Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-02-21

tending school at Stubbington House,
Fareham, he entered the royal navy at
the age Of fourteen. AS a cadet on
board the training ship Britannia he
gained some distinction as one of the
cadet captains. When Scotts course on
the Britannia was completed he was
sent to the Cape Of Good Hope naval
station. He served for two years as a
lieutenant on the Rover. which was In
the British Pacific service.
The character of his service qualified
him to take special course Of train.
ing, and as four, one and two man in
his examinations be had the privilege
Of choosing the subject in which he
wished to specialize, He decided to
take up torpedo work, and after quail.
Tying in this he received assignments
to one ship after another for eight
years. After gaining an extra stripe
Lieutenant Scott was appointed as
torpedo lieutenant to Ii. NJ. $. Majestic,
l battleship Of the first class and flag.
ship Of the channel squadron. His as
slgnment to the Majestic marked the
.urnlng point Of his career, for his
commanders were Sir II. Stephenson
and Prince Louis Of Battenberg, two
arctic enthusiasts who had served I'M
der Sir Leopold McCllntock on q North.
west passage expedition.
Had to Help Support Family.
About this time 1t became necessary
for Scott to help with the support of
his family, and to see what possibilities
there were for adding to bis lieuten.
ants salary he went to London. There
he met by chance Sir Clements Mark.
ham, chairman Of the Royal Geograph.
ical society, who had previously shown
interest in Scott He suggested to the
young lieutenant that he apply for the
command Of the Discovery, which was
then being fitted out to explore the 1T
tie known antarctic continent.
Scott was chosen from q long list OF
applicants He was then twenty-nine
years old, healthy, strong and well
built. For a year he worked over the
provisioning and equlpping Of his ship
and over the selection Of his crew and
scientific staff, On July 2S, 1900, the
whaler Discovery left the Thames with
forty men, prepared for an expedition
to last three years II necessary. The
ship reached New Zealand after
rough time In the roaring forties" and
thence sailed for the antarctic regions
Two years Of hardship resulted in the
conquerlng of 500 miles more Of ant.
arctic snow and fee than any Of his
predecessors covered.
Upon his return to England many
donors were bestowed upon him. The
admiralty raised him to the rank of
captain, making him the youngest cap
tain In the navy, and the late King Ed.
ward made him commander of the Vic
torlan order, Medals were given him
by the Royal Geographical society,
Royal Scottish Geographical society
and American, Swedish, Danish, Phila.
delphia and Antwerp Geographical So
cletles. The story Of the expedition
was published by Captain Scott in THE
Voyage Of the Discovery" and the two
volumes were widely read.
Gets High Post.
The admiralty allowed him three
months In which to give lectures, the
hardest task he ever undertook, 50
Captain Scott said Returning to serv.
Ice In the navy. he was assigned to the
Intelligence department Of the admi.
ralty.
For six years he continued at his
DESK but finally "the call of the ice"
could no longer be resisted, and he set
out to raise funds for fitting out an.
other expedition. After surmounting
many difficulties Captain Scott secured
the necessary financial assistance and
had his expedition ready to start for
VIZ NlNllllhAt Boult lht nOulu lple,
When Captain Scott sailed he left be
hind n wife, whom he mad married two
years before, and an eight months-old
son, Peter "the image Of his father"
The little fellows baby idea of his
father was a photograph. which he
would hug and cover up, saying, keep
daddy warm"
When word was received by Mrs.
Scott last April that her husband in.
tended to remain longer than at FIRST
expected she said: 81 am not worried
about the captains safety On the 9th.
er hand, am very glad that he avalled
himself Of the opportunity to remain In
the south until the objects Of his expe.
dtion, which was one of scientific re-
search. nre accomplished" Only last
week Mrs. Scott sailed with her baby
from San Francisco for New Zealand,
expecting to greet her husband on bis
arrival there
Mrs Scott is sculptress. and short
ly before the start Of the fatal expedl.
ton she modelled the captains clean
cut features, his broad shoulders and
deep chest His whole bearing bespoke
a man Of indomitnble energy and cour,
age