Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
ENSIGN GREEN, AMERICAN NAVAL
HAGEN FROM FAR NORTH.
FATE OF BALANCE OF
PARTY NOT KNOWN
eminent in Land Expediton-Re-
port Disposes Of Claim Of Peary to
Discovery Of Croker Land-Attempt
to Relieve Expedition Fails.

been lost in the Arctic for three years
and his life many times despaircd Of
Ensign Fitzhugh Green, the young
American naval officer who represent
ed this government on the Croker
Land Arctic expedition of 1913, HIS just
notified the navy department of his
arrival at Copenhagen
How many other members of the
party have reached safety with him is
not known here. The American lega-
ton will take immediate steps to assist
Green and others Of the i'll fated expe-
dition.
incidentally the so-called Crocker
Land which Peary believed he naI dig
covered is not referred to as existing
in Ensign Green's report. AS this Of
ficer went in the capacity of official
government representative to survey
this land and report as to whether it
actually could be found, his observa-
tons are taken as finally disposing Of
this claim of Pearys.
Green Represents U. S. Government.
The expedition was sent out under
the joint auspices of the American
museum of natural history, the Ameri-
can Geographical society, and the Uni
versity of Illinois Before it left New
York on the steamship Diana, fitted out
for the purpose. Ensign Green was as
signed to represent the government,
together with jerome Lee Allen, a
young electrician of the navy depart
ment.
1t now develops that Green declined
n
Croker Land. even when almost insu.-
mountable difficulties broke up the
party and threatened it with starva-
ton. He felt that he was under or
ders to find it if possible and keep up
the perilous sedge journeys, even
when conditions were most unfavor-
able.
During 1913 and the following year
no word came from the party and
there was growing anxiety here and
a demand for relief expedition. The
well known explorer. Dr.. Hovey, was
in charge of the first attempt to re-
licve the expedition which was made
in 1915.
Relief Ship Breaks Down.
The relief ship. the George B. Cluett,
got as far as North Star bay in Sep
TENDER, but encount tered unusually Sc
we're ice conditions, and this, together
with "a broken engine, necessitated DR..
Hovey leaving the vessel and attempt
ing to proceed farther north '"o-
tor launch placed at his =
Kund Rasmussen. the Dan ..
He got as far as Etal. G
found the expedition IN wa, -Jod
and suffering many hardsilipS. Both
Green and Allen got in touch with DR..
Hovey and together they started back
toward the vessel at North Star bay.
Ice had closed in on the ship at Parker
Snow bay and it was of no further use
for the relief party. Consequently it
was abandoned.
Provisions by this time had run out
and the men started dangerous
sledge journey across Melville bay.
with the object of reaching southern
Danish settlements. Physical condi-
ton caused Dr.. Hovey to stop off at
Cape York, and the two young Ameri-
can naval men set out in sledges for
Egedesmnde in southern Greenland.
Steamer Ready for Rescue.
BY this time it was evident that
only quick action could bring relief,
either to the main part of the ex-
petition or the first relief party which
had gone to succor it, The Crocker
Land committee had the steamer Den
mark in southern Greenland to meet
the expected emergency.
The plan earlier this year was for
this relief steamer to make for Etah
and other northern ports, in the hope
of picking up members of the eXpedi-
ton and landing them either at st.
Johns Newfoundland, or Sydney, Cape
Breton, next September.
What news, if any, has come from
efforts of this direction is not known.
There has been the keenest interest in
getting word from Green, especially as
it was felt that his safety probably
meant the safety of other members of
the expedition.
Report to Be Made to U. S.
Representative Henry T. Helgesen
of North Dakota, who has been closely
following the efforts to rescue the
members of the expedition, was great
ly interested in the report of Green's
safe arrival
Green's duty was to ascertain defin-
itely what he could find in this location
and report officially to the government
A full detailed report will be made by
him to the navy department Ensign
Green is native of Missouri and is
only % years old.