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his work as a general practitioner, Dr. Goodsell built up a considerable prac- 

 tice as a consulting microscopist. Dr. Goodsell expects to make a special investi- 

 gation of tubercular conditions among the natives and the curative effects of 

 the Arctic atmosphere. 



"Prof. Ross G. Marvin of the college of civil engineering, Cornell Uni- 

 versity, is on leave of absence from that institution in order to complete the 

 work begun on the previous expedition of i905-'o6. Prof. Marvin is 28 years 

 of age, 5 feet 11 inches in height, and weighs 160 pounds. He received the 

 degree of A. B. from Cornell University in June, 1905, and immediately upon 

 graduation was chosen as my secretary and assistant for the expedition 

 of i905-'o6. 



"Donald B. McMillan, an assistant in the expedition pariy, was born in 

 Provincetown, Mass., November 10, 1874. He is 33 years of age, unmarried, 

 5 feet 9 inches in height, and weighs 165 pounds. He comes from a family 

 of seafaring people. 



"George Borup, an assistant in the expedition party, was born at vSing 

 Sing, N. Y., September 2, 1885, a son of Lieut. Col. Borup, U, S. A., retired. 

 He is 23 years of age, 5 feet 8^ inches in height and weighs 155 pounds. 



"Matthew Henson, Commander Peary's personal assistant, was born of 

 negro parentage at Washington, D. C, August 8, 1867. He is 41 years of 

 age, 5 feet 10 inches in height, and weighs 150 pounds. 



"Charles Percy, steward of the Roosevelt, is one of the men who have 

 been with her since she was built. Born of native parentage at Brigns, N. F., 

 September 15, 1850, he is now 58 years old, 5 feet 11 inches tall. 



"Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, sailing master and ice navigator of the Roose- 

 velt, was born at Brigus, Conception Bay, near St. John's, N. F., August 15, 

 1875. Thirty-three years of age, 6 feet tall and weighing 170 pounds, he is 

 the ideal type of the hardy Newfoundland sealer and fisherman. His great- 

 uncle, Capt. Isaac, rescued the Tyson party from an ice floe after their perilous 

 drift of many months. His uncles, Capt. Harry, Capt. John, and Capt. Sam, 

 have all made trips into the Arctic at various times in command of ships. 



"His father, Capt. William Bartlett, is a successful sealer and fisherman 

 with a thriving fishing station at Turnavik island, on the Labrador coast. 



"Bank Scott, second engineer of the Roosevelt, is the second new officer 

 aboard the Roosevelt. He was born at St. John's, N. F., July 4, 1880, 28 

 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches in height, and weighs 150 pounds. 



"Other members of the crew are Seamen John Barnes, John Cody, and 



