The appointment of the expedition's navigating officer was problematic; John W. Danenhower, a young naval officer from a well-connected Washington family, was recommended to Bennett by the former president Ulysses S. Grant.
Udnævnelsen af ​​ekspeditionens navigationsofficer var problematisk; John Wilson Danenhower, en ung flådeofficer fra en vel forbundet Washington-familie, blev anbefalet til Bennett af den tidligere præsident Ulysses S. Grant.