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400 Congress at London in 1896, and of the seventh at Berlin in 1899. He was a delegate of the United States to the French Society for the Advancement of Science in Toulouse, 1887; to the Polar Congress in Munich, 1891; to the International Telegraph Conference in London, 1903; and to the Wireless Telegraph Conference in Berlin, 1903. He is the author of: "Chronological List of Auroras" (1881) ; "Isothermal Lines of the United States" (1881); "Three Years of Arctic Service" (2 vols., 1885); "Proceedings of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition" (2 vols., 1888); "Rainfall of the Western States and Territories" (1888); "Climate of Washington and Oregon" (1889); "American Weather" (1890); "Climate of Nebraska" (1890); "Climatology of Arid Regions" (1891) ; "Climate of Texas " (1891) ; "Diurnal Fluctuation of Barometric Pressure" (1891); "American Explorers" (1894); "Handbook of Arctic Discovery" (1896); "Public Documents of First Fourteen Congresses" (1902). A careful and accurate account of the rescue of Lieutenant Greely was published in book form by Captain W. S. Schley in 1885. General Greely was married, June 20, 1878, to Henrietta Cruger Hudson, daughter of Thomas L. and Maria Antoinette (Gale) Nesmith, of Staten Island, New York, and of their seven children, six were living in 1905. General Greely is a member of All Souls' church, Washington. From childhood he has sympathized with the Republican party, but he has taken no active part in politics. To boys and young men he offers this advice: "Tell the truth; keep moral company; work steadily, not trusting to spasmodic efforts; and always do your best in every piece of work entrusted to you." His biography has been written by Sarah K. Bolton.

The prizes of fame and achievement in the service of the government are not won solely by the officers who command armies or navies in time of war. The life of General Greely well illustrates the great possibilities which lie before a public servant who applies himself with intelligence and interest to the duty which is assigned him, seeing in its faithful and efficient performance opportunities for such service to science, commerce and civilization as can not fail to win deserved renown for the systematic and courageous worker.