New-York tribune., 1913-06-28
VALE WHEAT BREAD
AR ARCTIC EXPLORERS
,,,,Esr Expedition to Take Big
o'rantity to Far North as
Scurvy Preventive.
aOOo POUNDS OF FOOD
s.,t Last Party Three Years
rObacco for Esquimaus
Weddings Wont Put
Off Sailing Date.

-. wheat -four and bread will be
,.-t the first time in Arctic explora-
=. ,rsvent the dreaded scurvy from
'.,.gns the members of the CFocker
:. expedition. which will leave this
wednesday afternoon for the frozen
nonald B. Macmillan, head Of the
.-y. told yesterday of the experiment;
...,-rv is the thing most TO be feared"
,.,lared. $50 far as I am aware the
-. wheat experiment has never been
,hsfqe We Will take with US 5000
"A. of whole wheat biscuit and 200
.S. Of whole wheat flour 1t will
..,gtbsn the bones Of the party
s,,y thousand pounds of food. DR..
MILAN asserted, would be taken. as
"a 1000 rounds Of ammunition, for
''..a,ally all the meat will be procured
,",rnting Eight white men and twelve
c.,rlroaus must be supplied with food for
- wears. and the rations taken will
s-yt- dH Nt4ilo44N-'
among other things will be 1900 pounds
d, ,snmican, 1000 pounds of biscuit, 5000
.,',5, s of -four. 500 pounds Of whole
"a, biscuit. 2.coo pounds Of whole wheat
..~, 30 pounds OF tea, 800 pounds Of
80. 800 pounds of chocolate, 10 crates
: ,rnes. 100 cases Of condensed milk.
: ,.ses of roast beef hash, 10 cases Of
ery bacon and z cases Of baked beans.
Tobacco for the Esquimaus.
-zo thousand pounds Of sugar and a
~, supply Of tobacco viii also be car
- Both are TO be traded of for dogs
IN the Esquimaus. who have, in the alb
,,,s of DR.. Pease. become addicted TO
.. ,obacco habit as introduced TO them
~ vbalers. As for sugar. il has already
-, shown in their fondness for gum
ho,s Twenty tons Of dog biscuit Will be
uksn 1000 gallons of oil, forty pairs OF
rorshoes, eighteen pairs Of skis and
Tsny-Aye Peary sledges.
We shall have no trouble getting a
-sst supply" declared DR.. Macmillan,
for We are going 10 tap a country that
.,s not been entered for thirteen years.
An attempt will be made to bring back
number Of polar bear cubs 10 place in
as New York Geological Park. II is eX-
,s,,ed the party Will get large number
q skins
Two tourists will accompany the party
Is far as Flagler Bay. the base OF opera
ao.S They are Judge Carroll Sprisgs
A.: Frederick Patterson, both Of Dayton.
Ohio. Edwin S. Brooke, official pAotog-
rsDser. will also 90 that far, and all will
Nns back on the Diana.
Dl. Edmond Otis HCvey chairman OF
he committee under which the expedition
las been formed. announced yesterday
6nner 10 be given the party next Tues
.ay evening at the University Club
Anong those who will probably speak
VII be Rear Admiral Robert +. Peary.
Ss.sTal Thomas H. Hubbard. Professor
E.ay Fairfield Osborn and Or. William
IsWlu Hyde, president Of Bowdoin Col
&g.
ssne Of those invited are Professor W.
Bayley, Of the University OF illinois
jaxphus Daniels, Secretary Of the Navy
President Had!ey Of Yale. Colonel Theo-
txs Roosevelt, Dr. Frederic a. Lucas.
tisctor Of the American Museum Pro
.ssor william Libbey. Of Princeton
Arthur Curuss James. Dr. Walter b.
Iinss Madison Grant, Professor II. +.
Gregory Of Yale: Cleveland II. Dodge
I'd Archer NJ. Huntington.
Cupid VS.. Exploration.
ne problem which has arisen through
cpld's Interference caused no comment
t1n the organizers Of the party yester-
tsy DR.. Hovey said he knew nothing OF
tie romanoes until he read Of them in the
isSspapers. and he could not tell whether
~ Of the others were going 70 be mar
I'D before the ship sailed.
That's up 10 them" he declared. and
asghed when ~ was suggested that the
A'iies might try 70 defer the sailing Of the
isTy. Dr.. Macmillan has assured daily
sisess communication, which ought 70
i.lp out some.
Tie Diana was 20 have arrived mere
issierday afternoon, but from advices re-
'syed by DR.. Macmillan she Will not
zach port until tonight or Sunday morn
1g Il will not delay the sailing Or
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