The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-14

Capt Samuel w. Bartlett, sailed from
Sydney with Mrs. Peary on board,
also Marie Peary, for the North, and
except a report from Godhavn Aug Is,
nothing further was heard from her
until the arrival of the Erik, the aux
Hilary ship of 1901, at Etah Aug. 4.
The Windward had spent the eight
months from September to July fast
in the ice of Payer harbor, near Cape
Sabine, and spent a month as soon as
eXtricating himself in q successful wal
rus hunt in Ingleield gulf. Returning
at the end of the season, practically
under sail for three knots, with favor
able wind and tide, the utmost that
the engines could do, the Windward
entered the harbor at Brigus, arriving
in New York March 26.
What the Club Has Done.
The departure of the Windward
seems to be a proper occasion for
brief statement concerning the Peary
Arctic club, which has sustained Mr..
Peary during the five years eXpedi-
lions, and which, when the subscrip-
lions originally pledged have been all
paid and expended will renew its prom
Use to support him and the work to the
end. The Peary Arctic club is made up
of subscribers secured by Mr.. Peary
just before his departure in 1898, and
was OTSdIllZeQ III 1oJ9.
Peary's original idea was to asso-
ciate twenty-five men who would
pledge to him and to each other, four
annual contributions of $1,000 each,
thus inSuring a working capital for
four years of his enterprise of 100000.
His departure was, however, compelled
before the full number was secured,
and the club, as organized in January,
1899, was: President, Morris K. JeSup;
vice 0raSidant ENradAripl< r HYDE M
d.; treasurer, Henry w. Cannon; sec
rotary, Herbert L. Bridgman, who, with
the late James M. Constable, James j..
Hill, E. c. Benedict, H. H. Benedict,
H. Hayden Sands, E. w. Bliss, and the
late President Charles P. Daily, of the
American Geographical society, were
constituted founders. MessrS. Jesup
and Hill each contributed a double por-
ton of the capital, and have generous
ly renewed their full proportion for
the fifth and present year. Edward G.
Wyckoff and Clarence F. Wyckoff, of
Ithaca, N. Y, and Grant B. Schley, of
New York, have also joined the club,
and Frederick Constable. since his ia
theirs death, has completed and con-
tinued his subscription.
Other Vessels Sent Out.
The club has faithfully seconded at
home all of Mr.. Peary's efforts in the
North; has sent the Hope, in 1898; the
Diana, in 1899, and the Erik, in 1901,
the second and last of which commu-
nicated with him, spending nearly a
month at Inglefield gulf, and brought
home complete journals and records,
and large amount of valuable mate
rial rescued by him from Fort Conger,
and brought over $50 miles over the
ice to Grinnell Land. The members of
the club have the most unqualified
faith in Mr.. Peary's ultimate success,
and have undertaken the expensive
outlay on the .Windward this year with
perhaps more enthusiasm than any
thing else in it's history.
They recognize the fact that Mr..
Pearys ample stores and the best dog
foods, his thorough familiarity with
the route from his Cape Sabine head
quarters to Cape Hecla, the point of
departure from the North American
coast for the pole, give him great ad-
vantage, and confidently expect the re-
turn of the ship early in September
with the explorer and the news of his
complete success.