THE ARCTIC RELIEF EXPEDITION OF it 
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•DATE. 
TIME. 
MAGNI- 
TUDE. 
NODE. 
WHERE VISIBLE. 
1895 
1896 
Sun. 
Sun. 
Moon. 
Septemb'r i8th 
February 13th 
February 28th 
5 P- M. 
11 A. M. 
2 P. M. 
Ann. 
0.8 
D. 
A. 
D. 
N. 
N. 
N. 
South of Australia. 
Extreme South Atlantic. 
Turkestan, Indian Ocean. 
li 
Sun. 
August 8th, 
Midnight. 
Total. 
D. 
N. 
West Siberia, Ladrone lis. 
11 
Moon. 
August 23d, 
2 A. M. 
0.7 
A. 
N. 
United States. 
1897 
1898 
Sun. 
Sun. 
Moon. 
Sun. 
February ist, 
July 29th, 
January 7th, 
January 2 2d, 
3 P.M. 
II A. M. 
7 P. M. 
3 A. M. 
Ann. 
Ann. 
0. 1 
Total. 
A. 
D. 
D. 
A. 
N. 
N. 
N. 
N. 
New Caledonia, Guiana. 
Galapagos, South Africa. 
England, Guinea. 
Fezzan, Socotra, N. China. 
li 
i i 
Moon. 
Sun. 
July 3d, 
July i8th, 
4 P. M. 
3R M 
0.9 
Ann. 
A. 
D. 
N. 
N. 
Russia, Madagascar. 
South America. 
i i 
Sun. 
Decemb'r 13th 
7 A. M. 
0.02 
A. 
N. 
Southwest of Cape Horn. 
i I 
1899 
( i 
Moon. 
Sun. 
Sun. 
Decemb'r 27th 
January nth, 
June 8th, 
6 P. M. 
6 P. M. 
3 A. M. 
1-3 
0.7 
0.7 
D. 
A. 
D. 
N. 
N. 
N. 
Germany, Ethiopia. 
Russian America. 
North Europe, North Asia. 
(I 
i c 
Moon. 
Sun. 
June 23th, 
December 2d, 
10 A. M. 
8 A. M. 
1-5 
Ann. 
A. 
A. 
N. 
N. 
Japan, Australia. 
Central South Pole. 
e( 
Moon. 
Decemb'r i6th 
8 P. M. 
0.96 
D. 
N. 
Eastern Atlantic. 
1900 
Sun. 
May 28th, 
10 A. M. 
Total. 
D. 
N. 
Mexico, Azores, Egypt. 
i I 
Sun. 
Novemb'r 2 2d 
2 A. M. 
Ann. 
A. 
N. 
Guinea, South Australia. 
EXPLORATION. 
THE ARCTIC RELIEF EXPEDITION OF li 
The following are the instructions of Gen. Hazen, the Chief Signal Officer, 
to Lieut. E. A. Garlington, who is to command the Arctic relief expedition to 
Lady Franklin Bay : 
You are aware of the necessity of reaching Lieut. A. W. Greely and his 
party with the expedition of this year. The necessity cannot be overestimated, 
as Lieut. Greely's supplies will be exhausted during the coming fall, and unless 
the relief ship can reach him he will be forced with his party to retreat southward 
by land before the winter sets in. Such a retreat will involve hardship, and the 
probable abandonment of much valuable pubHc property, with possible loss of 
important records and life. 
For these and other reasons which will occur to you, no effort must be spared 
to push the vessel through to Lady Franklin Bay. 
In the event of being obstructed by ice in Smith Sound or Kennedy Channel, 
you are advised to trv to find a passage along the west coast, which, besides 
