Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-11
TO ENGLAND
TO CARE FOR HIS men
Had LivedI Would Have Had A Tale
To Tell Of Courage OF My Men
That Would Have Stirred The
Heart Of Every Englishman, Writes
Commander AS He Lies Dying In
Bleak Hut In The Frozen South Land
tAssociated Press Cahlsl

LONDON England Feb 11-News received via Canaan
gives further details of the finding of the bodies Capt
and his companions who pershe in blizzard the frozen
heights CT the Antarctic continent The Captains last written
Words penne in rough notes and found by other members
the of the Terra Novo, were: -.
Had lived should have had tale Of courage hard
hood and endurance the part of my companions which
would have stirred the heart Of every Englshman As n Is
these rough notes and dead bodies must tell that tale
surely great and rich country like will that those
ldependent upon properly provided for
Deeper and deeper the feeling of sadness the
death of Captain Scott head of the Inflated Antarctic expe
tion his in the The written words
of the commander have been made public BY British news
Syndicate to which Captain Scott sod in advance the
Ion his into the froza south polar regions The
ment for the Of the trip to have been Written
he returned to ciyzaten WAS to haze been divided amonK
the members of te of the Terra N0y0 and the members
o the party which accompanied the Captain to the south
Already arrangements being made here take Of
the wives and famties of the members of the expedition who
reported to have died The government will give pen
sion to Mrs Scott and her and subscription lists be
ing started all the empire fr the benefit of those depend
cnt upon the other victims of the Antarctic rigors
In the brief statement Of the commanders report Of the dis
ase1s which after another overlook his party wemne
the members with Illness and finally overpowering them and
heating them down DEATH Captain Scott quoted having
said that ne attributes his last great defeat to the loss OF his
pony transport first and theno the sekpess of of the
Evans the unreasonable weather. and last the
countabe shortage Cf fuel at the supply depots. .
The tale told in the short slappy sentences of
i0n jerks vivid glmpses the eIrors Of the trip under
taken by Captain and his After leaving the
1.-THE little party about fftytwO strong started north again,
hoping reach the depos where fuel and supplies had
been stored In this last they hnder and delayed by the
need caring Evans who Overtaken with scury
but helpless load and drag the rest of the party Capt
Scott reports that time and time again did the big beg
be left behind and time and time he refused and
the party continued its march against time and its fight
against the clements asEat
But the resisting power Of all had been weakened, the
Commander points by the loss of the pony transport which
blow that fell during March of 1911, and told heavily
upon the party delayed the movements and craed the
supplies and held up the until almost too late in the
Partly because of this delay and partly because the
unusually the party encountered gale after gale
and temperatures that fell during the warmes parts of the
day low thirty degrees below the the hermome
ter and at night as low fOrtySeven degrees.
On the bitter nOrthward march the supplies began fail
them AS after another the supply depots reached
found that the amount Of food and fuel shorter than
had been counted and this meant putting and
beast upon short raOns Then the last stop and the
ing of the big BLIZZARD in which the fuel and the
peraure dropped and dropped until the frozen fingers OF the
Captain could pen that his country would
for the dependents Of those tn killing fast