. Report of the cruise of the revenue cutter Bear and the overland expedition for the relief of the whalers in the Arctic ocean, from November 27, 1897, to September 13, 1898. s held out by those experienced in work in the Arcticregions that anj^hing could be accomplished by an expedition in thewinter season, but by the order of the President and under the direc-tion of Hon. Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, the U. cutter Bear was prepared for the expedition by the Chief ofthe Revenue-Cutter Service. The plan of the expedition was drawn, and the whole placed underCapt. F
. Report of the cruise of the revenue cutter Bear and the overland expedition for the relief of the whalers in the Arctic ocean, from November 27, 1897, to September 13, 1898. s held out by those experienced in work in the Arcticregions that anj^hing could be accomplished by an expedition in thewinter season, but by the order of the President and under the direc-tion of Hon. Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, the U. cutter Bear was prepared for the expedition by the Chief ofthe Revenue-Cutter Service. The plan of the expedition was drawn, and the whole placed underCapt. Francis Tuttle, R. C. S., whose experience and ability espe-cially fitted him for siich a command. The officers and crew wereall volunteers, and although the Bear had just returned from a sixmonths cruise in Arctic waters, she was prepared, fitted out, andsailed from Seattle, Wash., November 27,1S97, just three weeks fromthe date of her arrival from the North. Ten months later she returned again to Seattle, bringing four crewsof wrecked whalers, and having fully carried out all the orders andaccomplished all the purposes of the expedition without loss oraccident of any WILLIAM McKINLEY,President cf the United
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