p. 96, at Fort Conger Greely organized a school: More informally, he delivered lectures on a variety of subjects. And every Sunday Greely conducted church services; a typical New Englander, tall, spare, and stern, he had a tender conscience and could preach a better sermon, it was said, than the average Army chaplain. For a certainty he was a great talker—at times, it would seem, unmercifully so. But he had worthwhile things to talk about, for Greely was also a great reader of books.
Adolphus Washington Greely,
Marshall, David J. in The Story of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Edited by Max L. Marshall. (New York: Franklin Watts, 1965) p.90-111.
- 1881-84 International Physical Year US Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay (led by Adolphus Greely).
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