JEANNETTE INQUIRY.	7S3

Q. Who first made complaint to you as to the retreat on the ice ! The WITNESS. The conduct of the retreat on the ice ?
Mr. AENOUx. Yes.
A. That would be in Irkutsk ?
Q. I say, who first made complaint to you I—A. Lieutenant Danenhower.
Q. And then it was followed by Newcomb ?—A. By Newcomb in a general way. He did not know much about it.
Q. As I understand you, Newcomb had no criticism to make on the general conduct of the matter, but simply in regard to his own personal affairs and feelings 1—A. Mostly his awn personal affairs. He was generally busied in telling me his own personal troubles more than any-thing else.
Q. And he never attempted to criticise the management of the expedition as a whole, did he 1—A. I do not think so.
Q. It was mostly his own personal matters 1—A. Mostly his own personal matters and his treatment in the whale-boat, and opinion of that simply.
Q. When was it that Lieutenant Danenhower told you that the delay at Bennett Island was a mistake `1—A. That would be in the interview. It would refer to all those delays.
Q. Who told you that the delay at Seminowski Island was three' days 1-A. I do not know, I am sure.
Q. Did they not in fact tell you that they arrived on Seminowski Island Saturday afternoon and left there Monday morning ?—A. Yes; I believe so.
Q. So that it was less than two days?—A. Yes ; it was cutting into three days. They wanted to start again the same day. I cannot re-member, of course, unless I can see the records.
Q. Who was it that told you that on the retreat on the ice Captain De Long did not take the road laid out by Captain Dunbar1—A. Lieu-tenant Danenhower, I believe.
Q Did he say that that was a general refusal or that it was occasional, that it was a variance of judgment between Captain Dunbar and Captain De Long as to which was the better road to take'—A. Yes; that is in the interview with Lieutenant Danenhower. I believe that charge is in it.
Q. No; you were speaking of it here to-day, and you said that that had been said to you 1—A. Yes.
Q. Now, I ask you whether that was a criticism that was in regard to the general management of the retreat, or whether there was simply an occasional instance of that kind 1-A. An occasional instance in the general retreat.
Q. That is, that in the course of this 300 miles retreat on the ice there were times when Captain De Long was not governed by Captain Dunbar in that respect'—A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did be speak of that as being anything more than a difference of judgment between two men 1—A. He spoke of it as a difference of judgment and condemned it.
Q. He had his opinion as to which one was in the right?—A. Yes, sir; I could not judge, of course.
Q. Now, who was it that told you that there were numerous men under arrest or suspension while they were on the retread—A. Lieutenant Danenhower. That is no doubt in the interview.
Q. I am not asking you what is in the interview. I am asking you about a fact under oath.—A. Yes; Lieutenant Danenhower.