Show ARCTIC HORRORS tha the story of man mau eating among the greely expedition I 1 by br western A acad a d press to t the HERALD washington aug 12 as tho the report that commander 0 1 m ander schley called you and secretary chandler into the tile vessels yes sela cabin and informed you the survivors had paten eaten associates false wa asked of gen that segry j 13 untrue there is no truth then in the remainder of the published stories that the bodies were w ere eaten 1 I will not say they aro are not true chave I 1 leave but casually glanced at the published story other than at those portions which ft aich I 1 deny did you hear any rumors while at portsmouth that tile dead men had been eaten there were rumors of that kind afloat my official position would not permit me to give the facts in the case caso there are facts then 1 I cant answer that I 1 had bad a long interview with greely but the subject of eating the bodies was not referred to I 1 can imagine a case when cannibalism would bo be justifiable able and it would bo be a case where men aware are starving do you e atso cannibal cannibalism ism in the gr greely helyd eaket case I 1 I 1 aun under er th ices it would be excusable 11 has secretary chandler rec received elved any report relative to this subject not that I 1 know of bf I 1 have bave received none Is the report that private henry wa shot and afterward eaten false there were rumors at portsmouth that lie had bad been killed and the survivors had eaten his body but I 1 decline to give any facts in his case that I 1 might know i will the shooting be a subject of investigation i by the war department not necessarily men are shot every day in mutinies mu and no investigation ti made under some cirucci S stances it might be proper will there be any investigation an on the reported eating ati of tb the bodies 1 1 an investigation could not be made either by the war br navy department part pIrt ment merit that is a matter congress will have to look into then theil all the facts will be presente dand until then nothing w will ill be given out general hazen says Gre greelis Gr celya elys report on the entire e expedition edition will probably bo be forwarded forward forwardly Zy some time within the month while it was generally conceded there were no records in in washington that substantiated tho the army aad Navy officers among themselves do not view it as an impossibility b by any means said a navy officer in the corridor of the navy department though there is no reason I 1 know of for believing t lie the story and the fact that there aro are no records to substantiate not disprove it all Is there anything improbable about it you and anil 1 I standing bete with all till ibe comforts anat we care to have about its view such things with dread and horror but you must remember choso me men n were reduced to such a condition that their moral faculties were blunted and tl they 1 ey r should not be can con in fact as responsible agents self sell 1 preservation was their only thoi though 1 tand they could not bo be expected to moralize upon it |