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Jones, U. S. N. , Passed Assistant Surgeon; Charles W. Putnam, Master, U. S. 

 N.; Abraham V. Zane, U. S. N., Passed Assistant Enginees; Henry Jackson 

 Hunt, U. S. N., Ensign ; George Middleton Stoney, U. S. N., Ensign; Dr. Joa- 

 quim Demetrius Castillo, U. S. N., Assistant Surgeon ; Colonel Wm. H. Gilder, 

 Pay Clerk, and New York //^ra/^ correspondent, (was with Lieutenant Schwatka's 

 expedition to King William's Land); Joseph Hodgson, Paymaster's yeoman and 

 storekeeper, Scoby Willard Morrison, Geo. Gardner, Jr., Patrick Cahill, machin- 

 ists; Herbert P. de Tracy, acting carpenter. Also, one steward, two cooks, 

 three firemen and fifteen ablebodied seamen. 



The vessel is provisioned for four years, and bountifully supplied with read- 

 ing matter. 



THE ALLIANCE SEARCH FOR THE JEANNETTE. 



The U. S. S. AUiance, under date of May 27th, was ordered to be prepared 

 with all dispatch to proceed on a cruise in search of the " Jeannette," between 

 Greenland, Iceland, and the coast of Norway, and as far as the northern coast of 

 Spitzbergen, if it is possible to get there without endangering the vessel. Before 

 sailing the bow of the AUiance was encased with live oak, two inches thick, ex- 

 tending from the stem thirty-five feet aft, with a strong iron guard to protect the 

 vessel against drift ice. 



Her commander was directed to take a pilot at St. Johns, New Foundland, 

 who was familiar with the coast of Iceland, and at Hammerfest, in Norway, one 

 familiar with the coast of Spitzbergen ; and again upon his arrival off the coast of 

 Spitzbergen, to obtain from the walrus and seal hunters some one who can pilot 

 the ship along that coast and into the best harbors. The Secretary says; "If 

 the Jeannette should possibly get through from the direction anticipated she 

 would probably sight Spitzbergen and make for the coast of Norway. You will 

 therefore cruise backward and forward between Greenland and Spitzbergen as 

 much as possible under sail " The vessel is not to remain longer than Septem- 

 ber 25th, not being fitted for Arctic exploration, but simply as a relief ship. 



The Alliance under command of Commander Geo. H. Wadleigh, sailed from 

 Norfolk, Va., June i6th; reached St. Johns, N. F., June 24th, and sailed thence 

 June 29th. 



Belgium promises to become the great industrial teacher of Europe. Many 

 foreigners are now attending her schools. She has fifty-nine technical schools, 

 thirty-two industrial schools, and a higher commercial school — all receiving funds 

 annually from the State. 



