New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
no THE JEANNETTE'S DEADl
MONUMENT UNVEILED IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO Persisted IN
THE EXPEDITION.


THOSE WHO persisted IN
THE EXPEDITION.
THE xxrnc1sEs At THE NAVAL ACADEMY
cEnErERY-AssIsrANTs SECRETARY
soLEY's Address
.nr.no,,s Nd. Oct 3o.-A number Of naval
,n,..r, IN washington decided to erect In the
Naval Academy Cemetery Indianapolis monu-
-, "a ,bsir beroic comrades Of the Jeanette
,.xnlorinr expedition Of 1881 Responses TO ap-
neaIs for contributions to the fund were both
numerous and generous and the monument was In
DIN. time erected, and was unveiled here to-day.
So far a. has been practicable, the design OF thus
monument follows that OF the one erected In the
Lena Delta, where perished many OF the men
whose memory it is designed to perpetuaoe. A
DISTINGUISHED party Of officers were present at the
ceremony of unwilling the monument. Professor
James r. Solely, Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
delivered the address. in the course OF wmch nc
said
Ths ,ce.neM grading tho Jeannette, now drifting
.uf,v mast the islands still heading to the northwest
cam. IN collIsion with other fields, and then began
.econd battle of iceHoes. such ~ had nearly sunk
thH ship the ysar before. Driven BY the winds and
cn,,snts IA WY ard that TIE hinge masses crssheo
tnr.thsr. and a rpement ~ste rent asunder; pllng
M vast broken ridges here, and there sinking ana
disappearing. Hour after houf INC crushing an.
tearing the upheavas Of shapslcss hoeberss continued
9TH a deafenine uproar and the Ice around the snip
WA hurled about in tumultuous confusion the pack
shifting apart, suddenly opens lanes IN all drecuons'
and these as suddenly close when the noe-pers' Po
PEELED BY resistless unseen forces, are dasheo upon
each other. Each moment the ship seems on inc
verrs OF destruction. For few hours she escapes,
CHI
an instant she Is again ahoat. 1t is but Tor an
instant The foes that have been torn apart nave
only recoiled as 1t would for one final spring.
and returning they crush the vessel like grain between
the upper and the neither milestone. Tncy nora her
fast Just long enough for the crow to take reineo OH
the Ice with boats and seds and stores, Tor every
nrep.ration had been made; and then separating they
leave her crushed and shattered craft to plunge into
the depths below. Thirty three men, with PACK
of dogs three boats I'VE slcds and sixty days pro-
visions cast upon the drifting pack started ior'h 10
reach the land, FIVE hundred miles away. Never was
there such a retreat as this. The nearest point on
tho Siberian coast was the Lena Delta. BetWecn IL
and them lay three four islands tho New-socrlan
rroup but except for these only moving pack ana
.tr.toh how sreat or little mono could say. OF open
water The progress made was less than milo
day, and even this must te passed ana repasscoi
with load after load boats, slcds, provisions sick'
until the whole had boon dragged, fcrr1cd' 1umoleu
into place. And when at the weeks end. the captain
obtained an observation he found that the Ice oru'
had brought all to naught and far outrun even thelr
painful efforts 50 that instead Of five miles to tho
south, the seven days had sent thcm thirty mics u
the northwest.
So for Eve weeks they continued their slow advance,
mailing good little more than mile day But tie Ice
drift was now helping Them and pushed them onward
two miles while they wero marching one. SO that
at least there was something for hope TO feed on
during this droary time, and still more courage came
TO them from the sight Of land ahead. II cost them
eighteen days Of toll to reach 1t, and at the last
they were nearly carried past It by the swift currents
bpt charging with rush across the broken foes they
LEANED the last space and landed safely on the iceoot
Tho new found land, for 1t was their dis
covery, was named Bennett Island, and upon
its shores they rested for week.
The dangers OF the past were now forSot@h'
Resting short space at the islands De Long with his
three boats headed for tho Lena Delta whence he
might make his way southwark to the Russian set
Elements. One more stop was made. at the Island
Of Semenovski on Sunday, the ilth OF september. ah
was the last time that ell would he together athGu9h
they knew 1t not and De Long, as was his won't hcm
Divine service and read the Articles Of War on Mon.
day morning al embarked and sale, tSa Win Wna piSeD
Plight se t came sosd fsAs
a1s ss d IN wne Which had for two long
gether the pelils OF tho Arctic were driven apart
x 70 meet cr asn fate tina. marked out De Longs
landing Tho Lena Delta In 0sto6sr oc 6esclae
too thin to bridge them From the landing Rson v on
bpsn eSe out 70 It's divergent mouths space eighty
miles In line due sonth there Is no human haoitato'
The point that Melville cys % wsS not on more re sOa
u miles from whore the cutter stranded Is another W.
age the norheTnmPst OF the w nn,bin Hs
with the same unfalterlng resolution which had car
ill., ne started With them the
southw ard Journey The long confinement In TIE
the hsra.ps and Of the rstrss ha6
crippled and weak beyond his fellows Kept al,he
safe deiverance Tenderly they cared for him. wait
for him, carried him, weak as they were when nc
death relieved them Of their burden But by this
Time their own strength was nearly spent and toll
aeaS Sy %E' We seeS need not dwell upon
that fatal journey. It's history Is written day by
and sharp to the very end the whole record Is pre-
served 1t tells how man o. uneSnqus,raG Go,I Will IL
firm in and bis ,dS sp up for sit OF
st stared him in the face 1t tells OF weary marches
and CONFERENCE.-The Of days OF painfai toll fsnuns
aTeary plains; Of bitter nights without shelter and
without rest Of weakness and illness creeping oyer
to itsrSlse by % asS E s
COMO that way but few days before and others found
he records Of the band after De Long had passed It
tells how the main body struggled on. hoping eac,
at last they waited, Owing mp by one, until only
the Captain and the Surgeon remained alive
An Do I@a and Amskr 10 side by ; % I'VE we
pared summons Of the death angel but we know they
were the last to .nswe What wa; It, think you tha
wcre msho OF tougher bre endowed with greater health
ver gear than Their seasoned fS ppS ne tn
Vas that in them lay that unconquerahe purpose to
ep their charss to fh even to the StS sst en1
long his brother ocer still faithful at his side only
surrendered his commission when the Almighty had
dIsbanded his command.
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