The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-12-04
STANLEY TELLS HIS STORY.
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE
REAR COLUMNS HISTORY.
ORIGIN OF THE TROUBLE.
PERSONNEL OF THE OFFICERS
OF The COLUMN.
THE RECEIPT OF BAD NEWS.
STORIES OF BARTTELOT'S GRAVE
MISCONDUCT.
HIS INFAMOUS BRUTALITY.
HORRIBLE ACCOUNTS OF HIS
HIS INFAMOUS BRUTALITY.
HORRIBLE ACCOUNTS OF HIS
TYRANNY AND OVERBEARlNG.
THE SCENE OF CANNIBALISM
SlCKENlNG DETAILS OF MURDER
AND OTHER c INES.
The Reports OF the Wreck of the Column
Reiterated, and just Reason for
the Censure of Its Ofilcers-An
InterestiEg Defense of
His Course by the
Explorer.
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NEW YORK CITY, Dec. S.-Following is
the complete text of Henry NJ. stanleys
lecture, delivered tonight at Chickering
Hall. and entitled "The Full Story Of the
Rear Guard:
From time immemOrial it has been the Gus
tom 10 regard the dead as free from censure.
and TO bury their misdeeds with them In
their graves. But IL must be admitted that
IL is as cruel and unjust 10 slander aud vilify
the living.
ORIGIN OF THE DIFFICULTY.
II happened that in the morning Of the
3Oth of August, 1883, surrounded by about
fOrty-twO diving men. and grieying over the
lOss Of one hundred and sixty four men OF the
rear column of nv expedition for the relief of
Emin, and shocked by the terrible dis
closures made by the surviving OIL ,er,
wrote in my report to the Relief
Committee that the rear column had
been wrecked by the irresOlutiOn
Of its officers, the neglect Of their promises,
and their indifference 10 the written orders
This censure seems TO have provoked and 10
have Occasioned the publication Of a libellOus
book called "ihe Diary and Letters Of Major
BarttelOt." and to have aroused the hostility
of the Barltelot ana jameson families ana
the recriminatlOns and angry accusations
Of Messrs. TrOup and Ward. AT the time
Of writing that censure four out Of the five
officers OF the rear column were supposed 10
be alive. only one, Major Bartlelot. was
| known to be dead, and II was reported mat
he had been shot while committing an un-
manly act upon woman who was guest OF
the expedition. Mr.. Jameson was sup
posed 10 be al Stanley Falls. MI.
Iroup n been invalsded home. MI.
Ward was supposed TO be detained
al Bangala by orders OF Major barttelot; ana
only Mr. BOnny was left i'm charge OF thr
AL m II
the rear column.
BONNY's EVIDENCE.
II depended, therefore, upon NJ. Bonny,
the sole educated witness living, 10 give
written report Of the facts connected with
the disasters, and II deVOlved upon
me- as leader Of the expedition, 10 give
my opinion upon the evidence given by
this officer and other witnesses. When my
letter which contained my charitable cen
sure reached England IL was publlshed ny
The newspapers. and since It's publication
have been continually denounced as cruel,
harsh: and ungenerOus by the Barttelot and
jameson families If these denunciations had
been founded upon anything approaching 10
Justice, and consisted only OF expressions OF
indignation from sOrrOwng families. lshoud
have Kept silent as TO the true reasons that
had induced my 10 include the living ana the
dead in a general censure OF character
BARTTELoT's DIARY.
But the publication Of Major BarttclOt's
diary and letters has caused the public 10 de-
nOunce me as cruel and unjust TO the dead
as well as TO the living. The expedition for the
relief OF Emln is called by the newspapers a
| land grabbing scheme got up by party OF
speculatOis, and Engilshnen OF known
worth and integrity are involved IN thls
abuse-gentlemen whose instructions 10 me
were without a flaw, whose motives were
without sOrdid taint. As for myself, proudly
dare submit to the most searching eXai1 ina
ton as to the motives which induced me TO
volunteer for the service.
A MISSION OF HUMANITY.
NV life of African exploration has been a
life gwen up 10 the service OF humanity and
civ iliyatlOn. / have. to the best of my power,
ana whenever IL was possible, helped ana be
ffiended the poor African. | have regarded
him not as an equal but rather as child To
he treated with great mercy and fOTbeannce.
am proud ana thankful that my name is
known throughout AFRICA, from east TO west,
from Tribe 10 tribe. as Just man who desires
peace and Is a father 10 his men thlnk
my life's work should be a sufficient protest
against these base charges
EDMUND MUsGRAvE BARTTELoT.
Among our band of volunteers was one Ed
mund Musgrave BarttelOt, the son OF a Sus-
sex baTOnet, and majOr OF the Seventh Fusl-
laerg He ca me to me highly recommended
bv n friend Of mine. tie was said 10 have
distinguished himself IN the Afghdnlstan
md Nile campaigns soon after, sent him
to Egypt T. enlist SOudanese soldiers. seVe-
raj DAYS after he had set out was tod Dy
General Brackenbury that Bariielot would
be sure To give me trouble lie fur
nished me with some instances OF his
conduct on the Nile. then resolved
within myself that. as ii was % late
10 recall him. and that IL would be pity 10
dismiss hlm for anything he had done In The
past, / would take precautions 10 prevent
his committing Outiages under the impulse
OF his passionate temper AS far as Yamouya
saw no sufficient reason 10 dismiss him.
lie had two or three times been petulent.
He had once disObeyed orders, but he gave
49, .l,,...t I'M hat fffr
and such excuses for the dsobedience that,
not wishing TO d al harshly, allowed him
TWO COLUMNS FORMED.
Compelled 10 press on TO the relief Of kmin
I was Obliged 10 fOrm the expedition into
two columns The INST column was 10 inarch
under my own command. The s-cOhd
column was 10 be formed out OF the gairlS0ns
Of BolObO and lambuya, and would number
about two hundred and seventy men as soon
a. they could be brought together by
steamer, and II was 10 be led out after us ON
our track with the reserve ammunition ana
stores II Tippu-ilD furnished SIX hundred
carriers, according TO contract then elght
hundred and seventy men could easll
shoulder the five or six hundr d packages
that had been lett with the rear column, anu
could In couple of months overtake us, as
we in the advance column would be conslu-
erably DELAYED i'm hewing our way through
the bush, while the party following after US
would have straight road and clear tfall
BAD NEWS OF THE REAR COLUMN.
But after the advarced column had re-
turned from the Albert Nyanza, we found,
10 our sIief and horror. that Major Barttelot
had been shot: that Mr. TrOup had been IN
yanded al home; that Mr.. jameson was away
az stanley Falls, and MI Ward was detbnt"
AT Bangala, and that l61 Ianzibarls ana SOU
danese were either dead, deserted. or missing;
camp. that there were only sixty-eight
men left cut of 275 men able 10
travel; that only about one-thlrd OF the goods
were left, and that the repor. OF the SURVIVORS
,yas 80 shocking in it's character and nature,
revealing so mucn irresolution. weak
ness unmaDlincss, craven SUBMISSION
10 IA ranny, selhshness, and brutality tnat
was compelled 70 say lhat ,ne rear eotuani, anh
was wrecked by the irfesoiutiOn' hesiec'' anu
Indifference Its Officers, a.,
i'm nv book stated that, concerning those
officers who have fallen or who were turned
back by illness or accident. VIII AUNT WIN
nlessufe that while in my company every
pne seemed most capable OF fulfilling the
ht0hest expectations, that l never had
doubt OF anv one Of them until Mr. Sonny
poured into my ca the oIslila, ss1'y ys,,tue vi I've
n4oofs that they were 1nsplret Dy loyalty'
endeayored 10 ascertain why they "ld not
proceed as they were Instructed uy ,io .e iesau.
er and why II was not suggested ,hse ~ ,aos y,
/ little by little WIS preferable 10 rotung a.
Yambnya. which they were clearly IN utneei
of doing like their hundred dead followers.
1 say that cannot understand why Tue nse
Officers, having means for moving coniesseu-
ly burning with desire 10 move. ana anllna-
tea with the highest feelings, did not set ioi-
ward on our track as directed; or why. De-
Iieying was alive, the officers sent my per.
sonal baggage down the river and reduced
their chief 10 state Of destitution; or why
they should send European provisions ana
Iwo dozen bottles OF Madeira wine Gown
r yer. when there were thirty-three men
LEX and hungry In camp; or why Mr.. Bonny
should allow his own ratisns 10 be sent down