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tering funds for the maintenance of such expeditions, 

 and, in general, providing funds for Commander 

 Peary's efforts to reach the farthest northern point on 

 the Western Hemisphere, and to cooperate with any 

 other association for the same purpose, ' ' and names 

 as incorporators: 



. Morris K. Jesup John A. Flagler 



Anton A. Raven Henry Parish 



Herbert L. Bridgman Robert E . Peary 



Immediately upon incorporation, the Club addressed 

 itself to the construction of a ship for its work, plans 

 for which were designed, based upon the experience 

 of former expeditions of Commander Peary. Con- 

 tracts were made with the late Captain Charles 

 B. Dix of Bucksport, Me., where her keel was laid 

 October 15, 1904, and the ship launched and christened 

 Roosevelt by Mrs. Peary, March 23, 1905. Installation 

 of machinery at Portland occupied the next two 

 months, and early in July, the Roosevelt arrived 

 under her own steam at New York, whence in July 

 of that year, she was despatched to the North, paying 

 President Jesup of the Club a parting call at Bar Har- 

 bour, Me. On arriving at Sydney, C. B., Captain 

 Robert A. Bartlett assumed command and on July 

 26th she departed for the North. The auxiliary 

 collier Erik accompanied the Roosevelt as far as Etah, 

 whence on August 16, 1905, the Roosevelt began her 

 battle with the ice, and the Erik returned to St. 

 Johns, N. F. 



The subsequent movements of the Club's expedition 

 are contained in the preceding pages. 



