4 ana bd 8 Ann (ai) eh ry hod 1 from expedi- Wo he nantic rd the sche ing to a shin- COrTosive ch the beapms of un and act as a beacon to h 1 far into the Arctic regions, This monumer vill be a memo- rial to one of the e history, the man who first ached the Pole, Admiral Rober B ary of States navy. The story of Peary's career and his final at- tainment of the North pole, the goal .of explor ers from every nation for cent of an heroic American to erally “no such that, he has justly fect Arctic scientist” f in for his Polar expeditions he thing to chance. While still a student in Bowdoin college Peary became interested in the Arctic regions and took a well planned course in Arctic geography, polar science and dietetics, His civil engineer degree from Bowdoin had been the result of a carefully planned course to fit himself for polar exploration. He applied and was given a com- mission In the navy in 1881 and during his tour of duty in Central America spent all his leisure studying further In polar navigation. In 1888 he secured leave of absence to test out his theoretical knowledge by a short trip to Green- land. His next trip, 1801, was such another recon naissance of the ice eap. He went north up the Greenland coast to within a few miles of Elisha Kent Kane's old base and proceeded with three companions on a sledge trip across the island. At a point 130 miles from camp, he sent two companies back, they having fulfilled their mission of carrying reserve food for the two who were to make the final dash, He com- pleted the overland journey om July 4, 1802, scaled a cliff 4000 feet high to get down to the sea, making on the outward journey nearly 600 miles, a record for sucn exploration. In returning to camp, he struck directly across the island, reaching an altitude of 8,000 feet and traveling 500 miles, In 1803, accompanied by his wife, he returned to a location just north of the great glacier that had defeated Kane. It was at this camp that, on September 12, his daughter was born. On March 6, 1804, Peary started Inland across the Ice again with eight men and nine ty-two dogs. At an elevation of 5500 feet and 1834 miles from camp, he was snowbound: his dogs began dying, and his men were frost. bitten, A general advance was manifestly im- possible; so caching his reserve stores and sending back the disabled men, he pushed on indomitably with only three companions. In fourteen days thereafter, he made only eighty- five miles: to try further was Inviting eatas. trophe, and so he retreated to camp, arriving with only 23 of his original 92 dogs, When the relief ship «came for him during the summer, he decided, In spite of fils short supplies, to remain with two volunteers ane steel ships splorers in North United the iries, is the story there was lit- than first per. his preparations never left whom word as More been called “the failure.” any- 7 Peary’s Monument in Arlington © nannies g twig other winter to achieve what he had failed to do the last His wife and child and the rest of the party returned to the states From Eskimo neighbors he got four volunteers and increased his dog pack to with these and his two companions he started across again The third day out one of the Eskimos deserted, but undeterred, the intrepid explorer continued, His cache of the preceding could not be found so that failure seemed tain. He ordered Eskimos back and 41 dogs and his two men continued, Reaching the eastern coast toward the end of May, he killed 10 musk ox and with food for 17 days and a frozen man who had to be hauled on the sledge he began a push for camp against starvation. Almost exhausted he reached camp June 25. Having achieved his objective, he re- turned to the states on the relief ship which came for him a month later, In 1808 he was back for a four-year attempt for the pole. He put his ship in for the win- ter near Cape Sabine, just south of Greely's tragic camp. Through ice floes and crevasses he followed the coast, sending Eskimos and men back as they became exhausted or in jured, finally on January 6 reaching Greely's observatory on Lady Franklin Bay. On Feb- ruary 18, 1800, they were back at the ship. It was found necessary to amputate seven of the commander's toes which had been frozen and further exploration that summer was aban doned. In March 1000, he moved up to Fort Conger, making all along the coast caches of food against a forced retreat. On April 15, he crossed the ice with his faithful negro servant, Henson, who accompanied him on every ex. pedition, and five Eskimos, to the Greenland const, and pushed north on sledges, Skirting the north point of Greenland, prov. ing finally that Greenland was an island that did not exiend to the pole, he made complete maps of the whole region, From Fort Conger, during the winter of 1000-1001, he made short trips to the north preparatory to an advance in the spring. This attempt for the pole he was forced to abandon north of Grant Land and returned to Fort Conger for another winter. He left Fort Conger on February 24 for another try for the pole; after making a new farthest north, 84:17, he again met a great open lane fn the ice and had to abandon the attempt, He returned to the states in September, 1002, winter, 03: winter oor with the [he Arctic Wastelands to do a storm np for six ly drifted On April 21 farthest north; further advance, Peary faced soutl } he re turn to camp. His fioal panied by 11 s« and Matt Henson, his faithful servant, he returned to the base on Grant Land, On March 1, with a great jee army of 6 men 17 Eskimos, 133 dogs and ges, in two divisions under himself and Captain Bartlett, he started straight out over the ice. They good the north until the opening of the spring season began to make the pack disintegrate As exhausted or incapacitated from Peary sent them back, As provisions became lower more of the party were sent in order to enable those remaining By March 22, with less than 140 him and the pole, Peary was alone with his negro, Hen- son, and four Eskimos, In forced marches, feed! ing full rations and pushing forward as rapidly as possible, he found himself on the morning of April 8 at 80 :57-<less than three miles from his goal, A few hours later he was at the point where It was south no matter where he looked. At the spot where Lis observations determined the North pole to be Peary planted the Amer fean flag given him by his wife fifteen years before for that purpose. The colors of hig eal lege fraternity, of the Navy league and of the Red Cross were added and records of the event left. Thirty hours were consumed in observa tions, rest and preparations for the hazardous Journey back, But when Peary returned to elvilization to reap the rewards of his achievement, it was to find that he had a bitter controversy on his hands. Dr. Frederick Cook. who had accom. panied previous Peary expeditions as a surgeon, had claimed that he had reached the pole on April 21, 1008, ten months before Peary, At first Cook's claims were accepted by scientists, then rejected as insufficiently proved. Peary's data were accepted by the National Geographic society as positive proof that he had reached the pole. Later from other sources recogni tion came to Peary-—medals from learned socl- eoties, the acclaim of rulers and scientists, a pension and the rank of rear admiral from his own country. When he died on February 20, 1020, the world joined in honoring his memory and now 12 years later his name Is heard again throughout the world as those who knew him and ved him best prepare to pay the fit ting tribute of erecting to his memory a monn ment In the land he won his fame, (i Ly Western Novapaper Unlon ) some € X peqil enlists, ice perts 18 sie made speed to men became frost. back, to continue, miles between FATE OF CHILDREN “Crusades” That Were Doomed to Misfortune. There were no less than three movements called “children's crn. gades,” the first in 1212, the second in 1237, and the third in 1458, The first 18 the one usunlly referred to ns the children’s crusade, because it far surpassed the others in magnl- tude and Importance, It consisted of two distinet ments, At about the same time, in the early summer of 1212, two Im mense armies of children were gath- ered at Germany, and sat Vendome, France, in ressonse to the ummons of boy move- Cologne, prophets who pro heaven. 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