The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-12-04
ing the object OF the expedition. His mo-
tives appeared TO be also manly and spirited
SoFAULT TO FIND.

nature as TO induce me TO resort 10 disms-
sal. Major BarttelOt had, on two or three ocea
siOns. shown a curious temper, but the out
/ breaks were too trivial TO be visited Win
such severe punishment as disgraceful dis
mlssal would have been
Mr.. Jameson had been unfortunate on two
or three occasions in losing boxes o. ammuni
/ ton, but there was no necessity TO do more
/ than point out TO him that "A continuous loss
OF ammunition would be fatal to our enter
prise. and thus awaken him 10 more care
| full supervision OF his company and charge.
Mr. Herbert Ward. until he reached YAM
buya, inspired me with the belief that he was
a very capable and promising young man
and my pride I'm him was so great that, la 0
letter 10 him from 1ambuya before starting
| for Emin, promised him that should keep
the heutenantcy Of Company No. for him,
| Mr. BOnny was uniformly civil and steady
| In demeanOr. There was no reason why he
should be sent home. greater experience
dealt az hardly with our officers as II had
done with those Of the congo Free states. II
would he well TO have supernumerary EURO
pean 10 step into any vacancy which migh'
occur.
How each OF these officers may have
viewed my conduct as far ~ lambuya 90
not know, nor haze any reason TO consider
| IT,. / am only now concerned with how re-
gard them, because their connection With
the expedition aud with me depended upon
| that. Therefore. / repeat, tina II at lambuI q
any person had asked me with whose ser
| vices i could best dispense. i hfOulu nave
| answered that 1 mad no sufficient reason 70
dismiss any one Of them. In my farewell
letter TO the Emln committee I'm Yambuya,
| in 1881, declared this 70 be my opinion.
REASONS FOR CESsURE.
IL was not until August IL, 1888. fourteen
months after separating from them lhat J
discovered reasons for publicly censuring the
officers of the rear column. These reasons
were made manifest by the official report
and oral accounts of the surviving officer OF
the rear column; by the testimonies OF the
cOlOred men-ZanziDaris, SOudanese, ana
Manyuema- belonging TO II, and by the awiul
state I'm which fOrty-twO men were found BY
us After digesting the terrible story Wltnln
the brief time allotted by our stay In the
chastity pen Of Banalya, wrote In letter 10
the Emin Relief COmmittee tnst the conduct
OF the officers Of the rear column had wreck
ed II.
IL is therefore necessary for me now to ex-
plain the reasons Of this censure, and nrst, as
TO tine irresOlutiOn OF the officers.
HORRIBLE STORIES.
You have read the statement 10 the Times
signed william BOnny. Imagine that ter
riDle story detailed 10 me i'm much the same
way as IL has been written. Imagine hlm
telling me that his leader hai been SO violent
In his conduct as 10 be IN the haDlt OF per
pefualIy stalking about in the camp grinning
ike a fend prOdding men wliha steel point
ed stan, striking them unfortunately, ter
rifyng the poor people out OF the senses DN
his demoniac conduct, nOgglng Two men 10
death. striking q Manuyuema's brains out,
kicking = bOy-child so seriously that he oied,
shooting a SOudanese soldier for stealing "a
piece OF meat. and tneu telling me that whlle
| In the act of hitting and kicking chleTs
wife he had been shot by the infuriated hus-
tand Imagine him telling me OF another
officer having bought a little girl ten years
old and surendering her into the hands
of the cannibals, who had slaughtered
and carved her on the spot. In
order that his curiosity To see an act
| of cannIbalism carried out In all its horrible
details might be fully gralined. Imagine the
| ZanZibaris and SOudanese followers OF the
expedition emphasizing these terrible stories
with gestures, looks, signs, heart-rending
| calculations, showing their Scared ana ul'
cered backs, and lnVeighing against lntoler-
| able OPPRESSION, venting their anguish In
| sobs pOinting TO their thnned numbers,
and forty-two miserable men even tneh
| diving in my presence. Imagine me
| hearing that Messrs. Ward, TrOup ana
Bonnv came up to this moral swamp
at Yambuya WIN one h.luIen 'll.' ss ,-,t snH
| of August, 1857. and after reading the written
| instructions coming only 10 one conclusion
| that 10 was better 10 staV AT 1amoeya, as u
| forward movement was impossible. Imagine
me then listening 10 description OF lhos,
aimIess wanderings to and fro between yam
| buva and stanley Falls TO try and induce
| TiDpu lib 10 assist them with garrison, anO
| their own men steadily dying by twos and
were slowly passing with theii
deadly monotony Of climatic troubles
camp squabbles. petty reseniments, Jsal'
| Otsies and chickering's, not one Nentuflng tt
| break the fearful inactiOn by ctmOlntd
nrotest against the corrupt influence thai
| vas al wOi destroying Their manhoOd, thel
| independence of mind and native force o.
To- i' il sad that Messrs. Troup, Ward, and
| Ronnv had some msgiyings that things were
i i.rf HnnnN
from aud Mr. Ward that they should de-
| mand explanation from the MAJOR as 10 ~
| intentions the other TWO hOld Dack. III MI
| Ronnv who seems to have been the mos
enst6ie and manly Of the number, proposed
| 10 The Major that he should be permitted u
advance along in our track with ilfty men !,
| obtain news of the advance column, ne j.
/ peremptOriiy forbidden 10 thlhk OF sucn
| hing and though he Is conscious that II
| would have fbeen wise act, ne yleld'
| 10 the Majors imperlOushess. am loIu ais.
| that the Major Is cOnst 'ntly expecting ~
| hear of a war between EnglrDd ana kussla
and he Is impatient to find an excuse 10 be
| awav. lie expressed a wish that he were slcb
| enouph TO be sent nome as an lnVaild. Ihen
| an idea comes into his head that ne can 90
| GOOD deal of exploration by hlmse1, VIII
/ Iauneson for his companion, and that he IN
| lends TO let the other fellows shit Tor them
| selves But hearing news from the SosslIA
| Arabs at the FANS that Stauley or some othel
white man is at UJUi with MY people II,
/
| would be the route to take. When the othe
| officers hear these things one OF theIn, an
| told has an intention Ol publciy teiilhs Wy
| Mater that those Ideas OF bis are not hccoiu
| ING 10 the letter OF instructions. but th'
| other officers refuse to support hlnl Now. !
ali these things are true, where is the resolu
| fion to assist us in efiecting the object oil tn'
expedition?
NEGLECTED PROMISES.
And. secondly, as to the neglect OF thel
promises. Ii has been stated over ana owe
| sgain that each officer had individually c N
| tracted with me 10 be loyal and obedlent an'
| do all that I'm him lay TO carry out Inc pur
roses OF the expedition. Does not lnls on
article of the contract include All thAl NAV p'
| dome for the furtheiing OF our lnterestT zoe
| II moi include finding carriers from llpp'
| Iib. and falling that, doing what they coui'
| with their own men? or. II all resolved uPoi
| staying at lambuya TO await my return lilrh
| m ihaf case looking after the health OI lh'
| ~eonle. prOviding them with good food, IN
| guiring into the character OF tne dlsease una
| onnears 10 decimate the people ana 10 pre-
vent it by wise measures. TO protect then
| against oppression, 10 promote haIIhon,
among themselves and with their neighbors
| the Arabs? lfthese tlings, which are neces
| sorv Tor The well-being Of themselves. are no
| done does il not imply that their verbal an'
| written promises have been neglected!
ISpIFFERENcF TO ORDERS.
and. thirdly. the Indifference to the writ
| ten orders. The orders, or the lnsiru.
| lions have already been published
and must be read in the same splri
| tho. they were written. They were no
| ,yritten 70 make bubble proof document
am not enough of Il lawyer for that: The,
we're written hastily, In a couple OF hours
| for men of intelligence and educauon, Wn'
| had freouentIy expressed themselves 10 M
| az nreferrinR AN onward march 10 remaining
| AZ Gambuya. and 30 as 10 contain ana EN-
body what believe Tippu lib would 90, ans
| s,,ch suggestions as / had reason 10 DcneN'
| were their own wishes. ,.,o,
| That we believed we mad heard thelr lnteh
| tions and wishes Alright Is proved by the pen
| eiIied naper which / gave 10 Bariteloi, AM
which garitelot gave Bonny. copy o
| ,ghich is nublished in my book; by our Deln
so csrefnI TO make large Dlazes on IN
| trass along our track; by the arrowhead
| dravn ON great logs: by charcoal drawings o.
| timber on the wayside; bya date carved q
| my request by Lieutenant stairs. July 81
1857: by the repeated conversations WIZ
| asncers ~ the advance column, and Dy IN
| letters sent from me TO Major sBart'elol J.
September. 1887, and February, 1888.
rIPPU OR No TIPPU.
When we parted from Barttelot aud Jane
| son we all were impressed WIN the oS.le ns :
hat Barttelo, (Tippu lib or no Iippu ~
would march. and that his native dlsposluo
| would never permit hin 10 De content WI
| stayiug at Yambuya after the arrlvsi :
| Nessrs. ward. Troup, ana sonny. hssS Nv -.
charged these gentlemen win Deins uisioys
or disobedient, but that they were ihulneien
to the written letter OF instrucilons-tnah AZ y