86 THE JEANNETTE ARfTlr EXPEDITION. 



A cable message from Engineer Melville, identical with 

 the one copied above, was also received by the Secretary of 

 the Navy, and he replied to it by cable as follows :- 



" NAVY DEPARTMENT, ) 

 WASHINGTON, D. C., December 22d, 1881. j 

 To Engineer MELVILLE, U. S. N., IRKUTSK: 



Omit no effort, spare no expense, in securing safety of men 

 in second cutter. Let the sick and the frozen of those 

 already rescued have every attention, and as soon as practi- 

 cable have them transported to milder climate. Department 

 will supply necessary funds. 



HUNT, Secretary." 



A dispatch from Mr. Hoffman, charge d'affaires of the 

 United States at St. Petersburg, conveying the news and the 

 assurance that the most energetic measures would be taken 

 by the Russian authorities for the discovery and relief of the 

 missing men, was received by the Secretary of State at 

 Washington, December 20th. On the next day the Herald 

 correspondent at St. Petersburg telegraphed as follows : 



" General Anutschin, the Governor-General of Eastern 

 Siberia, who happens to be at present in St. Petersburg, 

 having received information of the arrival of the shipwrecked 

 crew of the Jeannette in the region under his command, im- 

 mediately proceeded to Gatschina and saw the Emperor, who 

 personally ordered that all supplies that were necessary for 

 food, clothing, money, and transportation should be placed 

 at their disposal." General Anutschin also gave orders by 

 telegraph that the inhabitants of the shores of the provinces 

 of Yakutsk and Yeniseisk should be at once informed of the 

 loss of the Jeannette, and requested to make active research 

 for the discovery of the missing shipwrecked men. 



Messages from General Pedaschenki, subsequently received 

 by Governor Anustchin, gave assurance that the search 

 would be continued during the winter by the Cossack com- 

 mandants of Bulun and Yakutsk, under direction of Gen. 

 Tschernieff, the Governor of Yakutsk, and that nothing that 



