New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-20
LIEUTENANT BERTHOLF IN COMMAND

TIE MAN WHO WILL CONDUCT THE EXPEDITION
TO RELIEVE THE IMPRISONED wIIALERs
Chicago. Nov. l9.-Licutenant Ellsworth Price
Bertholf. OF the United States Revenue Cutter Ser
vice. who Will compand tho overland expedition
FOR the relief OF the whale-s imprisoned In the
mountains OF Ice In tho Arctic seas, arrived in
Chicago last night He had received the order from
Washington 10 start for the Pacific only thirty
three hours before the o'clock train on the Penn
sylyanla road steamed into the Union Depot with
tho Lieutenant on board. When the order cams
Lleutcnau, Berthoir tcitgraphcd TO Lieutenant Jar
Wis, OF New Bedford, Mass. who will be one Of
tho relief party. TO meet him In Chicago. whence
they VIII set out for Seattle. where the revenue
cutter Bear awaits orders.
For twelve years Lieutenant Bertholf has done
duty along the Atlantic Coast from Maine to tho
Gulf Two months ago he was summoned to
shore duty at Washington. Wednesday him In
tho IIfe-Saving Service there Tomorrow ne viii
start FOR the Pacinc Coast, and November %
he expects to be board the ship which Will
land him and his party on the coast OF Alaska
Then he will begin the long and perous Journey
with dogs and sledgcs overland 10 Point Barrow
night when talking Of the expedition he has been
4 left Washington" he said ''at o'clock on
day when the order came for me prepare for
tho Journey and to set out as possible
| shall hurry on to Seattle. where Captain futile
and the revenue cutter Bear have been ordered
to make ready to take the relief party to the
furthcst point along the Alaskan coast she can
possibly reach Lieutenant ID. II. Jarvis has also
been ordered TO report 1T Seattle. lie Is an ex-
perenced man. so far az Arctic explorations go
Eight times he has been sent TO that region re-
turning the last trip only a month. Ii Is pos
slble that he Will go no further than Seattle. but
the probabilities that he will go on to tho
whalers with us Captain Tuttle Is TO select from
the crew board the Bear the other men who
will make up the rolief party. Ten days ago he
had Just returned from his last trip to the whalers
but he Will be- able to start out again whenever
We want TO 20. II will be impossible for him to
get any further north than tnalaska. where he
will be Obliged to lay up for the winter.
Then our overland journey VIII begin. With dogs
and sledges and all the food we can carry. we SHAH
set out for Port Clarence \ reindeer colony at the
Government station at that place Is to furnish six
them with us to prospective destination. Tho
reports we have received tell us that there were
two hundred and nifty whalers and hve or SIX
vessels caught by the winter Ice. II our party
reaches the sufferers they VIII be cared Tor until
the Bear can get through In the spring. Those who
are alive then ought TO reach Seattle next rail-.
Lieutenant Rertholf Is admirably qualified. physi-
cally to undertake the perilous expedition. lie
Cnngraiulates himself that he was selected from
a numher Of volunteers. and says ne VIII reach the
e,nrvinp whalers or die At his post He Is UNI
,norried He fully realizes the dangers and priva-
tIons mat the party of rescuers must encounter
soottre wash. Nov. l9-The revenue cutter Bear
has returned from Port Orchard where she has
hoon IN the Government drydock. No important
repairs were found necessary.