Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-10-30
coMMIrrrE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

The committee was composed of Com
mander +. NJ. Barber, chairman; Pay
master Jno r. Carmody, secretary, and
Lieutenant Jno. II. Moore. treasurer.
They, with the invited guests from
Washington. left on a special train at
r. NJ, but owing TO some delay in max
ing connections, did not reach here until
near 4 o'clock They proceeded at once to
cemetery. the site of the monument,
where stand had been erected and 9TH
er preparations made for the eeremo-
mics. The battalion of Naval Cadets
was drawn up in front of the monument,
that of ST. Johns Cadets on the right,
and that of marines at the left. All Of
ficers connected with the Academy not
on duty viii be there in special full dress
Among the distinguished guests were
Assistant Secretary of the Navy ]. r.
Solely, Gen1 Greeley, U. S. A., the hero
of the Greeley Arctic Expedition, the
Russian Minister, the Japanese Minister,
the chiefs of some of the bureaus of the
Navy Department.
oEREMoNrER AT THE CEMETERY.
After the assembling Of the guests,
prayer was offered by Rev. Fl. G. Clarke,
Chaplain of the Naval Academy. At the
close of the prayer the monument, which
had been covered with U. S. Ensigns,
was unveiled, while the guests remained
standing. Arms were presented and the
band played dirge.
When the band ceased, Commander
Barber arose and In few very appro-
pirate remarks on behalf Of the commit
tee, presented the monument to the
United States Naval Academy for its flu
ture care and preservation. Captain
Phythian, as Superintendent, accepted
the trust, and after a few well timed
remarks, introduced Hon. J. r. Solely,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, who
was the orator of the occasion.
Hon, j. r. Solely and wife and Mrs
belong, widow of the late Commander
DeLong, of the Jeanette, with her daugh-
ter, arrived by the morning train. Miss
belong was mere child whenher father
went off in command of the expedition.
ADDRESS OF HON. J. r. soLEy.
The address of Hon J. r. Solely, con-
tanned many interesting "reminiscences
and we regret that our limited space
win only permit us to refer briefly to 1t.
Mr. Solely paid high tribute to the gal
LIANT DeLong and his companions on the
expedition. who nine years ago gave up
their lives to the arduous labor of ex
ploring the North Pole He pictured
the hardships endured by the unfortu-
nate party and detailed every circum
stance connected with the hazardous
voyage. the strain upon belong and his
companions during their two years i'm
prisonment in the ice pack, and referred
TO the journals kept each day by belong
in which every days events were faith
fully transcribed. belong he said, new
er wearieu in his task. Each Sunday the
service was read, and once month the
Articles OF War.
THE IDEA or ERECTING THE MONUMENT
The idea of erecting the monument IN
honor of the Inflated mariners compris-
ing the Jeanette expedition took shape
shortly after the sad news was received
of the loss of the Jeanette and the find
ing Of belong and his party. Steps were
at once taken to commemorate the event.
and the Naval officers then stationed In
washington were called together for the
purpoFe Of taking action in the matter.
some of the officers had been intimately
associated with the officers of the De-
Long party and the suiferings and the
heroic death Of the members Of the expe
ition impressed all with the movement