Show PEARY PEAR OFFICIALLY NOTIFIES THE PRESIDENT Washington Sept 1110 the dent of the United states and to the tho secretary of o state before whose ds ma may come any questions that may ariso regarding the right of pos pac possessIon session of oC the region of the North Pole and the Arctic region traversed by Pear and to the na navy department of which ho Is an officer Robert E Peary has Ims communicated the r results o of his e expedition and the fact that ho he reached the North Pole Pol I nn and hoisted the S Stars ars au and Stripes on Glast C last In Iii reporting to the state depart department ment Commander Pear Pea after stating statin that he holsted the StatS and Stripes at the North orth Pole April 6 adds that he formally took possession of that entire region an and adjacent regions for forand and In the tIlo name namo of oC the President ent o othe of the United States of oC AmerIca and that a l record and United States flag were left Ift In possession rime commanders dispatch to the navy was WIS typical of that of an aim officer returning from n a mission announcing to his superior office respectfully that fact and adding that lie he had hoisted the n navy on ensign sign on the North Pole on the tho sixth of April Mr 1 r idee Is acting secretary of state In tho of oC Secretary KnoX who Is nt at hits hlf rahley Forgo home A copy COP of Pear s dispatch was sent sont to lie tho Mr lr ide do dined to make any Ir pr promptly sent Corn Com Commander mander a dh patch on behalf of the tho navy nuy depart h motif extending his hearty heart y Mr lr WInthrop the tho sentiments sentiment or of the tho naval officials wh when n he said that the tue navy IHlY department naturally was as that Civil Engineer Peary had I fEte d i is no now on n n a la leave e of absence from I lie he service but Is or 01 tiered ered to Lo duty with wilh the Coast and Geodetic Survey making tidal oh on the coast or of Grantlan anti and Greenland The Tho acting secretary said that there was no ItO doubt that Parys leave of o absence would be extended until such sucha a time as his report to the Coast an and Geodetic was Vas Some Som little comment an and no little amusement was cr In the na navy Par s dispatch came this thiH saying ho he hart hoisted the tho navy fHY on the North Pole Unlike a number of foreign countries the tue American na navy has no ensign hut the tho Ilag that flies files over the vessels of the navy Is the same HanlO that to the tho breeze over oer the tho Whito House at Washington Thero Is a navy hut this Is to des designate OH ignate Ignat ships In tinder car cor Lain tam circumstances |