[Journal of the Crocker Land Expedition]
Page 290
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284 Sept 1 - 1915. No Ship. At Submaradii fine Jno, Mrs. Hel, Jerome, Jos & I spent the past ten days killing walrus & expecting a ship. Yesterday we in- tended. Made plans for the winter & settled down to routine. The following arrangements were considered & agreed to in order to conserve our supplies and effect a captivate living at the house. 1. A committee of three (Leader, Surgeon, & one of us four in turn) will regulate expenditure of sup- plies & publish monthly a list & date of provisions on hand. 2. No Smoking will take in the house. (hunting) 3. We will have separate cooks 4 weeks each. 4. I will cook at least half of the time. Elber possibly the other half. 5. We will have two meals, 8 AM & 3 PM, and a Dinner at 8 P.M. Norringsup st- ept for the watch. 6. We will hire Woo Wu, Ahduckchingwok, and Tinmiee x 7. We will have a watch on all nights as in the past. The watch will have charge of the water supply and take meteorlogical readings. 8