Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-03
IN REHRING SEA

The Operations Of the Patrol Fleet Up
to the Latter Part of June-A GeE.ral
Disposition Manifested to Observe tho
Modus Vivendi-Two Hundred and
Ninety-Four Vessels Boarded and In
spected by the Combined American and
British Patrol.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-At last the
navy department has received an ac-
count of the operations of the Behring
sea squadron up to the latter part of
June. The mail has brought report
from Capt. Ludlow, who is in COM
mand of the entire squadron, and the
news contained in the report touching
the disposition of the sealers to OBJ
serve the modus vivendi is gratifying
to the officials.
Capt. Ludlow's report is dated at
Hum boldt harbor, Papoff Island, June
p. 1t states that the flagship Mohi-
can sailed from Sitka June 10 and ar
rived at Kodiak on the 23d. Here
communication was had with the dep
uty collector and two schooners were
boarded and warned. Arriving at
Humboldt Harbor June 25. the Alba
tross and Ranger were found in port.
The Rush came in a few hours later.
The Albatross and Rush had searched
all of the harbors and carried out Or
ders efficiently.
The Rush was instructed to put a
stop to illegal hunting of seal by white
men, and the Albatross was ordered to
the Bay of Waterfalls, Adokah islands,
where there was to be rendezvous OF
sealers in July, and then proceed to
the Seal islands, land her party OF
civilians and turn her attention to the
protection of seal life.
The Ranger was to search and warn
schooners on the Slime and Baird
banks and reach Aggattu island, July
Is, when there was to be another rem
devious of sealers. Later she was to
look south and southeast of Aggattu
island.
of-war Garnet and exchanged cour-
tesies. The Mohican was to leave June
IS for Dutch harbor on general
cruise.
The report states that almost every
sealing vessel known to be on the
American side was warned by the
squadron. The two British ships, the
Garnet and Nymph, were also active
in patriotic work, boarding and warn
ing seventeen sealers, two of which
were American. Up to the time of
Capt. Ludlow's writing the Rush had
boarded nine British and two Ameri-
can ships: the Mohican, Capt. Lud-
lows flagship, six British and eight
American vessels. Capt Cooper of the
Rush reported seven American and two
British vessels had taken up to June
IA. the British 2,216, and the American
1854 skins. The slight discrepancies
in the figures is regarded as probab ly
due to the difficulties in the way of Sc
curing exact data.
The British sealers. he says, are
under orders from their owners not to
| violate American laws in the trans
shipment of skins or to enter the pro-
hibited waters of Behring sea. The
health of the squadron, he reports in
conclusion. is excellent. Capt. Lud-
low states that 294 vessels were boarded
| and inspected by British and American
| men-of-war. Of these twenty-five
were boarded by the American fleet
and the remainder by ships of this
British squadron. The total mum Der
| of sealskins found on board of these
vessels was IS, 244, the catches varying
from 224 on some, as high as 1,sOO on
| others. The number however, was be.
| tween 500 and 800.