Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1919 — “ROOSEVELT LAND” IN ARCTIC [ARTICLE]

“ROOSEVELT LAND” IN ARCTIC

New Polar Discoveries Made by Bartlett to Be Named for For- ' mer President. New York. —The expedition which Capt. Robert A. Bartlett will lead next June to make an aerial survey of the North pole will be known as the Roosevelt memorial expedition, according to an announcement by the Aero Club of America, which is financing the trip. Any land discovered will be named “Roosevelt land.” Officials of the club explained it was fitting that this tribute should be paid the former'president, as it was he who gave Rear Admiral Peary, leave of absence to head the expedition which discovered the pole, and Captain Bartlett commanded Peary's ship, the Roosevelt. Club officials also emphasized the fact that Colonel Roosevelt had been one of the first "patrons of aeronautics.”