GREELY RELIEF EXPEDITION. 



Articles. 



Quantity. 



Mens'' quarters — Continued. 



Vinegar-kegs 



Spit-boxes 



Camp-stools 



Mess-chests 



Deck-buckets 



Molasses-kegs 



Starting-tub 



Fw ship. 



Hawser-reels 



Strong-back for each boat 



Large socket chisels and gouges 



Ice-chisels, 8 inches long and 3 inches 



wide 



Large clamps 



Jack-screws 



Bear-trap 



Staves, 8 feet long, fitted with black 



flag 18 inches square 



Hose-reels 



Complete sets of carpentei-s', calkers', 



blacksmiths', and coopers' tools 



Ice-chisels, fitted with handles 10 feet 



long (hickory) 



Horseshoe clamps 



Articles. 



For «ftij)— Continued. 



Shoemakers' awls 



Fox-traps 



Small square hand-pump for each boat 



A supply of felt and material for repair 

 of boats. 



Overhaul all blocks and fit with patent 

 sheaves. 



Repair pumps and piunp gear. 



Build houses for galley with drying- 

 room for clothes ;fltonebunkoneach 

 side (drying-room on forward side of 

 house). 



Boat-hooks (hickory staves), hook and 

 point sharp 



Short paddles, upper ends fitted with 

 ice-chisels 



Hatchets, with handles riveted 



Rosin barrels. 



Tape-measure 



Signal chest 



Ice-augers, 8 feet long 



Spare blocks, to be selected hereafter, 

 and stores, to be selected by carpen- 

 ters" mates. 



Quantity. 



100 

 6 



1 



40 



10 

 10 

 2 



1 

 1 

 6 



Please have a house built (after drawing furnished) and all ready for putting up 

 on arrival north ; to be shipped by the Alert not later than May 1. 

 Very respectfully, 



W. S. SCHLEY, Commander, U. 8. N., 

 Commanding Greely Relief Expedition. 

 Chief Naval Constructor T. D. Wilson, 



Chief of Bureau of Construction and Repair. 



Washington, D. C, March 1, 1884. 

 Sir : I have the honor to inform you that the following articles and outfit are 

 regarded as necessary for each ship of the Greely ReUef Expedition, and would 

 respectfully request that orders be issued for their preparation, viz : 



Articles. 



Chronometer 



Hack chi'onometer 



Chronometer-box 



Deck time-pieces 



Boat compass, for each boat 

 Sensitive pocket compasses .. 



Sextants (superior) 



Night octant 



Artificial horizons 



Quantity. 



Articles. 



Superior large binoculars (best that can 

 be bought) 



Mercurial barometer 



Aneroid barometers 



Thermometers (ordinary) 



Thermometers (low temperature) 



Set surveying instruments (for "Alert" 

 only) 



Chronometer watches 



Quantity. 



