Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-06
..srANLEY.s REAR coLuMN.r
Its Author Talks of the Emin Relief
Expedition.

Its Author Talks of the Emin Relief
Expedition.
Boston Globe.
The senior surviving officer of stan
leys rear guard Upon the Emin relief
expedition, Mr. J. Rose Troup. is now
in Cambridge, visiting the relatives Of
his wife, who was a Miss james, and is
the grand daughter of the late Samuel
Batchelder OF that town.
Though still comparatively young
man. Mr. Troup has been an extensive
traveller. and wears the silver star with
which he was decorated by King Leo
pold of Belgium for his service in the
Congo Free State. He is the descend
ant of long line of British officers,
aud received his mill airy education in
the English army.
Mr. Troup, whose book. entitled
'Saniey's Rear Column, will appear in
England ON the 18th of this month, ac-
corded an Interview 10 "a newspaper man
yesterday morning, and told the follow
ing interesting story of his connection
with the redOwned African explorer:
For three years, from lss3 10 lss6,
was connected with the Congo Free
State. and 10 was owing % this expert
euce that / was selected by Mr.. Henry
NJ. Stanley 20 accompany the Emin re-
lief expedition. Stanley found that he
could not get sufficient steamers ON the
Congo 90 transport an his officers, men
and stores, So he went ahead, leaving
me at Stanley pool 20 bring up the re-
maindcr of the stores and men 20 Yam
buya. ON the Aruwimi river, whore he
had formed an cntrenched camp.
From Nambuya he started 10 90 TO
Lake Albert, leaving Marttelot in COM
mand of the camp. with four officers,
including himself. We were TO follow
in his track if Tippoo-Tib should furn-
ish sufficient pOrters 10 carry on the
stores. We had over zoo loads, includ-
ing ammunition, powder, cloth and
other goods, and we had only 200 Ianzi-
bar carries.
STANLEY set out from the camp in
June. ls>7, saying that he would be
back boo five mOnthS-that is in Nuvem-
ber-if we did not follow him. We
We're
not ABLE To GIT CARRIERS,
and November came, but no Stanley.
| For year we remained in that camp on
I the bluff overlooking the Aruwimi river,
with scarcely any food. and surrounded
/ by cauuibal savages. In that time we
suffered terrible privati0nS, and lost 100
of our men through starvation and dis
ease. We could not push ahead and de-
scrt the valuable stores, and We did not
/ have men enough TO take more than
very small portion of the goods with us,
so there We had TO stay and guard the
property.
All the food that We could get, Tor
| love or money, was Scanty supply OF
rice, beans and plantainS. and even that
could not always be had. After that
year of weary waiting, Tippoo-Tib at
| last sent MS some men, and in June,
tSSS. Barttclot advanced in Stanley'S
track. shortly before that Ward had
been sent C. the coast by perilouS ca
noe Journey of /. 800 miles 10 send dis
patches % the committee in London,
/ and did not return in time 90 90 with
/ Barttclot. / had met with a serious ac-
Icident. and for six weeks lay in my hut,
unable 90 rise. Wards Information had
caused the government TO send steam
/ crs o. our relief. and l was invaded
hrme. aud was SO near death that, had
not that steamer brought me away, my
bones would be there yet.
Thus. YOU see. that Barttel0t adj
|yanced with only two officers. jameson
/ and Bonny. BarttelOt had not gone far
when he was aSsaSSinated by one of the
| Nanyuema carriers supplied by Tippoo-
| Tip. After this event there was reg
Iular stampede of the carriers and most
of the loads were lost.
jameson left Benny at the scene of
Barttelot'S assassination, and returned
Ito Stanley Falls for fresh carriers.
/ Failing i'm this, he proceeded down the
Congo iu "a canoe TO meet Ward, and
I died 40 Beugala, after the fatigue and
/ hardship he had undergone. Stanley,
returning. found Bonny, August l.,
with the remnant Of the rear guard.
81 returned home to England an in
valid ion September, ISIS. The London
newspapers asSailcd Major Barttelot and
/ the rear guard ON the most unjust
grounds. Before the expedition started
/ the officers had signed a contract with
Stanley. lie agreed 10 furnish US with
tents, European food and necessities,
I and we agreed not to publish anything
concerning the expedition until six
months after the official report was
made.
"Wheu the newspapers were publish
/ ing the untrue accounts of the rear
guard. wrote 10 the Secretary of the
Emm Relief Committee, referring 10 my
private report As senior surviving Off
Ger. and asking him To contradict the
miSstatements of the press. added
that. owing 10 my contract, l was quite
unable 20 do So myself. He did not do
as asked, therefore | wrote
LONG LETTEB To TIE TIMES,
saving that the Secretary either dis