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 RECEPTION 
 
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 LIEUT. A. W. GREELY, U. S. A., 
 
 AND HIS COMRADES, 
 
 AND OF THE 
 
 ARCTIC RELIEF EXPEDITION, 
 
 AT 
 
 PORTSMOUTH, N. H., ON AUGUST 1 AND 4, 1884. 
 
 Account prepared at the request of the Navy Department by 
 REV. WM. A. McGINLEY, 
 
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 THE RECEPTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 GREELY RELIEF EXPEDITIOIST. 
 
 It Avas decided by the proi)er authorities that the 
 official reception of Lieut. A. W. Greely and the sur- 
 vivors of his expedition, and of Commander Schley and 
 his command, shouhl occur at Portsmouth, and the relief 
 ships, which had been detained for a few days in the 
 harbor of Saint John's, Newfoundland, had been ordered 
 to sail for Portsmouth harbor. The fleet consisted of 
 the Thet's, Commander Winlleld Scott Schley; the 
 Bear, Lieut. AVilliam H. Emory ; and the Alert, Com- 
 mander George W. Coffin : the whole under the com- 
 mand of Commander Schley. On board the vessels 
 were Lieutenant Greely and his party, with the bodies 
 of the dead. On Friday morning, August 1 , the vessels 
 came in sight, one day earlier than had been expected, 
 and they were met off Boone Island by the Alliance, 
 of the North Atlantic squadron, and directed to enter 
 the harbor at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the time fixed 
 for the formal naval reception. The North Atlantic 
 squadron, in command of Rear-Admiral Stephen B. 
 Luce, lay at anchor in the lower harbor. It consisted 
 of the flagship Tennessee, commanded by Capt. Joseph 
 N. Miller; Vaudalia, Capt. Rush E. Wallace; Swatara, 
 Commander Gilbert C. Wiltse; Yantic, Commander 
 Frank Wildes, and Alliance, Commander Lewis Clark, 
 
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^^'ith the training ships Portsmonth and Jamestown, in 
 command of Commander William C. Wise and Com- 
 mander Charles V. Gridley. To these at 12 o'clock was 
 added the Tallapoosa, with the Secretary of the Navy, 
 the city government of Portsmouth, and a large party 
 of naval officers and friends, on board, who, with the 
 members of the press, brought down on the tug Leydeu 
 by Collector A. F. Howard, were transferred to the 
 Hagship Tennessee. The invited guests occupied posi- 
 tions on the quarter-deck, and the reporters on the 
 bridge. The day was fine and the arrangements com- 
 plete. Although the reception occurred a day earlier 
 than w^r.s expected, the news had spread rajiidly and 
 thousands lined the shores. The harbor, brilliant with 
 Hags and pennants, was alive with every craft that 
 floats, from a marine bicycle to a man-of-war. The day, 
 the place, the preparations which had been made, the 
 great assemblage of i)eople, and the universal enthusi- 
 asm combined to make a reception fitting to the dignity 
 of the occasion, and memorable in the history of naval 
 pageaTifiJ 
 
 At 'lock the fleet, led by the Alliance, steamed 
 into the harbor, the Tuotis followed by the Bear and the 
 Alert. On the decks of the relief ships stood the rem- 
 nant of the rescued and the gallant baud of rescuers. 
 At a signal from the flagship, the crews of the vessels of 
 the squadron swarmed iu the rigging, and as the anchors 
 dropped cheer after cheer was given, while the band of 
 the Tennessee played " Home Again," and the shores 
 were white with waving handkerchiefs. The Secretary's 
 barge, with Mrs. Greely and her brothers, Messrs. G. 
 O. and C. A. Nesmith, on board, shot out from the side 
 of the Tennessee, and reached the Thetis, where the 
 
first meeting took place. Later, the mother of Lieut. 
 Greely arrived to bring her greeting to her son. The 
 officers of the Arctic fleet were soon after received in the 
 cabin of the Tennessee. Commanders Scliley and Cofiin, 
 with Lieut. Emory, were the first to arrive, and were 
 received with a warmth that was more than official. At 
 4 o'clock the Secretary of the Xavy, Admiral Luce, and 
 General Hazen were rowed to the Thetis and welcomed 
 Greely and his men in a manner without any well-es- 
 tablished precedent in the annals of the Xavy. They 
 visited all the ships, the Secretary greeting the officers 
 and addressing the men, who were drawn up in line, 
 with such words of commendation as hardy sailors like 
 to hear. Lieut. Greely and family were then sent in 
 the Admiral's launch to the navj^-yard ; the Tallapoosa, 
 with the official ])arties on board, returned to her berth 
 in the inner harbor, and a naval reception creditable 
 alike to those who gave it, to those who were so fortu- 
 nate as to receive it, and to the country, was ended. 
 Saturday was a day of rest and congratulations, and on 
 Sunday the pastors of the various churches in the city 
 made appropriate reference to the occasion. 
 
 THE MUNICIPAL RECEPTION. 
 
 On Monday, August 4, the municipal reception took 
 place. The deep interest felt in the occasion bj' the 
 citizens of Portsmouth led to a general discussion on the 
 l)art of prominent citizens concerning the proi^riet j' of a 
 recei)tion by the city. The matter was agitated in the 
 city government and resulted in a vote for a recei)tiou, 
 and in the appointment of a committee, consisting of 
 Mayor Treat, with Aldermen Martin, Sampson, Caswell, 
 and Hackett, to consult with the Secretary of the Navy. 
 
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 The consultation was held and a general plan was out- 
 lined. It was intended to be an occasion on which the 
 commonwealth and the nation should unite with the 
 city of Portsmouth in the reception of her distinguished 
 guests, and that it should consist of a i)rocession during 
 ibe day and a meeting with addresses in the evening. At 
 a meeting composed of members of the city government 
 and citizens three commiifees were appointed to mature 
 and carry out the general design, as follows : 
 
 Committee on Invitations: John H. Brougliton, chair- 
 man ; James H. Stcinwood, secretary. 
 
 Committee on Keception : Wm. H. Sise, chairman ; 
 Samuel Dodge, secretary. 
 
 Committee on Evening Exercises : Rev. W. A. Mc- 
 Ginley, chairman; Rev. Henry E. Hovey, secretary. 
 
 Col. Elbridge G. Pierce was chosen chief marshal of 
 the day, and the time was fixed for Monday, August 4. 
 
 With the cooperation of the Secretary of the Navy 
 the arrangements progressed rapidly to a successful 
 completion. The accidental presence of the North At- 
 lantic squadron, the training ships, and the school ships 
 from Annapolis in the harbor placed at command a 
 greater amount of material for such an occasion than 
 had ever been at one time in this port, from which was 
 furnished the most imposing part of the display. In- 
 vitations were given to the mayor and aldermen of New- 
 buryport, and arrangements made which resulted in the 
 programmes which r.re inserted in their proper places. 
 
 The day was all that could be desired. Many public 
 and private building s were elegantly decorated. From 
 ten to fifteen thousand strangers from far and near were 
 upon the streets. The route of the procession was 
 about three miles in length. The number in line was 
 
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 over two thousand, but composed of so many separate 
 companies, detachments, and organizations as to pre- 
 sent a much more imposing appearance than the num- 
 bers would indicate. The enthusiasm of the multitude 
 was in keeping with the spirit of the occasion. The 
 order of the procession was as follows : 
 
 PEOCESSION. 
 
 City Marshal, mounted. 
 
 Platoon of police. 
 
 Chief marshal, Elbridge G. Pierce, jr. 
 
 George E. Hodgdon, chief of stafi'. 
 
 R. Hamilton Perkins, John Hatch, J. Dwight 
 
 Rundlet, C. W. Tracy, G. S. U; .ome, aids. 
 
 FIRST DIVISION. 
 
 Calvin L. Hayes, marshal. 
 
 Moses D. Moore, Willard Spinney, aids. 
 
 South Berwick Band. 
 
 NAVAL DIVISION. 
 
 Comd'r N. H. Farquhar commanding. 
 Lieut. R. T. Jasper, adjutant; Lieut. A. C. Dilling- 
 ham, assistant adjutant; Lieut. J. C. Cresap, aid, 
 
 Ensign P. E. Culver, aid ; 
 
 Ensign H. S. Knapp, aid ; Passed Asst. Surgeon 
 
 Murray, surgeon. 
 
 BATTALION NAVAL CADETS. 
 
 Ensign Fullani commanding. 
 First company naval cadets : Cadet Tawresey 
 
 commanding. 
 
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 Second company naval cadets : Cadet McKay 
 
 commanding. 
 Third company naval cadets : Cadet Jaynes 
 
 commanding. 
 
 BATTALION U. S. MARINES. 
 
 Lieut. Col. J. L. Broome commanding. 
 Pirst company, Captain Pope, commanding. 
 Second company, Captain Young, commanding. 
 Third company, First Lieutenant Goodrell, command- 
 ing. 
 Fourth company, Lieutenant Gnlick, commanding. 
 Fifth comi)any, Lieutenant Reid, commanding. 
 Sixth companj'^. Lieutenant Bates, commanding. 
 
 BATTALION NAVAL APPRENTICES. 
 
 Lieutenant Eemey commanding. 
 First company. Lieutenant Comly, commanding. 
 Second company. Lieutenant Ileilner, commanding. 
 Third company, Ensign Sears, commanding. 
 Fourth company, Ensign Constant, commanding. 
 Fifth company. Lieutenant Nicholson, commanding. 
 Sixth companj'. Lieutenant Hodgson, commanding. 
 Seventh company. Ensign Blish, commanding. 
 Eighth company. Ensign Maxwell, commanding. 
 
 NAVAL BRIGADE, N. A. FLEET. 
 
 U. S. S. Tennessee Band. 
 Lieut. Com'r B. P. Lambertou, commanding 
 
 brigade. 
 
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 Lieut. C. E. Colalian, adjutaut; Lieut. R. H. McLean, 
 
 aid. 
 !N"aval Cadet lioger Wells, aid. 
 P. A. Surgeon R. Asbbridge, surgeon. 
 Asst. Paymaster Carpenter, quartermaster. 
 Corps of Pioneers, Ensign Rose. 
 Infantry Battalion : Lieutenant Rodgers commanding. 
 First company. Lieutenant Kimoall, commanding. 
 Second company. Lieutenant Collins, commanding. 
 Third company, Lieutenant Downes, commanding. 
 Fourth company, Cadet Ledbetter, commanding. 
 Fifth company, Lieutenant Paine, commanding. 
 Sixth company. Lieutenant Peters, commanding. 
 Seventh company. Lieutenant Noel, commanding. 
 Eighth company. Ensign Wall, commanding. 
 Ninth company. Ensign Newton, commanding. 
 Tenth company, Lieutenant Reynolds, commanding. 
 
 Artillery Battalion : Lieijt. T. T. Wood. 
 First platoon, Lieutenant Wainwright, commanding. 
 Second platoon, Lieutenant Sawyer, commanding. 
 Third platoon. Lieutenant Wright, commanding. 
 Belknap Rifles (Co. K, 3d Regt. N. U. N. G.), 
 Captain Demerrit. 
 Strafford Guards (Co. A, Lst Regt.). 
 Rollins Rifles (ad Regt.). 
 Laconia Guards (3(1 Regt.). 
 Bell Rifles (Co. D, 1st Regt.). 
 
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 SECOND DIVISION. 
 
 Caleb N. Lord, marshal. George II. Sanderson, aid. 
 
 Portsmouth Cavalry, Capt. John S. Perry. 
 
 Carriages containing 
 
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 Secretary of the Navy ; officers of the Navy ; Survivors 
 of the Greely Expedition j Officers of Relief 
 Expedition ; Governor of New Hamp- 
 shire and Staff; 
 Portsmouth City Government and invited 
 
 guests. 
 
 THIRD ^DIVISION. 
 
 Capt. E. D. Coffin, marshal. 
 Michael Crowley, C. H. Waddam, aids ; 
 Salem Brass Band. 
 DeWitt Clinton Commandery, K. T., S. K. A. P. Pres- 
 ton. 
 E. C. Carter's Band, (Boston). 
 Newburyport Commandery, K. T., J. C. Kimball, acting 
 
 commander. 
 
 FOURTH DIVISION. 
 
 Capt. James E. Ford, marshal. 
 
 H. W. Oxford, E. D. Woods, A. S. Gerrish, aids. 
 
 Portsmouth Cornet Band. 
 
 Storer Post, No. 1, G. A. R., S. V. C. Charles H. Bes- 
 
 selievre. 
 Sawyer Post, No. 17, Dover, N. H., B. F. Rackley. 
 Parker Post, No. 1)9, G. A. R., Kittery, Me., Charles 
 
 Chickering. 
 
 H. L. Richards Camp, S. V., Michael Crowley, captain. 
 
 Portsmouth Light Artillery, Col. T. E. O. Marvin. 
 
 FIFTH DIVISION. 
 
 Herman Manson, marshal. 
 Henry Wendell, Charles Hayes, aids. 
 
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 Portsmouth Fire Departnient. 
 Dover Coruet Band, W. D. Taylor, leader. 
 Chief engineer, Willard Sears. 
 Assistant engineers: George P. Philbrick, Herbert A. 
 Marden, Wm. H. Deverson. 
 James L. Parker, clerk. 
 Colonel Sise, S. F. E., Co. No. 2, J. D. Eandall, fore- 
 man. 
 Kearsarge, S. F. E., Co. No. 3, W. J. Sampson, fore- 
 man. 
 M. H. Goodrich, S. F. E., Co. No. 4, Charles H. Foote, 
 
 foreman. 
 Hook & Ladder, Garibaldi No. 1, George W. Green, fore- 
 man. 
 
 The procession was formed on Congress street. The 
 First and Second Divisions formed on the south side of 
 the street, right resting on Pleasant street. The Tliird, 
 Fourth, and Fifth Divisions formed on the north side of 
 Congress street. The line of march was from Marl;et 
 Square through Pleasant to State, through State to 
 Middle, Middle to Court, Court to Pleasant, Pleasant 
 to Water, Water to State, State to Middle, Middle to 
 Cass, Cass to Islington, Islington back to Market 
 Square. Secretary Chandler, General Hazen, with 
 Admirals Wells and Luce, occupied the first carriage. 
 This was followed by a long line of carriages, containing 
 Commander Schley and the oflflcers of the Relief Expe- 
 dition, officers from tlie North Atlantic Squadron, Gov- 
 ernor S. W. Hale, of New Hampshire, and many distin- 
 guished civilians and strangers. 
 
 About one o'clock the head of the procession ap- 
 peared on Market Square, where a large stand had been 
 erected, to which the survivors were conducted by Mr. 
 
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 James H. Stan wood, secretary of the committee of 
 reception. Lieut. A. W. Greely, Sergeants K. L. Brain- 
 ard, Julius Fredericks, and Francis Long, Hospital 
 Steward Henry Biederbeck, and Private Maurice Con- 
 uell, the sole survivors of the expedition, occupied the 
 central places on the first row of seats. Secretary 
 Chandler, Bear Admirals Clark H. Wells and Stephen 
 B. Luce, with Commander^ Schley and CofiBn, and 
 Lieutenant Emorj', at this point came upon the stage, 
 where were also seated Governor Hale and staff, ex- 
 Governors Smith and Weston, Congressman Haynes, 
 and manj'^ other prominent gentlemen. Among the 
 ladies were the mother and wife of Lieutenant Greely. 
 The square was a solid mass of human being?. The 
 surrounding windows and roofs were thronged with 
 eager faces. The crowd was wild with enthusiasm. 
 The cheering seenjed to well up from an inexhaustible 
 fountain. When the gallant crews of the relief ships 
 passed in the procession, the men they had rescued 
 rose and stood uncovered. As thus the rescued and 
 the rescuers, officers and men, stood face to face, tears 
 filled many eyes, and the welkin rang with the shouts 
 of the nniltitude. The line melted away as it passed' 
 the stand, and the most splendid spectacle that ever 
 graced the city or State faded from view, and became 
 one of those beautiful memories which history at last 
 takes and hangs in the gallery of her triumphs. 
 
 EXERCISES IN MUSIC HALL. 
 
 The programme previously arranged for the occasion 
 was as follows : 
 
 The meeting will be called to order by Kev. William 
 A. McGinley, temporary chairman. 
 
 
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 Prayer by Kev. Dr. William H. Aklen. 
 
 Opening address by Eev. William A. McGinley. 
 
 Address for the city by Hon. John S. Treat, mayor. 
 
 Address for the citizens, by Rev. Henry E. Hovey. 
 
 At this point the chair will betaken by Hon. William 
 E. Chandler, Secretary of the Isavy, as permanent 
 chairman. 
 
 Address of welcome in behalf of the State of IN^ew 
 Hampshire, by Gov. Samuel W. Hale. 
 
 Address in behalf of the House Committee on Greely 
 Eelief Bill, by Hon. Samuel J. liandall, of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Address in behalf of the Senate Committee on Greely 
 Belief xiill, by Hon. Eugene Hale, of Maine. 
 
 In behalf of the survivors of the expedition of 1881, 
 by Lieutenant Greely or his representative. 
 
 In behalf of the relief expedition, by Commander 
 Schley, commanding the expedition. 
 
 The presence of General B. F. Butler, of Massachu- 
 setts, and ex-Secretary of the Navy George M. Robe- 
 son, of New Jersey, in the city, occasioned their addition 
 to the list of speakers. 
 
 Music Hall was filled with a brilliant assemblage. 
 Seats had been reserved in the front of the auditorium 
 for the crew3 of the Arctic fleet and the officers of the 
 North Atlantic squadron. The relief crews made a gal- 
 lant appearance and were received with a round of 
 applause. Upon the stage sat Secretary Chandler, Gen- 
 eral Hazen, Admirals Wells and Luce, Commanders 
 Schley and Coffin, Lieutenant Emory, Hon. Samuel J. 
 Randall, of Pennsylvania 5 Hon. Eugene Hale, of Maine; 
 ex-Secretary Robeson, of New Jersey : Hon. W. E. Rob- 
 inson, of New York; General B. F. Butler, of A/assa- 
 
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 chiisetts ; Governor Hale and staff, of New Hampshire ; 
 Mayor Treat, Hon. Frank Jones, Eev. Dr. Alden, Rev. 
 Mr. Hovey, Rev. Mr. Gross, E. P. Kimball, John S. Rand, 
 E. G. Pierce^ A. F. Howard, W. H. Sise, Sheriff Kent, 
 Alderman Hackett, C. M. Gignoux, and many other 
 prominent citizens. Lieutenant Greely and the rest of 
 the survivors were so much wearied with the exercises 
 of the day, that in their weak condition the surgeon for- 
 bade their attendance, to the great regret of all. 
 
 The meeting was called to order by Rev. W. A. Mc- 
 Giuley. Rev. W. H. Alden, D. D., then, at the request 
 of the chairman, led the assembly in a prayer eminently 
 suitable to the occasion. 
 
 REV. MR. M'GINLEY. 
 
 Rev. Mr. McGinley, who was to have made the 
 opening address, then said : 
 
 Owing to the fact that I have already spoken at length 
 in my pulpit upon the general subject, the lateness of 
 the hour, the admirable patience of tbe audience in an 
 unavoidable delay, and that there are several distin- 
 guished gentlemen unexpectedly present with us, I will 
 omit the address which I had prepared, and at once in- 
 troduce his honor Mayor John S. Treat, who will address 
 you on behalf of the city government. 
 
 MAYOR TREAT. 
 
 Mayor Treat spoke as follows : 
 
 Mr. President and Fellow Citizens : It devolves 
 on me, and I have the pleasure in behalf of the citizens of 
 Portsmouth, to extend the hospitality of the city, and 
 a cordial and hearty w^elcome to Lieutenant Greely and 
 
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 the survivors of his Arctic expedition, aid also to the 
 gallant oflBcers and men who have evinced so much brav- 
 ery and skill in battling with the elements, and who, 
 under Providence, were so fortunate as to have their 
 labors crowned with success in rescuing this noble band 
 from an untimely and terrible death from starvation. 
 Our citizens in common with those of the whole coun- 
 try, and I might say the civilized world (for every throb 
 of the electric cord sends its light of joy or shade of 
 sadness to all parts of the world), felt a keen interest 
 in the success of that humane and noble enterprise, 
 which had for its object the relief of those brave men, 
 who years before, in the interest of science, embarked 
 in the perilous enterprise of exploring the Arctic seas, 
 and who, if alive, must be in a state of great i)eril and 
 suffering. As events proved, succor did not find them 
 an hour too soon, and for the want of that timely suc- 
 cor all would have soon i)erished. I cannot forbear in 
 this connection to mention to his credit, and it is with 
 some degree of State pride that I allude to the fact, 
 that it was a son of New Hampshire who hastened the 
 departure of this expedition in advance of the common 
 routine of " red tape." It is not too much to say that the 
 progress of few naval expeditions has been watched 
 with more solicitude than the one which sailed from 
 New York in the early summer of 1884, and which has 
 just arrived at this port. The courage, the fortitude, 
 and skill evinced by the officers and men of this expe- 
 dition have furnished another illustration of the general 
 truth that " Peace has its victories no less renowned 
 than war." 
 
 ' But the general and deep interest felt throughout the 
 country in the success of this enterprise forbids that 
 
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 any section sbould attempt a moTiopolj' of the universal 
 joy which thrilled the whole country when on the 17th 
 of July the telegraph announced that the relief ship 
 Thetis had arrived at the port of Saint John's, New- 
 foundland, and that Lieutenant Greely and the rem- 
 nant of his Arctic exploring party had been discovered 
 and rescued. 
 
 It was a joy mingled with sadness for the fate of 
 those of his expedition who had perished in the Arctc 
 regions, and who will never more return to friends and 
 home. I but express the common and unanimous feel- 
 ing of our citizens when I bid you alia cordial welcome 
 to the hospitality and freedom of our beloved city. 
 [Applause.] 
 
 REV. MR. HOVEY. 
 
 Kev. Henry E. Hovey was then introduced on be- 
 half of the citizens of Portsmouth. He was warmly 
 received, and spoke as follows : 
 
 Mr. President ; Lieutenant Greely, Commander 
 Schley ; Gentlemen of the Kescuing Expedition; 
 Ladies and Gentlemen : I gladly accept the invita- 
 tion of the committee to make the address of welcome 
 to those brave men, on behalf of the citizens of Ports- 
 mouth. His honor the mayor having represented the 
 city in a iruinicipal capacity, it is for me to speak for 
 the people at large — for the general population — and to 
 tell these heroes here to-night that the hearts of the 
 assemblage here present, and the hearts of many times 
 the number throughout the homes of our fair city, go 
 out to them, antl surround them and inclose them. 
 
 We modestly suppose that Portsmouth is as good a 
 place as any in the country to appreciate the labors and 
 
 
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 self-denials of explorers. The same Jidmirable spirit 
 which was in Lieutenant Greely, led Martin Pring in 
 1003 to penetrate our LMscataqua River. He liad been 
 sent to ex[)lore the coast of Virginia, but a restless en- 
 terprise sent him silso further North. It was tiie same 
 indomitable ])luck again a few years later which brought 
 Mons. Champ'.ain to yonder Odiorne's Point, and Cap- 
 tain Jolin Smith to tiie Isles of Slioals and our own 
 Strawberry Bank, or led Fernando Gorges and John 
 ]Mason in 1031 to extend the beneiits of civilization to 
 this then far northern shore. All these exploits are a 
 part of our history, and all along from those early diiys 
 to the present, we have had (I suppose) our full share 
 of men who have done their i)art well, in the achieve- 
 ments of geogra[)hical research and the various heroic 
 deeds of those who go down to the sea in ships. 
 
 Such, Lieutenant Greely and gentlemen, having been 
 the character of our past history, you may well believe 
 that it is with the greatest pride .'ind pleasure that we 
 stretch out our hands and our hearts to you to-night, 
 coming hither from your achievements in the far north. 
 Naturally interested in .you and your work, we have fol- 
 lowed your career even from the first. We watched 
 you afar off in l.^^Sl, when you set sail for those dread 
 regions of theNorth Polej we waited with what patience 
 we could through the long years for some news of you ; 
 and when that news came the other day there was 
 through our streets the mingled sense of grief at the 
 fate of the departed, of joy at the safety of the living, 
 and of thanksgiving to Almighty God foi the wonder- 
 ful, providential leading by which He directed the res- 
 cuing fleet straight to the spot where you lay in suft'er- 
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 in^, and at so criti(*al a inoiiKMit for tlie preservation of 
 your lives; an<l it adds to our i)ride and joy to know 
 that ia that same resciiiii'»' party were two of our Ports- 
 mouth boys. 
 
 Aj»aiii, };entkMuen, our eitizens here welcome you to 
 your native shores. We claim to be your kinsfolk, and 
 congratulate ourselves on the fact. We rejoice that 
 American manhood has once more shown itself to be true 
 and staunch and good, and that in your hands it has seen 
 the American flag i)lanted nearer the North Pole than 
 any other. Coming fresh from such an achievement, 
 you may well exi)ect ovations wherever you may go. lint 
 however maguiflcent they nmy be, however splendid in 
 their appointments, however impressive in their circum- 
 stances, be sure that none can convey to you a welcome 
 more truly from the heart, than this first one as you 
 place your feet upon American soil, extended to you by 
 the citizens of Portsmouth. [Api)lause.] 
 
 REV. MR. M'GINLEY. 
 
 Rev. Mr. McGinley then said: 
 
 Having been called to the chair during our city's 
 greeting to our distinguished guests, my task is done. 
 I have now the honor of introducing, as pernument 
 chairman of the evening, one who may fitly preside over 
 an occasion which he did so much to bring about; who 
 seemed to hear the cry of dying men come down from 
 the polar night, and in the face of all obstacles throvrn 
 in his i)ath, with haste and thoroughness equipped an 
 expedition for their rescue which, crowned with success, 
 has won for him the applause and gratitude of the na- 
 tion: Hon. W. E. Chandler, Secretary of the Navy. 
 
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 SECRET AH Y (HANDLER. 
 
 SeiMetary Chandler was received with so much ap- 
 plause as to render it ditticult for hint to proceed. With 
 frequent interruptions of applause he spoke as follows: 
 
 Mr. Chairman: In August, 1881, a United States 
 vsi<;!ial station for Arctic observation and exploiation 
 was established at Lady Fraidvlin Bay in (rrinnell Land 
 by a party carried and left there by the steam -sealer 
 Troteus, composed of Lieut. A. AV. Greely, of the Fifth 
 United States Cavalry ; Lieut. Frederick F. Kisliny- 
 bury, of the Eleventh infantry; Lieut. James B. Lock- 
 wood, of the Twenty-third Infantry ; Acting Assistant 
 8urgeon Octave Pavy, and twenty-one noncommis- 
 sioned officers and privates of the command, including 
 two Eskimo. 
 
 It was jnonnsed by the (iovernment that a vessel 
 should visit the station during the summer of 1882, and 
 that, if she failed to reach it, a relief ship should again 
 be sent in 1883. 
 
 The instructions of the Chief Signal Officer, dated 
 June 17, 1881, directed Lieutenant Greely, if not visited 
 in 1882, to "abandon his station not later than Septem- 
 ber 1, 1883," an<l to '-retieat southward by boat, fol- 
 lowing closely the east coast of Grinnell Land, until the 
 relieving vessel is met or Littleton Island is reached." 
 
 A letter from Lieutenant Greely, written August 17, 
 1881, and brought by the Proteus from Lady Franklin 
 Bay, si)ecilied the depots of supplies which he wished 
 the relief shi])s to attempt to make, and stated that the 
 relief party of 1883 "should then proceed to establish 
 a winter station at Polaris winter quarters. Life Boat 
 Cove (at Littleton Island), where their main duty would 
 
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 be to keep tlieir telescopes on Cape Sjibiiie i\iu\ the 
 laud to the iiorthwaid." 
 
 Between Jnly 28 and Sei)teniber 1*, 1S82, the .sK'aiiier 
 Nei)tune, under Mr. William M. Beebe, Jr., of the Sijinal 
 Service, j)roceededinto Smith's Hound, but the ice tailed 
 tosuHlcientl.yopen into Kennedy (channel, and the vessel 
 returned, having;" left a few provisions at Cape Sabine 
 and Tittleton Island. 
 
 In 188.'J the Proteus was again employed by the Chief 
 Signal Otlicer for the voyage to Lady Franklin Bay, and 
 placed in charge of Lieut. E. A. Garlington, of the 
 Seventh United States Cavalry, and the steamer Yan- 
 tic, of the United States Navy, commanded by Com- 
 mander Frank Wildes, was detailed as a tender to ac- 
 company the Proteus as far as Littleton Lsland. 
 
 Lieutenant Garlington was informed, by letter of the 
 Chief Signal OfHoer of Ji ^ 4, 1883, of the extreme 
 peril of Lieutenant Greely .nd his party, was enjoined 
 to s[)are no effort to i)ush his vessel through to Lady 
 Franklin Bay, and was also instructed as follows: 
 
 If it should becointi clearly ajjparent that the vessel eaniiot be 
 ])nHlie«l throufili, you will retreat from your advanced position and 
 land your party and stores at or near Lit'c^ lioat Cove [at Littleton 
 Island"!, discharge tlie relief vessel with orders to return to Saint 
 John's, Newfoundland, and prepare for remaining with your party 
 until relieved next year. 
 
 Lieutenant Garlington was further instructed, as soon 
 as possible, from this station at Littleton Island, to en- 
 deavor to communicate with Lieutenant Greely by sledge 
 parties ; the men not so employed to lose no time in pre- 
 paring a house for the whole party and in securing the 
 stores preparatory to the arrival of Lieutenant Greely. 
 
 The Proteus and Yautic were together at Saint John's 
 
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 on flune L*7, ;Mid an jijjieement \\;is ina<le between Lien- 
 tenant (larlin^^ton and Conimainh'r Wildes ('(Mitemplat- 
 ing their sejuiration until Angnst 2;"), but that the Yantic 
 sho.ihl go to Littleton Isljind, which should be the ''head- 
 qnaiters," and slionld not leave there before that day. 
 Tlu^ IMotcMis iirecedcd the Yuntic to Disco Lsland, but 
 the Vanti(; rejoined her, and they were together there 
 from .Inly 12 to July 15, sit which latter «hite the Proteus 
 once more left her tender, whi(;h, after waiting until the 
 2(lth, again sailed northward. 
 
 liistea<l of ])roceeding directly in the trac^k of the 
 I*rotens, however, she <li verged to lTi>eriiavik; was de- 
 tained there 1)3' fogs from .Inly 27 to 31, when she sailed, 
 and was easily able to reach Littleton Island August 3, 
 She there found, from nn^ords left, that the Proteus, on 
 July 23, had been crushed in the ice and had sunk just 
 north of Cape Sabine; that Lieutenant Garlington and 
 his whole party had crossed to Littleton Island, and on 
 July 28 had gone south, along the (Ireenland coast, in 
 open boats. The Yantic thereupon turned southward, 
 searching the coast to Cape York, and tinding no traces 
 of the Proteus people, went on to Upernavik, reaching 
 there August 12. She left this place August 22 and 
 reached Disco Island August 2<S, where she was over- 
 taken August 31 by Lieut. .1. C. Colwell, of the United 
 States Navy, who had left at Cape York the Proteus 
 party, to which he had been attached, and had reached 
 Upernavik in an open boat August 23, and had on the 
 same day, in a similar boat, kept U]) the pursuit of the 
 Yantic. The Yantic then returned to Upernavik, found 
 that the whole Proteus party had saved themselves and 
 arrived, took them on l)oard, and reached Saint .lohn's 
 on Sei^tember 12. 
 
 
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 With the exception tliat it left a few rations and some 
 clothinf,^ at Cape Sabine, tl»e expedition of 1883 as well 
 as that of 1882 was a failure. No attempt was made by 
 either Lieutenant Garjington or Commander Wildes to 
 establish a relief party at Littleton Island, for which 
 point Lieutenant (Ireely was under orders to start not 
 later than September 1. 
 
 The Army Court of Inquiry, under date of Jauuary 
 15, 1884, reported : 
 
 Jt may here be Htated roiiglily that, from July, 188'2, to August, 
 1883, not lens ihan 50,000 ration.s were taken in the steamers Nep- 
 tune, Yantic, and Proteus up to or heyond Littleton Ishmd, and 
 oftliat number only about 1,000 were Uift in that vicinity, the re- 
 main(h*r being returned to the United States or sunk witii the^ 
 ]M'<)teu8. 
 
 The desperate condition in which Lieutenant Greely 
 had thus been left, led to careful and z(»alous prei)ara- 
 tion foi- the relief expedition of 1884. A Board of Army 
 and Navy otlicers recommended that it should be solely 
 a naval enterprise, and suggested the method of organ- 
 izing- it. Congress was asked to grant to the President 
 unlimited approi)riations for fitting it out. The Plouse 
 Committee, of which Flon. Samuel J. Kandall was chair- 
 man, rei)orted in favor of such api)roi)riations, and Mr. 
 Kandall was energetic in urging forward the passage of 
 the bill, and persistent in opposing any restrictions or 
 limitations ui)on the power of the President; while Sena- 
 tor Hale of the Senate committee took successful (charge 
 of the measure in that body and most judiciously and 
 indefatigably conducted it to a passage. 
 
 The steam-sealer Thetis was ptirchased in London 
 by the United States minister, Mr Lowell, aided by 
 Lieut. Commander French E. Chadwi<;k, of the United 
 
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 n London 
 aided by 
 lie United 
 
 States Navy, an attache of the legation; the Bear was 
 bought at Sai»'t John's by the TJuited States consul, 
 Thomas N. Molloy, esq., who has been unremitting in 
 his labors in behalf of all the ex])editions; the Alert 
 was thoughtfully and generously donated by the British 
 Government; and all were fitted and equipped for con- 
 flict with the ice and for a three years' stay if necessary, 
 in the Arctic regions. The President took a lively in- 
 terest in the work of preparation and in the selection 
 of officers for the duty. The Secretary of War gave 
 time and labor and shared the responsibilities of the 
 enter])rise. The chiefs of the Bureaus of the Navy De- 
 partment gave ])ersonal attention to all details; and the 
 shii)S sailed on the appointed days under the comnnind 
 of as efficient and brave naval officers as any country 
 can claim — (Jommander Winfield Scott Schley, Com- 
 mander (ieorge W. Cortin, and Lieut. William H. Emory. 
 
 The details of the rescue are too fresh in all minds 
 to need repetition. The three relief vessels and the 
 coaling steamer Loch Garry boldly entered upon the 
 navigation of Davis Straits, and pushed across Mel- 
 ville Bay. The commanders of the Thetis and the Bear, 
 watching their op[)ortunities with antiring care, coolly 
 and courageously thrust their ships into the ice and 
 reached L;<tleton Lsland on the 22d of June, a fortnight 
 earlier than any vessel had attained that point before. 
 Finding there no record of the unfortunate explorers, 
 on the same day they pressed over to Cape Sabine. 
 
 Their haste was necessary. Lieutenant Greely and 
 his party had left Lady Franklin Bay on the 9th of 
 August, ten months before, and after pushing on in 
 boats, and ilrifting on ice-floes, vainly looking for help 
 from the relief party which should have been at Little- 
 
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 ton Island, " keepinjz its telescopes on Cape Sabine and 
 the land to the northward," they had fixed their winter 
 quarters at the latter point. The provisions at Cape 
 Sabine and Cape Isabella had lasted them until March? 
 when they hoped to cross to Littleton Island and ob- 
 tain the two hundred and fifty rations left there by the 
 Neptune. But during all this time the ice of the en- 
 trance to Smith's Sound never closed, while the boats 
 were lost or consumed for fuel, and meantime starva- 
 tion and cold did their deadly work. One by one the 
 feeble sufferers died, until only seven remained, and 
 these had but a few hours to live. But help was now 
 near at hand. On the evening of the 22d of June, whe»» 
 their fate seemed hopeless, the shrill whistle of tue 
 Thetis, the signal of rescue, was heard above the winds 
 and waves. A relief i)arty hurried forward and fouml 
 them. Careful and tender hands bore them gently off. 
 The ships turned their heads homeward, and on the 
 17th of July the American i)eople, the whole civilized 
 world, rejoiced at the telegraphic announcement that 
 Lieutenant Greely had been found and saved. 
 
 To the rescuers and the rescued of this expedition of 
 1884 the recei)tions of Fri.lay and of today have been 
 most fitly given, and we are here assembled to do them 
 honor. 
 
 But our first duty is to i)ay our tribute of praise and 
 of mourning to those devoted men who, having com- 
 pleted their two years of fruitful labor, came south war<l 
 to Cape Sabine, and after months of suffering and star- 
 vation, borne with heroic fortitude and patience, per- 
 ished as truly on the field of duty as if they had met 
 their fate at the cannon's mouth. 
 
 Lieutenant Lockwood died April 9, .Jeutenant Kh 
 
iihiue and 
 lieir winter 
 ps at Capo 
 til March, 
 Id and ob- 
 ere by the 
 i' the en- 
 the boats 
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 Jioed, and 
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 tie of the 
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 lingbury June 1, and Doctor i*dvy June 0. Tiie reinnins 
 of George W. Rice, Nicholas Snlor, Jacob Bender, 
 Doctor Pavy, and Hampton S. Gardner were buried in 
 the icefoot and were swept away into the great deep. 
 The Eskimo, Jens Edward, was drowned while sealing, 
 and Frederic Thorley Christiansen was buried at Disco. 
 The bodies of Lock wood and Kislingbury, of Edward 
 Israel, Winfield S. Jewell, David C. Ralston, William 
 H. Cross, David Linn, Charles B. Henry, William 
 Whisler, William A. Ellis, R. R. Schneider, and also of 
 Joseph Elison who died alter being rescued, we now 
 have with us, saved for the sacred rites of burial at 
 home. 
 
 The ])eople of the United States look back upon their 
 record with a Just though mournful {)ride, and wherever 
 throughout the world the story of their heroic en- 
 deavor and sutt'ering is told, the memory of these mar- 
 tyrs to duty will forever be cherished and held in 
 honor. 
 
 With special tenderness we turn to Lieutenant Greely 
 and his rescued comrades. Sergeant David L. Brainard, 
 Sergeant Julius Fredericks, Sergeant Francis Long, 
 Steward Henry Biederbeck, and Private Maurice Cou- 
 uell. Thev are the only survivors of an American 
 Arctic exi)loration party which reached out further to- 
 ward the pole than any previous explorers, and whose 
 observations were extended into the Polar Ocean. 
 Their coast and land journeys were extensive, and 
 have mapped out with incueased exactness the shore 
 line of Greetdand and the interior of Grinnell Land. 
 Their scientitic observations — made at fearful cost — 
 have resulted in valuable additions to our knowledge 
 of the lands within the Arctic circle. For their labors 
 
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 and tbeir endurance we honor tlieni, for their antt'erings 
 we give them onr pity and sympathy, and to comfort, 
 cheer, and encourage them we promise them the grati- 
 tude of their Government and* their countrymen, as the 
 sole survivors of a polar expedition which will always 
 illustrate American enterprise and American heroism. 
 
 It is with a feeling of peculiar pride and satisfaction 
 that I fulfill the welcome duty of commending and con- 
 gratulating the officers and men of the relief expedition 
 upon the brilliant success of their efforts. It was early 
 decided that the force should be wholly naval, and the 
 result showed the wisdom of the decision. The arduous 
 responsibility could have fallen into no better hands. 
 Every officer and man, from his first connection with 
 the undertaking, has given it his best and most untiring 
 effort. The preparations were carried out with zeal and 
 promptness, and each ship was ready at the fixed hour 
 of departure. In the perilous advance from Upernavik, 
 with incessant vigilance and unwearied exertion, every 
 lead was followed, every circumstance was utilized that 
 could speed the ships forward on their way; nor could 
 more have been done had the relief officers known what 
 all now know, that every hour of delay was thinning 
 the weakened band of survivors. 
 
 To the energetic commanding officer of the expedition. 
 Commander Schley, of tne Thetis, and to Lieutenant 
 Emory, the efficient commander of the Bear, who share 
 the credit of conducting their difficult and dangerous 
 enterprise to a successful close, the Navy Department 
 gives its warmest and most earnest thanks, and their 
 brother officers throughout the service join in heartfelt 
 greeting to those for whom a new chai)ter must be writ- 
 ten in the long and noble record of naval achievement. 
 
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1' sufferings 
 to comfort, 
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 ^'en, as the 
 ^ill always 
 ti Iieroism. 
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 !Nor must a due share ofi)raise be omitted to Commander 
 Cottin, of the Alert, to whom was intrusted the charge 
 of the reserve, and who ])erformed his duty with fidelity 
 and skill. To each and all of you, officers and men of 
 the expedition, your country extends a cordial welcome 
 upon your safe return. The dangers you encountered 
 and the success you accomplished in bringing succor to 
 your countrymen and comrades of the Ai my, perishing 
 one by one upon the Arctic shores, have aroused a 
 glow of pride and satisfaction in the breast of every 
 American, and the nation will always dwell with fond 
 remembrance upon those who shared in the danger and 
 the crowning success of the Greely Relief p]xpedition 
 of 1884. [Applause.] 
 
 ►Secretary- Chandler, after the applause had subsided, 
 introduced Governor Hale, in the following words : 
 
 Not only the city of Portsmouth, but as well the State * 
 of New Hampshire, rejoices to welcome within iier bor- 
 ders the returning Arctic heroes. As a citizen of the 
 State it gives me additional i)leasure to introduce to 
 you our governor, Samuel W. Hale. 
 
 aoVEllNOK HALE. 
 
 Governor Hale was heartily received, and si>oke as 
 follows : 
 
 Mr. President, Heroes of the Greely Expedi- 
 tion, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is my privilege to 
 be here to-night, in response to the invitation of the 
 citizens of Portsmouth, to utter a few words of welcome 
 to the honored survivois of the Greely Expedition. The 
 most eloquent words which can be uttered are iiuide- 
 quate to this occasion, and surely any welcome which I 
 
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 can extend will but poorly testify the interest of the 
 people of this State and the nation in those who have 
 so bravely accomplished this rescue, and our joy over 
 the return of those who have come back to us from the 
 icy grave of the Arctic regions. 
 
 There are moments in the lives of nations, as in those of 
 individuals, when the circumstances are so thrilling and 
 joyous, and yet so serious and sad, that we scarcely know 
 what sentiment is most befitting our emotions. This is 
 such an occasion. For three long years the i)eo])le of 
 this country have watched, much of the time with the 
 greatest anxiety and apprehension, the fortnnes of the 
 Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. In the summer of 1881 
 it was sent out tb man one of the stations which the 
 leading governments of the world had agreed to main- 
 tain in the Arctic zone for the purpose of scientific ob- 
 servations and research. 
 
 In all the history of Arctic explorations there has 
 never been an expedition which went forth with better 
 equipment, higher aims, nobler men, and greater expec- 
 tations of success. They penetrated far into that icy 
 clime and patiently began their work, and we at home 
 thought of them as almost in another world. When an 
 attempt was made in 1882 to reach them with supplies 
 and failed, all were anxious and sonie feared the worst. 
 And, when again, last year, the ice conspired with other 
 circumstances and the relief exjjedition was nnfortuuate, 
 we knew that our countrymen were slowly starving to 
 death. There has, perhai)s, never been known such a 
 wide-spread and sympathetic interest in a small band of 
 men as has been developed in this anxious interval for 
 the members of the Greely party. England sent her 
 princely gift, the steamship Alert, to aid in the rescue, 
 
 
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 which was so wisely i)la«ne(l and energetically executed 
 bj' the naval and military bureaus of this country, to 
 the heads of which is d|ie much of the honor of the suc- 
 cess in which we rejoice to-night. Remembering these 
 circumstances, and knowing that the universal feeling 
 in the hearts of the people, after so long and anxious 
 awaiting to learn the tinal issue of the ill-fated expedi- 
 tion, is one of thankful joy, 1 am dee^)ly moved to look 
 to-night upon the fulfillment of our hopes, and yet, to 
 think of the sutterings through which it has come and 
 the lives it has cost. We have passed through the Arctic 
 night of our waiting and have come into the brightness 
 of the day. 
 
 Survivors of the Greely Expedition, I bid you welcome. 
 In behalf of my fellow-citizens of New Hampshire — the 
 State which bears upon its seal the noble ship — I wel- 
 come you to her soil and hospitality. The city which in 
 days of yore, as now, has sent forth nuiny a gallant 
 crew for purposes of war and peace extends the warm- 
 est congratulations, and our joy is multiidied into the 
 hearts of fifty millions of your countrymen, who wel- 
 come you back to your native land. Our welcome is 
 echoe<l from across the ocean, and rises from the lii)s of 
 many jjcople like the murnuir of that distant Arctic sea 
 as it washes its desert shores and wraps itself sorrow- 
 fully around those white tombstones ot ice which mark 
 the sleeping-place of the heroic dead. None but you 
 know the trials through which you have passed — the 
 exile in a clime of eternal ice and snow, " away from 
 friends and kindred dear," the watching and the waiting 
 through the long Arctic night for the help which the 
 Arctic day should bring, the disappoiutment that it 
 came not, the weary marches and driving snows or voy- 
 
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 ages over icy seas, tlie ceaseless search of many a day 
 for food, the hunger at the close, the troubled dreams of 
 the night, when the land of plenty seemed so near, and 
 the dreadful hunger of the morning. None but you 
 know how to be thankful and rejoice to-night. But we, 
 your countrymen, welcome you with greatest joy, and 
 hope that the generous fare and loving care of home 
 may win you back to health and strength. 
 
 The ancient Jews sent forth an ottering to be sacri- 
 ficed upon the altar, of which the priest sent back a 
 part, and with it good cheer. So we rejoice over your 
 return as that part which the goodness of Providence 
 has returned to our homes. 
 
 But in our rejoicings we are sorrowful. Your com- 
 rades, where are they ? You watched over i hem like 
 brethren, but death claimed them as his own. We 
 grieve with you and their friends and loved ones over 
 their loss. They lived long lives, for while they lived 
 they lived well. \^ou know their heroic conduct. They 
 were ever true to themselves and the duty which was 
 before them, and when at last the end came on apace 
 they gently fell asleep. They and their brave comrade 
 who did not live to see this hour have reached in safety 
 the eternal God-haven of the blessed. Their remains 
 may rest at peace in this their native land; they may 
 be far away in the barren regions of the North, borne 
 by the winds and waves in caskets of ice to a cemetery 
 which no human foot shall tread, or sleeping in the land 
 that gave them birth. Wherever they may be, here 
 among the people of America as well as in other lands, 
 their names will be held in lasting honor. 
 
 My fellow-citizens, there are others here who deserve, 
 
 DiU.Wt.'^'^'iW'. AV.Ji.r' 
 
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 as they have everywhere received, the most enthusiastic 
 praise for the priideiuje, perseverance, and ]>lnck with 
 which they have accomplished the work which tliey un- 
 dertook. All honor to the brave commander and his 
 men who have wrought this noble rescue. They have 
 overcome obstacles almost insurmountable — flvinii* 
 swiftly with the wind or steaming against the storm, 
 forcing their way, indifferent to winter snows and con- 
 stantly threatening perils, against barriers of ice, inch 
 by inch, to reach as soon as i)ossible their imprisoned 
 and starving comrades. We welcome them home again 
 and their ships to friendly seas. The service which 
 they have rendered will never be forgotten by this Gov- 
 ernment or pass unnoticed by the American i)eoi)le. 
 To "the heroes and the martyrs," the living and the 
 dead, the rescued and the rescuers, to the high officials 
 who have been so energetic in pushir)g forward the re- 
 lief expedition, and to ever^'officer and seaman who has 
 contributed to its success, in behalf of my fellow citizens 
 of this Commonwealth, I extend a hearty welcome. 
 [Applause.] 
 
 The Chairman. There was no partisanship in titting 
 out the Greely Relief Expedition. The Committee on 
 Appropriations of the House of Representatives origi- 
 nated the bill, and stood firmly by it as they reported 
 it, against all oi)position or attempts to amend it. The 
 chairman of the committee led the forces and never 
 hesitated, delayed, or wavered, and he now comes a 
 long distance to join in the general acclamation — that 
 distinguished citizen of Pennsylvania, Hon. Samuel J. 
 Randall. [Loud applause.] 
 
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 MK. RANDALL. 
 
 Mr. Randall spoko as follows: 
 
 Mr. President, Ladies, and Gentlemen : It lias 
 been njy j?oo(l fortune in the House of Re])resentative8 
 to help toward sen(linj»'out tlie Greely Relief Expedition, 
 and in their splendid success I take unusual g^ratifica- 
 tion. The relievers and relieved have done their dutj' 
 faithfully and well, and deserve the warmest recognition 
 for their skill, courage, fortitu<le, and above all for the 
 exhibition of discipline and endurance under perils al- 
 most uni)aralleled. Those who have perisiied in the 
 Arctic wilds have died martyrs to duty, ami if, as we 
 all believe, knowledge is power, they have enriched 
 their country by adding largely to the sum of human 
 knowledge. !^'o long as civilization shall last the names 
 of these heroes and martyrs of the Greely expedition 
 will be in men's mouths as household words. I am here 
 by my presence to give proof how deeply I sympathize 
 with every movement to honor these brave and long suf- 
 fering men. [Applause.] Less 1 could not now say, and 
 more at this time I believe is uncalled for. 
 
 The Chairman. There was sonie delay in passing the 
 bill through the Senate, and patience and tact were 
 needed to overcome the objection to giving unlimited 
 moneys and to authorizing the President to compel the 
 oilicers and men of the Navy to go on the search. That 
 success was tinally reached by the adoption of the bill 
 as it came from the House, and was in full measure due 
 to the efforts of the eloquent Senator who is now intro- 
 duced, Hon. Eugene Hale, of Maine. [Applause.] 
 

 SENATOR IIALK. 
 
 Senator Hale said : 
 
 This event which we celebrate, and which lias set the 
 world to wondering- and applauding-, has not come to 
 pass without the exercise of some of the highest (piali- 
 ties which mankind possesses. 
 
 The project for the expedition which Commander 
 Schley has so successfully led found anything hut plain 
 sailing from the outset. It met with opiK)sition at every 
 stage. Since the Proteus had left Lieutenant (ireely 
 and his party at Lady Franklin Bay in August, 1881, 
 more than two full years had passed and the third win- 
 ter had set iu without one scrap of intelligence from 
 them. 
 
 Two expeditions for their relief had been sent out and 
 each had deplorably failed. Xot many men could, per- 
 haps, be found who could say in so many words, that 
 the gallant band which the United States Government 
 had dispatched on so perilous a quest should be aban- 
 doned, but with very many men doubts and fears pre- 
 vailed over hopes and it was gravely questioned whether 
 the prospect of rescuing LieutenantGreely and his com- 
 rades was sufficiently good to justify imperiling more 
 valuable lives in the search. While the bill making the 
 appropriation for the relief expedition was before the 
 Senate, that body amended it so that the Secretary of 
 the Navy had no power to order officers or men on the 
 dangerous service. 
 
 I am glad to be able to say that in conference between 
 
 the two Houses, in which Mr. Randall, who is here, and 
 
 I participated, this restriction was removed and Congress 
 
 left to the President and to the Secretary of the Navy 
 
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 the i)o\vor, if it slionlil be needed, to order evory oHij^er 
 and enlisted man in the Navy to the rescue of the be- 
 leajfuered ])arty. 
 
 It retieets the liij^hest eredit on the American Navy 
 that no such orders were needed. Secretary Chandler, 
 whose .lerjiy in the enterprise was untla^ging and 
 whose vigilance was sleepless, found both officers and 
 men eagjer to be taken. The volunteering included 
 those who had been i)erforminjif the most arduous service 
 and those who had tilled the easiest posts. To this there 
 was hardly an exception. The s])irit of the Navy was 
 hijih and gave token of what the nation may expect of 
 it should {^reat emergencies ever arise. 
 
 Years of uneventful duty; a tleet gradually dwin- 
 dling; public sentiment until lately ai)athetic as to the 
 need of a navy — iu)ne of these nor all of tliese had 
 stamped out of the breasts of the officers and men of our 
 Navy that tire which had burned in the hearts of Paul 
 Jones and Decatur and Perry; skill, courage, daring, 
 were all amply found. 
 
 The Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of War, 
 to whose joint charge the enterprise was given, antici- 
 pated the action of Congress in securing proper vessels, 
 and night and day the work went on. I watched these 
 things closely, for it had fallen upon me to take charge 
 of and manage the relief bill in the Senate. I do not 
 see where an hour was lost. 
 
 And so in the last days of April and in the early ones 
 of May the Thetis and the Bear, and the Alert which 
 had been generously given to us by the lintish Govern- 
 ment, sailed away in search of our countrymen, who for 
 nearly three years had been buried in that profound mys- 
 tery of the Polar Sea, and from whom no sound had been 
 
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 heard and no si^n had heen ^ivtui. T\w prayers of the 
 American people went alon*;- with the ships. 
 
 Tiiere \s no need lieie for ^olnj-- fiirtlier into tlio story 
 of the exju'dition. It lias briai^^iit lionie its sheaves. 
 
 Commander Schley, ill his dispatch from 8aint John's 
 to the Secretary ofthe Navy aiimuiiiciii.u' the rescne, tells 
 us how it was done. " From Hand's Ishiiid,"he says, ''to 
 Smith's Sonn«l I had a constant and liirions strng^le with 
 ice in impassable iloes. Solid baniers ol' ice were over- 
 come by watchfnlness and i»atience alone." Lientenant 
 Greely, in his i)athetic nu'ssajie to Genei-al Ilazen, in 
 referring to the energy with which the ships were 
 pushed through Melville Bay into the North Water, 
 says "they gained a yard where^ < r it was possible and 
 always held it." In less than three vshoit months the 
 deed has been done and Commander Schley, Lieutenant 
 Emory, Comnumder Coflfii*, and their othcers and men 
 and the little fleet they commanded are all back with us. 
 
 The nation welcomes them, congratnlatesthem, thanks 
 them. 
 
 What shall I say of tlnit other expedition whose en- 
 feebled remnant has been bronght bj^-k to our shores 
 and to life! The world has read its wonderful story 
 and it will be told to our children and to our children's 
 children to the latest day. Consider what the Greely 
 party endured, what it suffered, what it accomplished. 
 Nothing dims its record. There was no insubordina- 
 tion, no blundering, no losing of the head. It followed 
 instructions. In the long montlis when health aud 
 plenty abounded the time was utilized by observations 
 and explorations which penetrated farther than human 
 foot had ever trodden. Nares aud Markham have seen 
 their bounds exceeded. 
 
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 When the allotted time had been spent and no help 
 had come from the world of life outside, the party aban- 
 doned its place and took its toilsome and dangerous way 
 south to Cape Sabine. Think what these few who have 
 comeback tons bore during- that last terrible winter : 
 Cold, the account of which appalls the in^.agination; star- 
 vation; the death of comrades; the despair which seizes 
 the hearts of men when hope of human succor coases; and 
 yet the few brave hearts kept up. 
 
 Those w ho laid down their lives will never be forgot- 
 ten. 
 
 Tboir presence hauuts tliis room to-night, 
 Their forms are mingled mist and light 
 From that far coast. 
 
 We see Lieutenaht Lock wood as he proudly sets the 
 starry Hag on Lockwood Island in latitude 83^ 24', miles 
 nearer to tl)e pole thaii man had ever before reached, and 
 we thrill with emotion as we behold his little band resist- 
 lessly swept along by that niysterious polar current 
 toward the open sea, to prove whose existence so many 
 brave men have died. We go with Rice and Fredericks 
 on that awful journey to bring the food which had been 
 cached near Cape Isabella, and we come back with the 
 sole survivor to the camp of the famished and the dying. 
 Whatever men could do these few who have come back 
 to us have done, and it is most fitting that to day we 
 should i)raise them and honor them and commend them 
 to a nation's sympathy anfl care, and should celebrate 
 as we do the return of the fleet which bore the stout 
 hearts that rescued them. [Applause.] 
 
 The Chairman. It was hoped that Lieutenant Greely 
 and his (iomrades would be present tonight. But a 
 proper regard for tncir health requires that they be kept 
 
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 away. It is tlie deteimiiuition that by no imprudence 
 shall the lives of those whom we have rescued be again 
 imperiled, and after tlie excitement caused them by wit- 
 nessing the parade of to-day it has been thought best 
 for them to remain to-night quietly at their quarters. 
 But we have here one with whom we are all glad to re- 
 joice. On the quarter-deck of rhe Tennessee, on Friday 
 last, when the Arctic ships entered our harbor, the faith- 
 ful heart of Mrs. Greely beat with joy at the welcome 
 and beautiful sight, and she is to-night the happiest 
 woman in all Portsmouth. It is a pleasure to present 
 to you her brother, Mr. O. A. Nesmith, of Boston. 
 
 MR. O. A. NESMITH. 
 
 Mr. Nesmith said : 
 
 Mr. Secretary, Kepresenjative^ of the City 
 OF Portsmouth, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is with 
 peculiar feeliugs that I rise to address you as the repre- 
 seniative of Lieutenant Greely, the other survivors of 
 the Greely Expedition, and their relatives. 
 
 With many of us it is indeed a day of rejoicing, and 
 to those who are called ni)on to mourn we can say that 
 though their loved ones will never more return they 
 died as soldiers should, and that over the head of each 
 may be written the prordest of all ei)itai>hs, the dearest 
 to a soldier's heart: "He died in the line of duty." 
 
 And in the very beginning I desire to express to the 
 Secretary of the Navy tiie hearH'elt gratitude all inter- 
 ested — and may I not then inchuie the whole nation?— 
 feel toward him for his personal efforts in behalf of the 
 brave band. 
 
 Fitting indeed was it that the reception should have 
 
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 taken place here in old Portsm )Utli, where the siirvivois 
 could receive the thoughtful care they have and at the 
 same time, by a happy coincidence, in the seaiiort of tiie 
 State which has the honor of claiming the gallant Secre- 
 tary of the Navy as her son. As the cobbler or the me- 
 chanic has the custom of hanging out some emblem of his 
 handiwork, so has Nature; and, therefore, God placed 
 the profile of a man on the mountains of New Hampshire 
 to show that here He made men. And the work done 
 in fitting out this relief expedition and tender care of 
 those who returned proves that if God ever made a man 
 that man is William E. Chandler. And next I would 
 speak of the brave work of Captain Schley and his able 
 assistants, Lieutenant Emory and Commander Coffin, 
 ay, and every man of the whole squadron. Words and 
 time fail me as I endeavor to express all that our feel- 
 ings would prompt; to say tliat we and ours will ever 
 hold them in tenderest memory is to say that which you 
 already know and feel. 
 
 To the city government, and all the citizens who have 
 so hospitably joined in the welcome, I extend the thanks 
 of the relatives; and now, with your kind permission, I 
 will read a communication from Lieutenant Greely : 
 
 Navy Yard, 
 Poriamonth, N. H., Anf/ual 4, 1884. 
 
 To Secretavn Chandlo', Governor Hale, and the Citii of Portsmouih : 
 
 No rejiKOU less serious than sheer inability from lack of strength 
 and health could prevent the presence to-night of the living ineni- 
 l)er« of th'3 Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. I am now unable to 
 fittingly express how deeply we feel the honor done us by your as- 
 sembling here to greet with kindly words of welcome the living 
 and to give voice to tender sympathy for the dead. 
 
 During our .crvice north we tried to do our duty. If in our 
 efforts aught is found of work aecompliHhed (ir of actions done 
 
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 which toucliesthehejut of the peopU', we shall feel that our labors 
 and hardships are more tl-au rewarded. Time and inclination are 
 eqnally wanting in which ^o dwell on the work done or hardships 
 endured. 
 
 I must, however, state that never for a moment in our darkest 
 or gloomiest hour did we doubt that the American peoi)le were 
 planning for our rescue, through their representatives, all that lay 
 in human power and skill. From day to day, as food failed and 
 men died, that faith and that certainty ga't strength to us who 
 lived > need not tell you what you well ]:now, how the Secretary 
 of the Navy set heart and soul on our relief, and, bv imbuin": his 
 snhordinates with his onn indomitable energy, started relief ves- 
 sels in an unprecedentedly brief time. You know les8 of the untir- 
 ing zeal and determination which animated Commander Schley and 
 the officers of his squadron. No risk was too great, no demands on 
 their strength and energy too great, vhen it was possible that an 
 hour could be gained or a mile made good. So marked were their 
 dispatch and ene.'gy, that had they known our exact condition and 
 'fK^ulity, and thus avoided the thorough and sweeping search made 
 '. . i Cape York and Cary's Island to Life Boat Cove, they 'could 
 not have reached Camp Clay in time to have saved another life. 
 None but those of Arctic experience can fully realize the wonderfnl 
 work done by the squadron, and no one knows better than I how 
 inadequate is this tribute to the Navy for its labors and successes, 
 not h ss glorious in this work of peace than they have always been 
 ii tinui of war. 
 
 We thank you for your kind deeds, thoughtful consiileratiou, and 
 tender synipathy to and for us all — the living and the dead. 
 
 Most sincerely and cordially, 
 
 A. W. GREELY, 
 
 First Lieutenant Fifth Camln/, A. S. O., and J-iHintant 
 
 Commanding Ladtj Franklin liaif Expedition. 
 
 The • tvMAN. The Chief Signal Otticerofthe Army 
 has conio :. Portsmouth to testify his appreciation of 
 the rescue of the gallant otticers and the men of his 
 coMiinand. General William B. Ilazen will address 
 you. 
 
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 GENERAL HA ZEN. 
 
 (lOiieral Hazen said: 
 
 Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen : This is 
 an occasion of no common kind, for the eyes of all civ- 
 ilized society are tnrned toward ns, and we are here to 
 greet heroes. 
 
 When I took control of the Signal Service the plan 
 for the Arctic work, which has jnst been closed, was sub- 
 stantially formulated and had the approval and signa- 
 ture of the President. 
 
 Soon afterward Lieutenant Grcely brought the sub- 
 ject to my attention, and I gave it my unqualified aid 
 and supiH)rt, and to this moment there has been nothing 
 neglected which I couhl do to r ;•' '^ "t a perfect success. 
 
 The money for it had not been a, opriated, but Con- 
 gress soon gave it. Both Mr. Greely and myself de- 
 voted to the work of i)reparation our untiring industry 
 and careful stu<ly, which resulted in the most ])erfectly 
 ]>repared, equipjjed, and best supplied expedition that 
 ever set its face toward the pole. It was launched in 
 the best shij) for its pur])ose afloat. 
 
 There can be no question but the Newfoundland seal- 
 ing fleet, which is the develoi)ment of two hundred 
 years of ice service, is the best ice fleet in tlie worhl^ 
 and the Proteus, like the Bear, was one of its best ships. 
 
 Sailing from Saint John's, July 4, 1881, in the unpre- 
 cedentedly short period of fifty-nine days she passed up 
 to V ithin seven and a half degrees of the i)ole, landed 
 her party and stores, saw the house for the party ready 
 for occupation, and returned safely to Saint John's, and 
 was discharged. 
 
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 III the year 1882 a supply sliip was sent with care- 
 fully selected stores, but after passing about forty miles 
 beyond Gape Sabine she met unbroken ice, and watch- 
 ing the ice-field all the season, there being no break, she 
 returned to Saint John's. 
 
 In the spring of 1883 another expedition, equally well 
 supplied, was sent in the same ship, the Proteus, and 
 with the same captain. Pike, that so successfully carried 
 Lieutenant Greely to his station two years before; but 
 after reaching Cape Sabine she was caught in the ice 
 and sank with nearly all her stores. Up to this point 
 everything pre-arranged by Mr. Greely and myself had 
 been carried out in the minutest particular, so far as was 
 in my power, and his directions, written after arriving 
 at his station, had been scrupulously followed in mj' 
 oflice. 
 
 This was on July 23, and tlie crew and relieving party 
 with tlie couvsort almost immediately returned to Saint 
 John's, leaving no considerable stores of any sort for the 
 Arctic colony. 
 
 The splendid and complete rescue of the i)resent year, 
 whose commanders are with us to-night, is too recent 
 and well known to require words from me. 
 
 The work done by Mr. Greely's party which has been 
 safely brought home wtis complete in every particular, 
 just as was pre-arranged before it left Washington, 
 not only surpassing in accuracy that of all others, but 
 has contributed in quality and real value more thnn the 
 records of all other Arctic expeditions put togt ther. 
 
 It has carried its parties farther north than any other 
 party at any time, and has added greatly to our geo- 
 gra])hical knowledge of Northern (rrinnell Land and 
 
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 XI 
 
 LV 
 
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 Greenland. The g^reat addition to our knowledge of 
 Arctic meteorology may add the missing link by which 
 we can predict changes of the weather for long i)eriods 
 of time with the same accuracy we now predict for short 
 ones, and it has dispelled the superstitions of Arctic 
 life ; it has proved that living there is wholesome and 
 comfortable, oidy requiring pro])er clothing, good and 
 plentiful food, and a warm house to live in. 
 
 This has solved the problem of Arctic exploration of 
 the future, robbed it of its horrors and niysteries, and 
 has shown us safe and certain methods 
 
 But it has not been done without great cost, nor was 
 there ever anything of great value without great cost. 
 Let us hope it Iihs not in this case been too great. 
 
 The grand result of this expedition, in short, has been 
 a clear increase to the sum of human knowledge. 
 
 And now, to the noble men of the Navy who have so 
 splendidly and perfectly achieved this rescue, to Ca])- 
 tains Schley and Oottiu and Lieutenant Emory and their 
 brave men, I wish, in the strongest manner that words 
 and feelings can express, and in this most public way, 
 to render them my thanks and the thanks of the portion 
 of the Army 1 represent. [Applause.] 
 
 SECRETARY LINCOLN. 
 
 Tuv^ Chairman then spoke of the interest and zeal 
 manifested by the Secretary of War, Hon. Robert T. 
 Lincoln, concerning the expedition, and read the follow- 
 ing dispatch from him : 
 
 War Depakt^ient, 
 Wanhingiou City, August 1, 1884. 
 I regret tliat I am not .able to accept your iuvitation to join at 
 Portsmouth iu the greeting to Commander Schley and his com- 
 
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 inaiul upon their return. I bo;; you to express to him my appre- 
 ciation of t>eenery;etic and thorough maniieriii whieli evervthinjr 
 possible V as accomplished by his expedition, and to tender him 
 the thanks of this Department for his inestimable services to the 
 survivors of Lieutenant Greely's party. 
 
 ROBERT T. LINCOLN, 
 
 Secretary of War. 
 Hon, William E. Ciiandlku, 
 
 Secretary of the Xarif, Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 The Chairm:a.n. Allusion has been made to the discus- 
 sion in Conj^ress upon the question, whether the power 
 shoukl be j>iven to order the officers and men of the Navy 
 to go upon the search expedition, or whether it should 
 go forth only if volunteers ottered themselves. Those 
 of us who insisted that the power to command should 
 be given were not influenced by the fear that volunteers 
 would not a])pear, but we were contending for a princi- 
 ple. After this Government had sent Greely and his 
 comrades into a place of peril, and promised to succor 
 them, and an expedition was being prepared, not for 
 scientific exploration, but to relieve and rescue men in 
 peril, and the President was given unlimited control 
 over all the moneys of the Government, it was felt that 
 he should also be intrusted, so that he could use it if 
 necessary, with all the power of the Government over 
 the naval establishment; and Congress finally con- 
 ceded the principle. But it was not necessary to exer- 
 cise the power. The whole Navy was willing to go; and 
 there volunteered to tnke any one of the ships an offi- 
 cer concerning whom I dare not trust myself to speak 
 as warmly as 1 feel. You can fittingly receive him; 
 the captain of the whole expedition, Commander Win- 
 field Scott Schley. 
 
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 COMMANDER SCHLEY. 
 
 Commaiuler Schley was received with immense ap- 
 plause, and si)oke as follows: 
 
 In behalf of the officers and men of the Greely Be- 
 lief Expedition, which I had the honor to command, I 
 beff to thank the citizens of the State of New Hamp- 
 shire and of the city of Portsmouth for this demon- 
 stration of their appreciation of the manner in which 
 we have j)erformed the sacred duties committed to our 
 charge. 
 
 The duty imposed upon me, in their behalf, to reply 
 to the very complimentary allusions of our most excel- 
 lent chief, and others who have preceded me, is a task 
 really more difllicult to accomi)lish than that which he 
 iikii)osed in sending me forth to "rescue Greely or as- 
 certain his fate." 
 
 I desire, therefore, at the outset to state that it was the 
 determination of all the brave fellows who went out 
 with ine for this great duty to leave nothing undone to 
 reach the imperiled party at the earliest practicable mo- 
 ment, and it affords me the w^armest pleasure to testify 
 publicly to their exact fulfillment of every duty required 
 by the various exigencies of their perilous service, and 
 when I state to you that during the entire period of our 
 absence no occasion of reproof to any one was neces- 
 sary, 1 think it expresses a volume. It explains our 
 success in that it indicates the noble, whole-souled pur- 
 pose of officers and men who went out with me. 
 
 Your distinguished fellow citizen, Hon. W. E. Chand- 
 ler, our present able and brilliant Secretary of the Navy, 
 has graphically narrated the history of all expeditions 
 sent to Greely's relief aud their results. I cannot, if I 
 
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 would, attempt to supplement what be lias said of this 
 last in which he has been so conspicuously prominent in 
 organizing and fitting for its work. 
 
 I feel that I should outrage the sentiment and wishes 
 of my officers and men if I failed to stiile here in his 
 native State, and thus to his fellow-countrymen, how 
 much of our succe^is was due to his great energy, his un- 
 tiagging interest, his untiring industry, his indefatigable 
 spirit, and able counsel, which assisted us so much when 
 working far away from his guidance. After the rnuni- 
 ticent a[)i)ropriation of Congress the credit and honor of 
 (ireely's rescue is due to him, and we shall always feel here- 
 after that what we were able to accomplish was but the 
 natural sequence of that energy, that devotion, and that 
 comprehensive ai)preciation which set in nu)tion the ex- 
 peditionary force of 1884. I have then to thank him in 
 behalf of the officers and men of this expedition for the 
 lasting honor he has conferred upon them in connecting 
 their names and their efforts with his in fulfillment of a 
 work that reflects such infinite luster upon his name. 
 
 I do uot overstate when I say in behalf of the Navy, in 
 which I have served over a quarter of a century, that the 
 spirit of the gallant fellows who went outward with me 
 to the frozen Arctic seas was but the prototype of that 
 which has been commended by every commander from 
 Tripoli downward to the ice fastnesses of Cape Sabine. 
 I am confident we may be trusted in all eniergencies to 
 fulfill the ex|)ectation of our beloved people. [ A])plause.] 
 
 The Chairman. 1 now introduce to you the energetic, 
 courageous, and accomplished commander of the Bear, 
 Lieut. William H. Emory. 
 
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 LIFATTENANT EMORY. 
 
 After renewed npplaiise, Lieutenant Emory said: 
 Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen : I thank 
 yon for your kind expressions, which are deei)ly appre- 
 ciated. 
 
 Tiie regulations of the naval service forbid juniors 
 from expressing approbation or disapprobation of their 
 superiors, but as this is the only oi)i)ortunity that may 
 present itself I feel sure that the honorable Secretary 
 of the Navy will permit me to express, in behalf of the 
 officers and men of the relief shii)s, our admiration and 
 devotion for the commander-in-chief of the expedition, 
 and to assure him th.it we are now, and shall always be, 
 ready to follow him north or to a much warmer place. 
 [Laughter and applause.] 
 
 The Chairman. The reserve is always important in 
 every army. The expedition was organized on the plan, 
 first, that if the Thetis should be crushed in the ice the 
 Bear would save her crew and go on with the mission; 
 and second, that if the Thetis and Bear should both be 
 lost, the Alert would be able to save all lives, and also 
 go on and find and bring back Greely and party. There- 
 fore the Alert was placed in command of an officer in 
 every way qualified for any emergency, and who did his 
 duty most efficiently ; but for fear this assembly should 
 come to the conclusion that a few of us have organized 
 here to-night a mutual admiration society, I introduce 
 him to you only on the condition that he will not say a 
 word about the Secretary of the Navy. 
 
 commander coffin. 
 
 Commander George W. Coffin said : 
 
 You have heard the command of the Secretarv of the 
 
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 Navy. Absolute obedience to a superior ottieer is the 
 law of the service. Since 1 am connuauded not to speak 
 of him, I will obey, and fsimplij concur in the remarks 
 ichich have been already made. 
 
 Commander Coflin took his seat amnl cheers and 
 laughter. 
 
 The Chairman. An ex-Secretary of the Navy, who 
 himself organized an<l sent out a polar expedition of 
 celebrity, has come here to-night to do honor to the Na- 
 val Expedition of 1884. I introduce Hon. George M. 
 Robeson. 
 
 EX-SECUETAllY ROBESON. 
 
 Ex-Secretary Roreson said: 
 
 Ladies AND Gentlemen, Citizens of Portsmouth, 
 AND OF the State of Neav Hampshire: Having no 
 longer official connection with the naval service, hold- 
 ing no public office, not born in your State, nor resident 
 within its boundaries, I can speak to you to-night neither 
 from an official nor a personal or local standpoint, but 
 can only consider the occasion and its surroundings from 
 those points of view which are common to all citizens 
 and which must strike the minds of all men. 
 
 The occasion which we are here to celebrate, and the 
 events which produced it, are illustrative of ^«'o general 
 ideas, one of which exhibits a characteristic of our race, 
 and the other a principle inherent in our Government. 
 
 It is a marked characteristic of the family of nations 
 from which we especially derive our origin to be ever 
 vseeking to overstep the boundaries, penetrate the gloom, 
 and overcome the unknown dangers which guard the 
 grim frontiers of human knowledge. This tendency is 
 manifested in every fiehl of human progress, mental, 
 
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 moral, and iiutteiial ; in governiiieiit, in religion, in sci- 
 ence, in geography, in every department of personal, 
 social, or governmental development. It is the principle 
 which makesof ns explorers, i)ioueers, colonists, conipier- 
 ors, possessors, civilizers, developers. It is the bright star 
 of destiny which has illumined our i)rogress since the 
 nation was born. It lightened the councils of the foumlers 
 of our Government. It shone on the pathway of our pio- 
 neers. Itguides the weary footsteps of the emigrant. It 
 illumines the minds of our statesmen, scholars, philoso- 
 ])hers, inventors, and workers until we have seen thefor- 
 est leveled and the earth subdued across a continent to 
 the shores of farther ocean, and our young Republic, with 
 but a century of life, has assumed before the world a 
 proud i)osition of leadership in political, moral, and ma- 
 terial i)rogress. 
 
 The original expedition, the survivors of which have 
 just been rescued, found its origin in this principle, in- 
 sjuring alike its projectors, its leaders, its soldiers, its 
 victims, and its survivors. The details of its history 
 are yet unknown. Our present infonnation is only the 
 general comnion knowledge of the country. We know 
 that it vvas organized and sent forth; that it was suc- 
 cessfully stnrted in that unknown region from which its 
 worn and broken survivors have just been recovered. 
 We know^ that two expeditions for its rescue had failed, 
 and that the last was successful only through the kno>vl- 
 edge and the skill, the training and the discipline, the 
 courage and the constancy of the brave men who are 
 with us here to-night. Of its achievements we know 
 little. Of its difficulties, its dangers, its trials, its suf- 
 ferings, its disasters, we see the results, but are as yet 
 uninformed of their details. We know that the suft'er- 
 
 
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 iiig and the sacriflces have been great, but we know not 
 how much has been added to the sum of human knowl- 
 edge and contributed to the i)rogress of the human race 
 by these sutferings and saerihees. At this moment we 
 can only remember that the enterprise had its sugges- 
 tion and expedition its origin in the same great i)rin- 
 ciple which has given development to our country, 
 strength to our (iovernment, progress and prosperity 
 to our people. Whatever may be or may be sui)i)osed 
 to be the scientific results of this venture ; however 
 great or however small they nuiy seem to us, we nuist 
 not forget the fact that many of the great con(;lusions of 
 science which have contributed to the welfare and hap- 
 piness of mankind have been founded upon facts and 
 knowledge gathered during the lapse of many years by 
 the labors and sacrifices of individual men, without ap- 
 parent relation to each other, and often without knowl- 
 edge of their value, by those who discovered tlcm. In 
 the great economy of the world it seems tliat the seed 
 own by courage and suffering is never wholly lost. 
 But with the relief expedition sent forth by the Amer- 
 ican Navy, whose members are with us here, we are 
 thoroughly familiar. We are fully informed of its origin,^ 
 its organization, its preparation, its departure, its la- 
 bors, its achievements, its success. It had its inspira- 
 tion in that other principle to which I hav^e alluded j 
 ■which should be recognized by all powers and under- 
 stood by all people as inherent in the spirit of our Gov- 
 ernment, that wherever an American citizen has a right 
 to be, in the accomplishment of what he has a right to 
 do, he has the whole force of the Government and all 
 the strength of the people behind him ; that wherever 
 led in the pursuit of knowledge, allured by trade, in- 
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 spired by religion, or impelled by duty he may find bim- 
 &elf, there he has a right to look with confidence to the 
 free Government of which he is a member for protection 
 ii he is oppressed, for relief if he is suffering, for rescue if 
 he is in danger. [Applause.] Born of this principle and 
 authorizet^ in this spirit, the relief expedition was or- 
 ganized by the Secretary of the Navy, who undertook 
 and accomplished his responsible duty in the spirit and 
 with the knowledge which the exigency demanded. As 
 I am no longer connected with the service, neither oflS- 
 yjer, man, nor civilian employ^, I shall not hold myself 
 subject to the Secretary's injunction of silence in regard 
 to himself, but shall declare (what all men see and 
 what every actor in this expedition felt) that it was his 
 wise and thoughtful, brave and energetic spirit behind 
 it which influenced every action, encouraged every ex- 
 ertion, and inspired every man, from commandant to 
 cabin-boy, until the whole expedition was infused and 
 harmonized with intelligent, energetic, and effective life. 
 How much we reall.y owe to this insp .ing and directing 
 agency only the interested know, only the thoughtful 
 will ever realize. 
 
 The expedition itself was made up of the flower of the 
 American Navy. Every man was detailed for readiness, 
 <jourage, strenglh, and eflQcieiicy; every officer selected 
 because of those higher qualities of nature and training 
 which make up the physical, mental, and moral organi- 
 zation of an efficient naval commander. Richly endowed 
 by nature with every mental quality, carefully instructed 
 in the whole field of naval knowledge, thoroughly in- 
 formed of every condition which would bring failure or 
 achieve success, combining every element of resistance 
 to unseen difficulties and unknown dangers, able and 
 
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 ready at once to command and to obey, impelled by the 
 consciousness of high duty and inspired by the enthusi- 
 asm which attends it, directed by knowledge, restrained 
 by discipline, and sustained by courage, they were able 
 to push right on without hesitation or uncertainty, with- 
 out check or pause, snatching every advantage which 
 boldness could dare or energj^ accomplish, and main- 
 taining every achievement with steady and unwavering 
 courage, until surmounting every obstacle and over- 
 coming every danger they have conquered the success 
 which brings us here to-night, which crowns them with 
 the honors and buidens them with the thanks of the 
 people. They have taught to the Government and to the 
 nation, and 1 trust that they have realized to the serv- 
 ice and to themselves, the real value of a single hour 
 in every great emergency. Here every moment was 
 freighted with human life. Delay was failure, and dis- 
 aster death. But they inspired every moment with 
 energy, and filled every hour with action, until they 
 have conquered opposing elements with a success as 
 marked as any in the records of history. They have 
 done more tiian this. They have illustrated to their 
 associates, to their country, and to the world that the 
 highest qualities of the naval service are not always 
 exhibited and its highest triumphs achieved amid the 
 turmoils and excitement of desperate battle ; that not 
 alone upon some slippery deck, where life is victory 
 and death is honor, are heroism and courage exhibited^ 
 but that these assume their loftiest mood and exhibit 
 the highest qualities amid the darkness and the dread 
 of that dim unknown, where the unorganized elements 
 of material nature oppose themselves ever to the im- 
 perial spirit of man, where human courage is always 
 
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 confronted with unmeasured danger, and duty is ever 
 face to face with death. 
 
 I must be pardoned if I have spoken upon this sub- 
 ject with more than wonted feeling. This is the serv- 
 ice with which I was for many years associated. These 
 are the ofiBcers whom I knew and appreciated j these 
 are the boys whom I loved. All honor, then, to the 
 American Navy. Here they have exhibited the highest 
 qualities of American manhood; they have shown their 
 readiness to discharge their highest duties as citizens 
 and public servants, and that they are competent to 
 discharge them in the best and most efficient manner. 
 To-night we lay the tribute of a free people at their 
 feet. They will be crowned with laurels, if not with 
 coronets j their names will be written on the records of 
 their country's glory, if not upon the rolls of ancient 
 knighthood. And theirs is a higher patent of a truer 
 nobility, of older date and higher sanction — to alleviate 
 the sufferings, to soften the hardships, to decrease the 
 dangers, and increase the happiness of mankiiid. This 
 is a criterion of good, and to do good is noble. No cir- 
 cumstance can impeach, no power disarm it, no time can 
 dim the luster of its glory. Let not personal feeling 
 seek to depreciate its value, nor party spirit attempt 
 to confine its power. Its realm cannot be held within 
 conventional boundaries; it is the broad domain of 
 human feeling ; its throne is erected within that great 
 metropolis, the human heart. [Continued applause.] 
 
 The chairman at this point stepped to the edge of the 
 platform in front of the men of the Relief Expedition, 
 and said : 
 
 Seamen of the Relief Expedition: You are 
 deserving of all commendation. Your commanding of- 
 
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 ficers have informed me that you have each and all 
 done your duty with faithfulness and without insubor- 
 dination. What do you suppose your commanders 
 would have done without you? Again, publicly, I 
 thank you for your good and successful work. Now 
 would you like to have General Butler close this meet- 
 ing? [Cries from the men of "Yes, yes," and cheers, 
 during which General Butler took the stand.] 
 
 GENERAL BUTLER. 
 
 
 General Butler spoke as follows : 
 
 r feel first of all that I owe you an apology for being 
 here, and I have but one or two words to offer. I have 
 never had any official connection with the Navy Depart- 
 ment, past, present, nor shall I have, for aught I know, 
 to come. [Laughter and applause.] But I did have, 
 twenty-odd years ago, a good deal of connection with the 
 sailors of the Navy when we were together in the South- 
 ern waters. I have another excuse. I have a right to be 
 here. [Applause.] I was born in this county [great ap- 
 plause], among the hills and the mountains, where the 
 bare rocks used to meet the morning sun. From the top 
 of these hills I could look into the bay into ich your 
 harbor opens. In all the wanderings of a life more or 
 less adventurous and very much varied, like the Swisa 
 boy when away from his native mountains my heart 
 has always gone back to the hills, the men, and the 
 women of New Hampshire as to my own hearthstone. 
 [Applause.] I yield to no man in the measure of wel- 
 come I would give to the rescued and the rescuers. 
 
 But what is the use of an expedition to the North 
 Pole! The old northwest passage theory is exploded. 
 
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 but there is a good to be gained, and it comes frorri this r 
 The subjects of monarchy hail planted the Red Oross of 
 SaintGeorge farther up towards the Pole than any other 
 nation, and the young people, the free American citi- 
 zens of the nation, determined to plant the Stars and 
 Stripes farther on still, until that glorious banner, as it 
 waves in the Arctic seas, will be mistaken by the wan- 
 dering Esquimaux for the aurora borealis. [Great 
 applause.] To have achieved that, fellow-citizens, was 
 triumph enough to have sacrificed many lives. Amer 
 ica is first in prosperity, in military power, in civiliza 
 tion, and now in wealth and population. An admiring 
 world looks on, to which it must be shown that she is 
 first in daring, in endurance, and in courage. And 
 God in His goodness has given us the opportunity ta 
 show ourselves first in charity, in benevolence and care 
 of our citizens at any cost. 
 
 But there is one who has contributed to this expedi- 
 tion who has been overlooked. With our vision nearer 
 home we forget. I know I of all men on e?irth shall 
 never be accused of any special love for England, for 
 my grandfather and father from l^ew Hampshire fought 
 the red coats. [Applause.] Yet I say now, all thanks^ 
 all honor, all commendation from the men and women 
 of America to Her Majesty the Empress of India and 
 Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, for her thought 
 for Lieutenant Greel and his companions in their ex- 
 tremity. 
 
 There is another reason why we should seek to make 
 ourselves famous in Arctic discovery. I do not hope that 
 any expedition will be sent to the Antarctic Ocean, but 
 I have interest in the Arctic sea clear up to the North 
 Pole, and let me say here, now, that in my judgment it 
 
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 is very easy with sufficient men and sufficient money — 
 and we have ^ot both — to 'each the >iorth Pole without 
 losing any lives. We have been told by the Chief Signal 
 Officer that it has been demonstrated that men can live 
 healthfully at the North Pole or near it in the severest 
 cold, provided they have sufficient clothing and whole- 
 some food. 
 
 The great Arctic explorer, Dr. Kane, went through 
 all his terrible experience with only one lung, and they 
 brought him home and sent him to Cuba, where he could 
 have a milder climate and get well, and hed'Ld in three 
 months. Lieutenant Greely got within about 400 miles 
 of the Pole. Suppose his expedition had been organized 
 with sufficient men to make a depot every 10 miles and 
 keep the roads open between them. If they only got 
 along at the rate of 10 miles a week, in 40 weeks they 
 would have got there. The difficulty is we organize our 
 expeditions only to be gone a certain length of time, 
 instead of organizing them to go there and stay. If we 
 do not see this end accomplished, our children or our 
 children's children will see the North Pole belonging to 
 us [tremendous applause], not by right of discovery 
 alone, but because we shall own all the intervening 
 territory between Portsmouth and there. It is the 
 manifest dest'ny of this country. We, the English- 
 speaking race — no, we speak better than that — the 
 American-speaking race, with a country filled with a 
 population made up by the mingling of all the best 
 races of men on earth, the very outcome of civiliza- 
 tion — the time will come, in our children's generation, 
 if not in ours, when our northern boundary shall be at 
 the North Pole, and our southern boundary so short 
 that we can fence it in three weeks. [Laughter and ap- 
 plause.] 
 
 
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 Now, then, a word about the Navy. I never troubled 
 myself much about the Navy. I have seen the ships. 
 They will decay whether they are wood or iron. I am 
 not anxious that many should be built, because there 
 are continual changes in naval architecture, which might 
 make the ship of to-day totally obsolete as a ship of war 
 in three years, though we should have quite a number 
 of cruisers. We need the Navy, too, for the present ta 
 keep the boys in training a little and maintain the old 
 spirit ; to keep a body of men who will be ready, as were 
 Schley and his comrades, whenever called upon to brave 
 a lingering death of starvation and freezing in the line 
 of duty. [Applause.] 
 
 Now, my friends, as I am told I am to close this meet- 
 ing, perhaps I may as well close it with a benediction. 
 Let each and all of you in the coming day teach your 
 children first to read all the history of the deeds of the 
 American Navy in the olden and the present time, to 
 teach them daring, courage, discipline, and perseverance 
 in well doing. Let them read there the history of their 
 country, to teach them, first, its power, and lastly, the 
 principles of its Government, that the people rule here 
 as they ought to rule here, and that the rule of the 
 people accomplishes the highest results of any Govern- 
 ment on earth. [Great applause.] 
 
 At the conclusion of General Butler's speech the ex- 
 ercises were closed by a benediction spoken by Rev. 
 John A. Goss. 
 
 Early on the following morning the remains of Sergt. 
 Win field S. Jewell, of Lisbon, N. H., which were aboard 
 the Bear when the relief steamers arrived in port, were 
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 the first train over the Concord Railroad to his late 
 home, services having been held at the navy-yard at 
 6.30 a. m. by Rev. Dr.T. R. Lambert. Secretary Chand- 
 ler tendered the delegation who came to arrange for the 
 removal of the remains every assistance in his power^ 
 and put them in communication with Lieut. Greely and 
 the other survivors, from whom they learned many de- 
 tails of his Arctic experience and last hours, and recov- 
 ery of the remains. The body was escorted by a com- 
 pany of marines and eight seamen as pallbearers. Sec- 
 retary Chandler was among the individuals who followed 
 the remains to the depot, where they were given in charge 
 of relatives and friends who were there to receive them. 
 
 On the same morning the Arctic fleet, bound for New 
 York, sailed out of the harbor. The North Atlantic 
 squadron soon followed. Strangers departed and dec- 
 orations were removed j fanners returned to thdir fields, 
 tradesmen to their shops, the crowd to its daily work 
 and cares, and the city to its accustomed quiet, all made 
 richer by the force of those influences which commerce 
 cannot bring from over the seas, or industry and science 
 wring from the land; something the vhistling plow- 
 boy feels as he drives his team, the sailor and the sol- 
 dier at their posts of duty and danger, the pioneer en- 
 countering the wilderness, and youth entering the 
 world's strife — an heroic impulse, which, entering a na- 
 tion's mind, lifts its whole life to a loftier plane and 
 breeds the spirit of which heroes are born. The pageant 
 is past, but the American, upon whatsoever duty sent, 
 by whatsoever dtingers surrounded, through the power 
 of one fine example of ministerial fidelity will feel an 
 increased confidence in his country's protection and a 
 more devoted loyalty to her honor. 
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 RECEPTION OF THE BODIES AT NEW YORK. 
 
 The ships of the Eelief Expedition arrived in New 
 York Htirbor on the morning of Augnst 8, and were 
 sahited with twenty-one guns from Castle Williams. 
 The batteries of the Fourth and Fifth United States 
 Artillery, commanded by Maj. R. H. Jackson, were drawn 
 up on the wharf at Governor's Island. The bodies 
 were immediately transferred from tlie ships to the 
 steam-tug Catalpa, and at twenty minutes before 1 
 o'clock The Catalpa steamed up to the dock. Com- 
 mander Schley came on shore, and formally delivered 
 the bodies to the authorities of the War Department, 
 in the presence of Hon. K. T. Lincoln, Secretary of 
 War; Lieut. Gen. P. H. Sheridan, Maj. Gen. W. S. Han- 
 cock, commanding the Division of the Atlantic, and other 
 distinguished officers. The bodies were received with 
 appropriate ceremonies, placed on artillery caissons, and 
 taken to the hospital, after which all with the exce])tion 
 of two were forwarded to the destinations indicated for 
 them by friends and relatives. On the 9th of August 
 the remaining two bodies, those of Privates Roderick R. 
 Schneider, Battery A, First United States Artillery, and 
 Charles B. Henry, Troop E, Fifth Cavalry, were con- 
 veyed to Cypress Hills National Cemeter^^, the former 
 being i)laced in the receiving vault and the latter in- 
 terred. Tlie body of Private Schneider was, three days 
 later, August 12, delivered on board the North German 
 Lloyd steamship Ems for transportation to his friends at 
 Chemnitz, Saxony, in accordance with a request to that 
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