guard,
that had left behind in charge of Maj.
| Barttelot, with four other officers. heard
| that the rear column was ID an wful condi-
ton, aud when reached Yambuya found
| the report confirmed. The camp was in
demoralized state. many Of the men were
| dead and of all the officers only Boneley was
left. l was Mortified at this state
| of affairs. and wrote at once to the
| Emin relief commission an account of what
| had found at Yambuya. l told them that
| the rear column was wrecked by the irreso-
luton of its officers, neglect of their prom
Use and their indifference to the interests of
| the expedition. All the talk that has re-
Gently been made was called forth by the
remarks made in my letter."
| HIS CONTROVERSY WITH TRoUP.
| Mr.. Stanley then had much to say in
regard to his controversy with Lieut..
| Troup, and said: ~ have Boneley's report,
| Troup's two letters, Wards account, which
| l revised, and, more important than all,
have the logbook signed by the officers day
after day. Without any other evil
| dence that logbook of itself would
| prove that I was justified in
my censure of the rear column, which was
! very mild in my letter to the committee"
| As to whether he should publish the log
book MIR. Stanley was uncertain, but at all
events he should wait until he had read
| Lieut.. Troup's book.
BARTTELoT's BRUTALITY.
In another interview Mr. Stanley gave
In considerable detail what happened with
| his rear guard. He describes the manner
| of Maj. Barttelots death, which was the re-
suit of his ungovernable mper and brutal
| ity. He had been disobeyed by a negro
woman, and had then kicked and beaten
| her and had been shot in his tracks by this
woman's husband, who was a minor chief
Mr.. Stanley relates number of examples
| of Maj. Barttelot's brutality and unfitness
| to command, and says that his
charge against Barttelot is of this char
acter-cruelty and general inefficiency; and
| In this latter charge he has included all of
| Maj. Barttelot's subordinates. He says he
has made no charges of immortality against
any officer attached to the rear guard. He
excerpts Boneley from his general condemna-
| ton of the rear guard officers, but
censures hun for some of his
actions and failures to act. Mr.. Stanley
| iutimates that on his return to England he
Bartteot family, in order to sift the matter
TO the bottom in order, that the world may
judge who is responsible.
TRoUP's BOOK.
LONDON, Nov. 6.-Iieut. Troops book
adds little TO the interviews Just published
Lieut. Troup credits Mr.. Stanley with
preconceived idea of the causes of the dis
aster to the rear guard, and with the rejec-
ton as untrue Of any statements failing to
hat ua ,1aro
culties OF a young and inexperienced officer
like Maj. Barttelot in dealing with
the willy Tippoo lib. whom Mr..
Stanley himself was hardly able to
manage, in addition to keeping control over
the camp of the natives. Lieut.. Troup
quotes letter from Mr.. Stanley to Maj.
| Barttelot, in which Mr.. Stanley expressed
distrust Of Tippoo Tic. Lieut.. Troup says
he is ignorant of the terms of the contract
with Tippoo, but 1t was reported that the
promise to supply porterS was only condi-
tional, and that the payment was to be
Emin's ivory. He declares that it was in
obedience to Mr.. Stanley's orders that the
rear column waited at Yambuya in prefer
ence to throwing away its stores until
1ippoo's arrival, when the column started
with all the porters would carry.
TIPPoo's HELP ESSENTIAL.
Lieut.. Troup asks whether, considering
the disaster, that even befell them, Mr.
Stanley could have expected their miser-
able camp, which had been denuded of able
men by Mr. Stanley, to advance without
Tippoo's help. He relies upon extracts
from Mr. stanley's orders to Maj. Bart
telot to refute the charges of
delay. He says that after seven
and half months had passed
Maj. Barttelot and "a section of the ex-
petition were willing to try to advance,
but the remainder, including himself,
dissented because Mr.. Stanley had i'm
pressed upon them the Importance of pre-
serving the stores. He repeats that Mai.
Barttelot had ample warning of the
danger he incurred in venturiug out
alone Lieut.. Troup is inclined to
acquit Tippoo lib of the charge of
treachery, and thinks the latter met with
considerable difficulty in collecting porters.
i ha Ia L. IL