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the Department to make a selection out of the many gallant 

 men who volunteered for this adventurous expedition. 

 The officers and crew of the Rodgers were as follows : 



Lieutenant Robert M. Berry, Commander. 



Master Howard S. Waring, Master Charles F. Putnam. 



Ensigns, Henry .1. Hunt, George M. Stoney. 



Surgeons, Meredith D. Jones, Joaquin D. Castillo. 



Engineer, Abraham V. Zane. Pay Clerk, W. H. Gilder. 



H. P. DeTracey, Joseph F. Quirk, W. F. Morgan, Frederick Brucli, 

 Joseph Hodgson, W. Rohde, Frank Burk, Hans Schumann, Fred Smith, 

 Patrick Cahill, George Gardner, S. W. Morrison, Richard Bush, Julius 

 Huebner, Jacob Johansen, Thomas London, Frank McShane, Frank F. 

 Mi-lm, Olaf Petersen, Otto Polte, Owen McCarthy, W. H. Derring, 

 Edward O'Leary. 



Dominic Booker, steward. Robert Morelli, Wm. Grace, cooks. 



Mr. Gilder, the pay clerk, who was also the special corres- 

 pondent of the New York Herald, accompanied Lieutenant 

 Schwatka on his overland journey in King- William's Land 

 in 1879, and was the historian of that expedition. Frank 

 F. Melm was also a member of Schwatka's party. The 

 crew were fine-looking, hardy men, and most of them 

 crossed the continent by railroad to join the expedition. 



A short time before starting on his voyage Lieutenant 

 Berry received a letter from the Hon. W. H. Hunt, Secreta- 

 ry of the Navy, from which the following is an extract :- 



"In the pursuit of your adventurous and arduous voyage 

 you carry with you the sympathy and entire confidence of 

 the department. Nothing that can be done to contribute to 

 your well-being and success shall be omitted. As soon as you 

 are fully ready you will sail. 



" The eyes of your fellow countrymen, of the scientific 

 men of all the world, and especially of those interested in 

 Arctic explorations, will follow you anxiously on your way 

 through the unknown seas to which you go. May Heaven 

 guard and bless you and your officers and men, and crown 

 your heroism with success and glory." 



The Rodgers was escorted out to sea by a fleet of pleasure 

 yachts, steamboats, and tugs. Thousands of eager specta- 



