JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
No. 11.

Joint Resolutions tendering the thanks of
the State of Maryland to Commander Winfield
Scott Schley, Commander George W. Coffin,
Lieutenant William H. Emory, jr., Lieutenant
Charles J. Badger, Dr. Howard E. Ames, Dr.
Edward H. Green, and to the other officers,
and to George E. Yewell and the other men of
the Greely Relief Expedition of eighteen
hundred and eighty-four, and authorizing the
Governor to procure and present, as a memorial
to Commander Winfield Scott Schley , a gold
chronometer watch suitably inscribed.

WHEREAS Commander Winfield Scott Schley,
U. S. N., a native of this State, was appointed

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by President Chester A. Arthur, to com-
mand the Greely Relief Expedition of Eigh-
teen hundred and eighty-four, to the Arctic
Regions, in search of Lieutenant A. W.
Greely, U. S. A., and his comrades; and

Preamble.

WHEREAS said service was perilous, demand-
ing skill, perseverance and courage in the
presence of hourly danger; and

Preamble.

WHEREAS the said Expedition succeeded in
rescuing said Greely and six of his comrades
from imminent death; therefore,

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the thanks of the State of
Maryland, be and they are hereby ten-
dered to Commander Winfield Scott Schley,

Preamble.

Commander Gedrge W. Coffin, Lieutenant Wil-
liam H. Emory, jr., Lieutenant Charles J.
Badger, Dr. Howard E. Ames, Dr. Edward H.
Green, and to the other officers, and to George
E. Yewell and the other men of said Expedi-

Thanks.