| Show GREELY GREETED I I Ovation at I With an Immense w Portsmouth N H 44 The Hero and His Comrades An Affecting Scene i i Some New Particulars of tile Expedition 11 i i i Arctic Description of a A Graphic Terrible Trip t1 Grecly ihe Demonstration NBW Castle N H 81 have a 1 not bad so scutd and refreshing nights re t for over three years i y said M jor Greey to Lieut Powell of the S ijaal Service Corps and General Hazene aid as the latter ii greeted the explorer in frnt of Admiral f Ad-miral Luces residence this morning morn-ing nIt makes me feel EO strong and hearty that I could almost forget L weakness At about 10 get my T nlnfol this morning Major and ocloct lUia morning J1 Mrs Qreely and Admiral and Mrs E i lt Luce drove through the navy yard n and around by the Point through i I i 1 the city of Portsmouth to look at 12r i the decorations which everywhere I abounded Greely was looking better L > bet-ter than he has at any time since he 1111 t t was rescued The distinguished a I party were recognizad by bu few n < on the streets and the cu persons j F nags returned soon to the navy yard I jJ without stopping anywhere An U H old fellow who stood en Kiheny a bridge alone recognized Qreely and i taking off his rough cap gave three 1 cheers which no one heard except 1 r the distinguished party themselves 11 f f Greely in recogni ion politely lit ted his hat The thy was generally 4 I spent very quietly A great many a if people visited the navy yard and t about everybody tried to get a rl glimpse of Qreely but no one nearer It i 1 I t than Picking railing which encloses 1 J i en-closes the gronnd around the admirals In ad-mirals residence The encosure F b however was constantly surrounded I t mb I with people who seemed content c t with giping at the hero as he set on 1 n Iii ll i the lawn under the trees with his 9q family and close friends around him ill Ever since early morning all sort of 111 I I Hhi r water craft have plied between the t 1 t city and the lower harbor laden i 1 with visitors to the vessels at i i H anchor The interest of course JI was centered in the Arctic fleet it j and it is estimated that 8000 or 1 i Bear tl 9008 persons inspected the r 1 Thetis and Alert today The other i c j survive walked about the navy yard in the cool of the morning and t II W i b during the heat of the day lounged r idly about the deck of the old t The authorities have i 1ftI 4 I Constitution I I decided to permit Qreely and his E little party to participate in tomorrows s III 1 4 I tomor-rows demonstration They will l leave the admirals re idence at 10 h I am and be taken to Portsmouth I under the conduct of L C Powel Y i q Gen Hazetf t At Portsmouth wharf 1 I H and surgeons will meet them with a large Tallyho coach They will r Nt O i t then be driven the large speakers In d stand that hai been erected in the LU 4 public square where they will remain UI t J re-main during the day The sur I ceons will be constantly in attendance v V attend-ance and if the faintest signs of ri t weariness are observed among the 4 Hurvivos the party will ba conducted I l conduc-ted immediately back to the navy yard To night entire party are 1 well and In the best of spirits 10 r The city la absolutely packed with strangers The hotels have more i applications for rooms than they I can possibly fill Neatly all the 4i L building are handsomely decorated If s E and it is expected that tomorrow t the display will be the most magnificent 1 f mag-nificent In the history of Portsmouth ii Ports-mouth All relics of tha expeds J f I ton were exhibited on the deck oC the Thetis today and were visited T1 by hundreds ot visitors At the j I stern of the Thetis was a wooden li pole the thickness of an bar on tt I which were nailed three pieces of a cloth one a colored handkerchief another a piece of calico and the other a remnant of a woolen shirt 4 h f This was the distress signal of the 1 rescued men Their sledge wa shown j it was composed of two c rough pieces of plank shod with rough pieces of Iron resembling i4 j hoop iron joined by clumsy cross bara and another object viewed 4F with great interest was a bag of f i 4 i reindeer skins used by one of the r party to Bleep in Greely was on deck for two hours this morning and was introduced to manv vIsitors i r vIsi-tors He appeared weak and hesitated r hesi-tated a little in his speech as if t from weariness During the fore j noon the forehatcu of the Theti J was raised and the metal sarcopha gas for the dead were revealad On 1J each about in the midde Is a place v for the name of the deceased and ll near the top is a beautiful Arctic 1 tn i scene on a plata of burnished silver f 1F In the tank of the Bear are the bodies of the dead heroes but none one Is allowed to view the remains t Prom one of the crew of the Thetis were learned a few details of the expedition yet unpublished He sail they encountered their first ic S batween Disco and Littleton Island but that the thickest was found in Melville Bay where it averaged ten feet At Mell villa Bay the first real difficulty was experienced and here use wa made of torpedoes and dynamie Neither was faun T to work well and ramming L the ice produced the best result Backing the Thetla a good distance I and putting on a full head steam I t I would crash into the ico the she L t shaking her from stem to F 1 shock stern and rocking her masts like i Sometimes It seemed boughs tree masts would come out ns it the When all other means failed a huge I lt I = feet long with Ice taw eighteen three Inches long was used teeth winchforward it wa rigged to a winch i three steam making driven by and hour the Ice at headway per Melville reet bay WES mainly broken by ramming after it had checked their dvanre for tea day High at the main of each vessel is crows nest where lockout was kept a Commander Schley probably ccupJed that on the Thetis longer than any other manhls meal J being often served there JTanmaa the Ice pilot was also a frequent occupant occu-pant Two hours In a day was a watch at the great altitude above the deck it was sometime terribly old in the sentry box After en ering the regions where it was uppoatd Greely might be heavy mcs whitlea were continually blown anJ in the Arctic air the iunderlBg sound was very weird On the night of the rescue a terriffi and gale swept the Arctic Ocean keeled the Thetis though near lano over again and fcgam before the tern pest Portsmouth N H 4 The city 15 thronged Public and private uildings are decorated and Wel come to Our Arctic Heroes ia pla carded on bunting everywhere The arbor is filled with craft laden with people At 1120 am amid oneiderable enthusiasm Commander Com-mander Schley Lieutenant Emery and Commander Coffin d Eem barked j following them were the other officers ot the Greely expedition expedi-tion and sailors of the Thetis Bear enthusiastically and Alert They were ically greeted as they landed The crowd passed forward to shake their lands A roar of welcome went up when at 11 oclock Greely was discovered with his comrades earning towards the landing in the admiras barge Greely was clothed in white and with slouched hat and wearing spectacles As he and his companions alighted ali crowded to welcome him Greely and eane 1 upon Lieutenant Powell angudly lifted his hat His every movement indicated weakness His comrades received much attention All were placed in a coach and immediately im-mediately driven to Kockinghim Hotel It having been decided they noud not appear in procession At the hotel crowds gathered to c tch a glimpse of them Lieuten ant Qreely said to an Associated Pees representative that he felt very well this morning and he looked it He expressed himself muca moved by the cordality of his reception Mrs Greely joined her husband at the hotel At 1220 the procession bean to march the stfeets being packed Applause greeted the sailors of the relief squadron The ovation con nucd throughout the end of the route Commander Schley Lieu tenant Emery and Commander Coffin were received with trenton dou8 applause As the hed of the rocassion neared Rocklngham House where Lieutenant Qreely and the survivors were awaiting the revIew the pressure of the crowd became so great that the column was delayed for saveral minutes jieutnant Greely and comrades were seated upon a balcony j cheer ler cheer greeted him As the crews of the Thetis B ar and Alert passed Greely awed very low and seemed to look his gratitude to the men who EO recently cently rescued him from an Arctic grave The scene was affecting Commanders Schley and Coffin and lieutenant Emery raised their has as they passed the hero After the processIon Greely and party were driven to the grand stand where hey again reviewed the procession and were received with the plaudits of the multitude Among the prominent men on the stage were iscretary Chandler General Hszsn 3overmr Hale Mayor Lathrop of Dovs the mayor of Newburyport Samuel J Randall Congressman Robinson of New York officers of the relief expedition and the North Atlantic equadron and meow bera of the city governments of nany New England cities The procession was dismissed at 2 oclock Shortly after the Invited guests were entertained at a dinner given by the City of Portsmoqth A meeting of citizens was held in the Music Hall this evening to extend ex-tend the official welcome of the city to Lieutenant Greely and hla surviving sur-viving companions It was largely attended and was characterized by unbounded enthusiasm and in the auditorium was Portsmouths fore most citizens On the stage were the officers of the North Atlantic squadron squad-ron and Arctic relief fleet and in th j front seats in the orchestra sat the crews ot the ThetisBeir and Alert The sailors were enthusiastically ro ceived when entering the hail as were their officers who appeared shortly after W E Chandler see retary of the navy j General Haz n chief signal office Admiral Luc Cammodore Wells Gen B F Butler Congressman 53 J Randall Congressman Robinson Governor Hale of New Hampihlre and Senator Hale of Maine occupied occu-pied steats on the stage The meeting meet-ing was called to order by Rev VA McGintry W A Alder made a prayer and was followed by Mayo Treat of Portsmouth who re dan d-an address in which be extended the hospitalities of the citv of Portsmouth Ports-mouth to Greely andliis little band ROT McGentry then announced that a committee of citizens had secured se-cured Hon Secretary Chandler consent to act as permanent chairman chair-man of the meeting When Secretary > Chandler came forward to address the meeting he was vary warmly applauded When he referred re-ferred the efforts of S L Randal in the House of Representative and Senator Hale on behalf of the Greely rtllef bill as well as the noble work of the Commanders Schley and Coffin and Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Emery the audience almost wild with became enthusiasm Mr Chandler in his address told the story of the or and the object of the canizUion Greely expedition and said In 1883 ex by tha Proteus was again employed the chief signal officer for a voyage and paced to Lady Franklin Bay of Lieutenant Garlington in charge steamerTntaic seventy US cavalry steamer commanded by B of the U navy Wilder was detailed as comrmnder comm tender to accompany the proteous Lieutenant as far aa Littleton Island informed by a ant Garlington was officer letter of the chief signal June 24th 1882 of the extreme peril of Lieutenant Greely and hIS party and he was enjoined effort to push his vessel 10 spare no and Franklin Bay to Lady through follows If was instructed also as it should become clearly apparent that the vessel cannot be pushed through you will retreat from your advanced position and lard your Cove at Lifeboat and store party at Littleton Island discharge the relior vessel with orders to return to for remaining and prepare St Johns N F party until next maining with your year |
