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ceeded to the White House and showed the telegram to the President, who has 

 taken deep interest in the expedition and who expressed great concern at the sad 

 death of so many of the party. A copy of the telegram was telegraphed to Sec- 

 retary Chandler at West Point, and to Secretary Lincoln at New York. The 

 families of Lieut. Greely, Lieut.-Commander Schley and Lieut-Emery were also 

 informed of their rescue. Rear Admiral Nichols to-day telegraphed Commander 

 Schley at St. Johns, as follows : " Use your discretion about the care and trans- 

 portation of bodies. Report by wire when ready to sail for New York. The 

 department sends most hearty congratulations to yourself, officers and men." 



The following despatch was forwarded by Secretary Chandler from West 

 Point : 

 Commander W. S. Schley, St. Johns, N. F.: 



Receive my congratulations and thanks for yourself and your whole com- 

 mand for your prudence, perseverance and courage in reaching our dead and 

 dying countrymen. The hearts of the American people go out with great affec- 

 tion to Lieut. Greely and the fev/ survivors of his deadly peril. Care for them 

 unremittingly, and bid them be cheerful and hopeful on account of what life has 

 yet in store for them. Preserve tenderly the remains of the heroic dead, prepare 

 them according to your judgment, and bring them home. 



[Signed] W. E. Chandler, Secretary of the Navy, 



The following telegram was also sent : 

 Lieutenant Greely, St. Johns : 



Your dispatches are most satisfactory and show your expedition to have been 

 in the highest degree successful in every particular. This fact is not affected by 

 the disaster later. 



W. B. Hazen. 



On arrival at the anchorage of the relief squadron an associated press corres- 

 pondent interviewed Lieut. Greely and other survivors of the Arctic colony. 

 The foUowidg facts were disclosed : After passing two winters at Fort Conger in 

 scientific researches, Lieut. Greely, with his whole party intact, broke up their 

 encampment and commenced a southward descent. This was accomplished 

 amid great perils from gales of wind, ice nips and other casualties. Cape Sabine 

 having been reached, a temporary home was erected, built of stone and covered 

 by the boats' sails brought along by the party. On the 29th of September winter 

 quarters were established at Cape Sabine. The commissariat had become very 

 meager, and the cache of provisions left by the Proteus last year but poorly sup- 

 plemented it. The steam launch had become fast on the ice a few weeks pre- 

 vious and had to be abandoned during the whole winter. 



The first havoc in the ranks was early in January, when one of the men 

 dropped off with scurvy. On the 9th of April Lieut. Lockwood and Mr. Rice, 

 the photographer, succumbed after a heroic attempt to secure for their starving 

 comrades about 200 pounds of meat supposed to be cached at a place named 

 Bad Creek, distant about fifteen miles from the encampment. Israel, the astro- 



