The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-20

labOTers in the War and Navy Depart
nent, IS & man with a remarkable record
fraught with many Interesting expert
ences. He is one OF the sixteen men
who brought the Peace Monument over
from Italy in the interest Of the Centen-
NAL Exposition. But three others sur
vive- For seventeen years Mr. Campbell
e served in the navy and for twelve years
he has ben az smploye in the War and
Navy Department
OF his many experiences The one which
he values most, and which is the most
noteworthy, was his participation IN tue
trials and dangers Of the Greedy relief
expedition To be q member Of his C&-
petition q man had 10 be Of high
standard OF physique, as every applicant
was obliged TO stand a severe medical
examination under the Instruction OF the
Surgeon General. Little was II known
how long those who embarked would
have TO battle with the haTdships OF the
Arctic region before they would find the
unfortunate Greedy party, the object OF
their search.
A short sketch II the words Of Mr.
Campbell viii be interesting He says:
--On the ZTth OF March, 1884, I enlisted
TO serve on the United States steamer
Bear, one Of the relief ships, as seaman
and quarterma ster- The expedition was
under command OF the now Admiral
SchIey On the oath OF april the Bear
set out. We had embarked, We knew not
whittier. we knew not for how long, We
knew not what were 10 be the results.
We were to explore the great white
world Perhaps our expedition would be
frUitless; perhaps We might find the re-
mains, the emaciated and Hfeless re-
mains of those heroic men who had set
out in the cause Of science with the zest
Of the explorer which bids him count IS
nothing +le sc verest Of hardships
That y-as an eager crew that manned
the strip arid the ice foes Of the Arctic
Sea. ~. y5ody showed the deepest
interest KNOW q that there was at stake
more THAI mere exploration.
FWhereEeTl here was an available
landing men yare sent ashore to recon
hotter and asCe Ttain whether there were
any traces Of the unfortunate explorers.
We found the Eskimo q very agreeable
person 10 get along with He was always
ready 10 impart whatever Information
he could The Eskimo dogs also we're
an Indispensable necessity. They are
much better than the Greenland dog. as
the latter cannot swim ami has TO be
carried from foe TO foe.
II shall never forget the excitement
that prevailed among our crew when the
men who had been sent out 10 explore
BrevoGrt Island signaled TO US that they
had found GTeely's records. These were
eagerly examined and il was found that
the latest one was dated some eight
months previous The papers disclosed
the fact that at the time Of the writing
the Greedy party had on hand about
forty days full rations. Eagerly We
pushed forward on the perusaI Of this
EeWS Hope had almost fed. vet we
prayed that We might arrive in time &c
rescue the misera bic explorers, 10 over
take them ere they had entered the great
beyond Forty days rations, and this
had been eight months ago The pros
poets Of cur being Of any service were
dim.
One evening while there was yet suf-
ncient light 10 discern objects al q short
distance away. we perceived a form slow
il moving along the ridge Of an ice foe
Our breath came fast as we pushed on
Il the direction Of the object Il was
mani There vas al least one survivor
OF the fate-stTicken partyI He came 10
the shore 10 meet US. falling a number Of
times from sheer exhaustion Out Of the
original party OF twenty-five we found
but seven Hving-seTen starved, Eaunt
CHASTITY living skeletons, among whom
was Greedy himself. We brought them
back 10 New York and all Of them with
the exception OF one poor fellow named
honor"
Mr. Campbell has a very interesting
zcereoptICou show which he intends 10
put OF the road in a short time. He has
16J views showing every movement from
the tine the relief expedition left New
York up TO the time II reached the
Greedy party. II took Nj. Campbell
eleven years 70 collect his views from
the different members Of the expedition.
Admiral schIey. the commander Of the
expedition, has written a book called
The White World" which deals ex-
-enEiFely with this voyage
DR.. H II. Smith. assistant IN charge of
the division Of scientific inquiry OF the
Fish Commission, has returned from
Woods Hole. Mass where he was 1f-
recting the work OF the Marine Biologi-
cal Laboratory Dr. Smith has been In
the commission since 1884. he was for
nez5y chief Of the division Of statistics
and me-hcds. He has written a ngmber
Of volumes on the fishery Industry ia
the United States and European coun-
tries
bIr. Charles H Townsend. for many
years naturalist on board the Fish Com
mission steamer AIbatross. and now chief
Of the division OF statistics and fisheries
has recently returned from The Hague.
where he was a witness in an important
seal case. which was before the Interim
tionaI Board OF Arbitration Upon rne.
completion OF this important work be
visited all the important laboratories and
aquariums on the continent and in Eng
land.
Mr. Charles schuchert is making
reconnaissance Of the lower devonic
rocks in the Appalachian region from
Virginia 70 Georgia, IN the interest Of
the National Museum and Geological
Survey
Prof. H Failyer, Of Manhattan.
Kan. field agent OF the bureau Of soils.
is in the city. completing his report for
his summers work MT- Faiiyer was for
twenty years professor Of chemistry IN
the state Agricultural College Of Kan
sas II he we're 70 call the roll Of his
former pupils IN the Agricultural De-
partment more than a score Of employees
would respond. He has been IN his pres
ent position since the 1st OF July. After
finishing his report here. he will 20 10
North Carolina, where he viii act in
the same capacity Ia which he has ed
during Th1 mast summer