Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-14
Sir A. Foster Stackhouse in
Washington, Backed by
British Government.
PANAMA CANAL OPENING
MAKES WORK NECESSARY
SCOTS Antarctic Ship, Discovery,
Coming to Potomac River for
Scientists to Study Here.

Sir A. Foster Stackhouse. commander
of what is known in England as the In
ternational oceanographical expedition,
has arrived in Washington, and an
nounced today at the Cosmos Club that
he intends to bring here next May the
Discovery, the ship that was built under
the supervision of the British admiralty
for the English antarctic expedition COM
manded by the late Capt. Scott.
The Discovery, Commander stackhouse
announces. will now be used, with tn !,
support of the British and other govern
ments, on a voyage of 10000 miles, to
last seven years, which will be the long
est voyage ever made by any Ship
The primary object of the voyage will
be deep-sea sounding in all the oceans OF
the world, although such work will be
undertaken, first. in the Pacific, because
of the opening OF the Panama canal and
the necessity which confronts the ship
ping interests of the world to know the
exact locations of the thousands Of I'M
charted islands, shoals and rocks in its
waters.
The Discovery will leave London early
In the spring for New York. and. as a
preliminary. on her voyage to the United
States. the expedition will investigate
the bank on which the Titanic sank. Inc
ship will come to Washington Immediate
ly after her arrival in New York.
Member of Science Bodies.
The leader of the expedition. although
a baronet, prefers to be known as Com
mander" Stackhouse. Biographers OF
Brit ash scientists add to Ills name the
letters F. r. G. s.. F. q. S., F. r. S. G. s.
and other indications of membership in
Irr,r. ~ nff 1n
world. He is a member of the Royal
Eastern Yacht Club. one of the few
clubs which have the privilege of flying
the blue ensign of the British Royal
The CO. tain of the Discovery during
the expedition. under the leadership Of
Commander Stackhouse. is to be a cap
tain in the royal navy of Great Britain
Navigator is to be an officer Of the
royal Indian marine-Lieut Richard H.
Garstin. Both of these officers have been
assigned to the work by the British gov
petition is to be Capt G. N. Humphreys.
F. r. G. s., and the microscopic plant
expert is to be G. A. Chastel de Boin-
Vile. F. z. S. In addition there will be
a large number of other scientists in
the party, not all of whom have been
selected.
Commander stackhouse. at the Co.'S
mos Club today. talked interestingly
has heen called the romance of I'M
charted isles and alluded to a num-
Der of such impediments to navigation,
to whose existence and lack of knowl-
been ascribed the loss at sea of many
famous ships. He exhibited a chart.
which he has prepared from recent
publication of the photographic office
of the United States Navy and from
information furnished by the British
admiralty. which shows 1900 little
circles. the center of each of which
represents the reported location of an
island, a shoal or a rock in the Pacific
ocean.
No Room on Chart for All.
In addition. Commander Stackhouse
says. there are 300 or 400 more such
reported locations Of islands, shoals
or rocks in the Pacific. not charted
any more than the 1900 others are.
Room for the additional 800 or 400
could not be found on the working map
made by Commander Stackhouse.
II intend to bring the Discovery and
the members of the International
oceanographical expedition to Wash
ington." Commander Stackhouse sad,
because I want my officers to be as
sisted with the latest American infor-
nation available in this city. II we lie
here a fortnight or three weeks, the
expedition will receive splendid assist
ance from your scientific men, and will
eventually go to sea all the better
nq"ippad
"I expect to obtain valuable informa-
To- :, to these urcharted islands,
rocks and shoals in the oceans of the
viii from such scientific bodies in
Washington as the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, the National Museum, the hy-
geographic office of the United States
Navy the National Geographic Society.
the Carnegie Institution, the United
states coz t and geodetic survey. the
meteorological bureau, etc. And we
SHAFT interest ourselves not only in OBJ
tanning information as to uncharted
Islands from these bodies, but the work
the expedition is to carry on will be
wider than that-it will include not
only deep-sea sounding, but will en-
rage in research which will require