Show The Jcaunctte Search Expedition Expe-dition Philadclphia 7 Chief Engineer A V Zane United States navy received his orders on Tuesday to accompany the Jeannette search expedition to the Arctic His home is in Philadelphia He informed a press reporter that the Mary and Helen will probably sail from San Francisco about June Of course we will stop at Sitka or some other point for coal furs and paraphernalia parapher-nalia necessary on an Artic voyage If we do not find any message at Wrangel Island where we shall probably first stop we will go to Herald Island where it was arranged ar-ranged that Captain DeLong shoulu leave a message in case he could not land at tile former place The search along the coast of these two islands will probably take two months when the Arctic winter will begin We are then ordered to find a secure harbor at Wrangel Island and if this is i not possible to cross over to Siberia and go into winter quarters During the winter sledge parties will he organized and sent out in search of news from the Jeannette Our orders are not to stay north more than one winter but to pros cute the search after spring opens and remain until winter win-ter sets in again then we return to San Francisco The Mary and Helen will be manned by the officers and crew of twentyfire men she will ue lully provisioned for the trip and will have plenty of food on board to supply the Jeannette and any other vessel in distress Government Govern-ment furnishes all heavy clothing and fur clothing for the officers and men We will take canned vegetables vege-tables and meats of various sorts and 15000 pounds of pemmican which is now being made in Baltimore Balti-more Very little liquor will betaken be-taken Every man on board is a volunteer and the detail was made oy the department after the men had notified it of their willingness willing-ness to go There will be no scientists with the expedition Therefore besides the regular duties of the officers they will 03 assignee to various scientific investigations t i am to look out for mineralogical discoveries All officers are assigned to other special branches A complete com-plete photographic outfit will bo on the shipwhich will be fully equipped with everything necessary on a voyage voy-age of discovery We expect to return re-turn in about fifteen months |