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ing officer. At the time De Long was recruiting from the army 

 list his crew for the Jeannette, Greely offered his services, ;:nd in 

 fact, tried in every possible way co accompany the expedition, 

 and was deeply chagrined at being refused. 



When Congress passed the bill providing for the establishment 

 of Polar stations, Gen. Hazen interested himself in procuring 

 for Greely the appointment as commander of the expedition, in 

 which effort he was successful . 



Th expedition, when organized, consisted of twenty-four 

 officers and men, chosen from different branches of the army, as 

 follows : 



Frederick F, Kislingbury, second lieutenant Eleventh Infantry : 

 acting sign;;l officer; widower; two children. 



James B Lockwood, firsi lieutenant Twenty-third Infantry ; 

 acting signal officer ; Washington D. C. ; unmarried : is a son 

 of Geiio Lockwood (retired) U. S. A. 



Di'o Octav: Pavey, medical officer; married: wife's address, 

 Maryvillc, Nodaway County, Mo, 



Edward Israel, sergeant of Signal Corps ; Kalamazoo, Mich. ; 

 unmarried ; born at Kalamazoo, Mich, 



Winfield S. Jewell, sergeant of Signal Corps ; unmarried ; 

 born at Lisbon, No H. 



George Wo Rice, sergeant of Signal Corps, Washington, D. C. ; 

 unmarried ; bora at Sidney, Nova Scotia. 



David C= Ralston, sergeant of Signal Corps ; unmarried ; born 

 at Bloomfield, Ohio 



Hampden S= Gardiner, sergeant of Signal Corps, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. ; married ; born at Philadelphia. 



William H. Cross, sergeant of general service, Washington, 

 Do C. ; born at Washington, D. C. 



David L. Brainerd, sergeant nf Company L 9 Second Cavalry; 

 enlisted & New York City ; born at Oswego County, N. Y. 



David Linn ; sergeant ct Company C, Second Cavalry ; enlisted 

 at Philadelphia 5 born at Philadelphia. 



Nicholas Nalor, corporal of Company H, Second Cavalry , 

 enlisted at Cincinnati, Ohio ; unmarried ; bom at Luxembourg 

 Germany 



