Salt Lake Herald | 1897-04-16 | Page 1 | Created a Furore

I CREATED A FURORE I Pearys New Appointment to Mare I Island Navy Yard Washington April lrhe navy He I partment is in a ferment over the order to Lieutenant Peary the Antic EXplore EX-plore to leave the Nev York navy I yard and take up his static at Mare Island Cal Just at thIs moment the I officers friends and ne vis taking an I active interest in polar xpi iitimis are engaged in raising a iimd in New YoLk Ito I-to defray the expenses of another ox p lltSor > to hf conduct 1V Lieutenant II i Peary into the far north I is assorted that the detachment of the i > r from j I New York vill invol the enterprise I in failure The chief of the bureau of yards and docks Is said ro nol that toe New York navy yard vine1 now employs em-ploys four civil ensinjors car get I along with three whe fcre it is proposed pro-posed to send Lieutenant Peary to Mar Island On the Hhf id2 ate the I cjenHsts urging Secretary Long to allow al-low the officer to reman n New > ork for a time and then go on leave of absence I ab-sence while conducting the polar expedition ex-pedition