Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-08-10
souLErs RESCUE OF oaEELx

He Daring Lad of . Relief IxpeA0
tion 70 the Trossa Arctic.
The most notable achievement In the
career Of Commodore Schley previous
to the bombardment Of Santiago was
the rescue Of Lieut. Greedy and his
starving companions At Cape Sabine.
in the Arctic regions, IN the summer Of
1884
Schley, then q commander. had three
little ships, the Theta Bear and Alert
The Greedy expedition people had tai
len into q condition Of extreme want.
In the fall and winter Of 1883 and looA.
Utterly worn out and discouraged. In
the middle Of September, 1883, Lieut
Greely concluded that rescue was In
probable where they were, and he Do
cided to break camp and proceed south
ard, where he hoped to establish him
self on a point on the open sea. where
be might be able to attract the attenr
ton of some passing whaler. The 1T
tie party made its way more than 100
miles over snow and hummOcks. with
many distressing experiences. to Cape
Sabine, and it was here that Schley
and his little squadron found them.
Schley was delayed In getting started
from the Brooklyn navy yard, and this
delay came near defeating the object
of the expedition. His ships were
merest tumblebugs. barely able to get
out Of their own way. much .ess to get
anywhere with dispatch BY the time
they entered the Straits Of Belle Isle
in the progress northward the season
was dangerously far advanced. but
Schley cracked on all the steam bis
boilers would carry and bowled along
with energy to the ce-bOund shores OF
Greenland. Upon leaving UDernavik
great bergs began making their ap-
pearance 1t is pretty wide sea OD-
posite Cpernavik. yet the prospect was
very discouraging. One Of the COM
manders Of Schley's squadron. Lieut.
Bill Emory, of the Bear. advised stout
ly against undertaking unusual hazard
in going against the dangers Of the vast
ice field. In fact both commanders
were in favor Of extreme caution. but
Schley was not Of this mind. He said
In the conference with his associate
commanders:
I'VE have been sent to find Greedy.
1 Will come back with Greely or we
will all stay here" BE hoisted the
signal to advance north, and led out
boldly with his flagship, the Thetis.
Ii was by the merest accident that
he discover the poor Greedy fellows
at Cape Sabine. 1t was only the con-
trast Of a dirty, smoke-stained tent
against a background Of snow that at
tracted the attention of the lookout in
the crows nest. 1t was at first thought
to be q great rock. 1t was a hundred
and odd miles south Of where the ex-
pedltion was supposed to be, but
Schley thought It wise to miss no
chances. and when he found an open
Ing through the mass Of icebergs with
which he was surrounded, he made q
drive direct for the usual object
When they were within two miles
of the capes they discerned question
able evidences Of human habitation.
The ships came to anchor, and q boat
party went ashore to investigate. To
their delight they found Greely and
his comrades. There was not one of
the eight who was still alive who had
The strength to toss cracker ten feet.
Greedy himself was PROSTATE, without
the power to raise his hand two inches.
The others We're little better of, al
though some We're able to be up, and
to stagger about just little, utterly
helpless. utterly hopeless, waiting in
l. - l.
end. The poor fellows were too hope
less even to smile when they saw res
cue In sight. Greely himself was so
far gone that he could not realize that
rescue was at hand.