, 1890-11-09

STAkLEY'S OWN STORY.
he Goes Into the Dstails.o o His
Expedition,
And Talks About the Now
Celebrated Rear Guard.
How Misfortune Befel that Un,
fortunate Body.
The Officers Disobsyed Orders
and Suffered For 1t.

New York, Nov. S-When Mr..
Stanley was told that Lieutenant Troup's
book was published in London. he said
Troup had seen fit to write a letter to
Bartelott, in his desire to give Bartelott
fair play, but forgot Mr.. Stanley. Upon
my return from Albert Nyanza instead of
the rear C 1lumu a distance of 800 miles"
said Mr.. Stanley. II got reports at
Banyala Of the condition OF the rear
column, which l had left at Yambuya- l
had grown ap%prehensIve as to its safety
and had travelled back the 800 miles to
learn something ufthe splendidly equipped
guard that | had left behind in charge of
Maj. Barefoot, with four other officers. /
heard hat the rear column was in an
awful condition and when 1 reached Yam
buya l found the report confirmed. The
camp was in n demoralized state. Many
of the men were dead, and OF all the Off
GERS only Bonney was left. l was horri-
fed at this state OF affairs aud wrote at
once to the Emin relief committee an
account of what | had found at Yambuys.
| told them that the rear column was
wrecked by the irresolution of the officers,
the neglect OF their promise and their in
difference 70 the interests OF the expe-
dition. All the talk that has recently
been made was called forth by the remarks
[ made in that letter. When | returned
to Europe, of course, there was an attempt
made to get mt to modify my charges.
Troup, in the meanwhile. had an
nounced the Immediate publication OF his
book and an injunction had been obtained
BY Sir Francis Winton, secretary of the
Emin relief committee. to prevent its cir
c~ulAtion. In Troup's first book there was
a wholesale condemnation of Barefoot,
but since the Injunction he has had time
TO alter the first part and the last part of
that book on account Of the censure that
vas made on the rear guard. When |
got to ZANZIBAR one of the first things |
found was a letter of sixteen pages from
Troup. 1t was n violent abuse of Bartte-
lott and an intended vindication OF him
self. | never answered hat letter be
cause it needed n personal interview, as
there were many questions [ found it nee.
essary to ask him myself covering points
whfot<were not touched Upon in the letter
the principal question being why he with
others preferred to remain and starve at
Yambuya instead of going on. | never
could get a satisfactory answer from Bon.
ney. SO | hoped 10 get one from Troup.
L wanted to know why they preferred
staying at Yambuya when 50 many of
their men died. or had been killed. leav-
ing only Bonney in charge. | wanted to
ask why they preferred TO wait, while all
the time il was understood that they were
burninR with a desire to start. That was
the one question | wanted to get an an
swer to before | replied to Troup.
aHa onf impaftant AZ INV oilanoa onl
wrote me another letter which contained
more specific charges against Barefoot
and some angry comments about my not
having answered his frst letter. As ]
was then writing my book I'm Darkest
Africa at Cairo, | wrote him stating if
he would revise his letter | would publish
it, and | sent HIM his letter for revision as
1t contained mani things unfit tor publ
cation. He was so obstinate that he
would not revise it and sent it back to me
demanding that l should publish it.
Now il he could show me certain docu.
ments proving that he was right, l should
be glad to publish it, bue the mere fact
that he wrote it in his diary and that
Bartelot wrote in his many things that
we're unfit for publication made me say,
cannot publish 1t unless you eliminate
those vile expressions Troup did not
do so and therefore | did not publish it.
When the expedition was first being
organized, a committee was appointed to
examine applicants for positions in the
party. Hundreds of applications we're
received from men anxious to go TO Afri-
ca Our of this number twenty were
picked out. Some attracted our attention
by their manner OF writing. by their
severity and their earnestness OF man
ner.
"A gentleman-Mr. Fitzgerald, an In
dian oficer-brought TO us a short, stout
built young fellow. about 30 years old.
and introduced him as Maj. BarteIot, who
had served in Egypt under Lord Welles-
ley.
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