St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-27
BEHRING SEA SQUADRON.
The Navy Department. Makes a
ReDOrt of It's Onerations

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report of Its Operations.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-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 command
of the entire squadron, and the news
contained in the report touching the
disposition of the SealerS to observe the
moduS vivendi is gratifying to the Off
Gals. Capt. Ludlow's report is dated
at humboldt Harbor, Papoff island.
June n. 1t states that the flagship Mo-
hican sailed from Sitka June 10 and ar
rived at Kodiac on the 23d. Here COM
munication was had with the dep
uty collector, and two schooners
were boarded and warned. Arriv-
ing at Humboldt Harbor June %, the
Albatross and Ranger were found in
port. The Rush also came i'm a
few hours later. The AlbatrOSs and
Rush had searched all Of the harbOrS,
aud carried out orders sufficiently. The
Rush was Instructed TO put a stop to
illegal hunting of sea otter by white
men, and the Albatross was ordered to
the Bay of Waterfalls. Adokh island,
where there was to lie a rendezvous of
SealerS about July 6. and then to pro-
ceed to the seal islands, land her party
OF civilians, and turn her attention to
the protection of seal life. The Ranger
rs to search and warn SchoOners on
tae Slime and Baird banks and reach
Aggatu island July u. when there
was to be another rendezvous OF
sealers. Later She was to take
station east and southeast of the
seal islands. The Corwin left June 20
to cruise about the islands all summe +.
The Mohican spoke the British man-of-
war Garnet and exchanged courteSies.
The Mohican was to leave June 80 for
Dutch harbor on a general cruise. The
report states that almost every sealing
vessel known to be on the American
side of the sea has been warned 10y the
squadron. The two British ships. Gar
net and Nymphe, were also doing patro
duty, boarding and warning seventeen
sealers. two of which were American.
Up to the time OF Capt. Ludlow's writ
ing, the Ranger had boarded Amer
lean and 2 British ships, the Albatross
American and u British, aud the Mo-
hican, Capt. Ludlow's flagship, Amer
lean and l British vessel.
Capt. Hooper, of the Rush, reported
that seven American and twenty-five
British sealerS had taken up to June IA,
British 1926 and American 1884 skins.
The slight discrepancies In the figures
are regarded as probably due to the
many difficulties in the way of securing
| exact data.
From information gathered from the
sealing vessels, Capt. Ludlow states
that no steamer was TO come North tor
skins this year. and the sealers will
bring in their cargoes at the close of the
season. The British sealerS, he
says, ara under ord ers from
| their owners not to violate Amer
lean laws i'll the shipment of
skins or TO enter the prohibited waters
of Behring sea. Tie health of the
squadron, he reports in conclusion, is
excellent. Capt. Ludlow states that 293
vessels were boarded and inspected by
British and American men-ot-war. OF
these twenty-five were boarded by the
American fleet and the remainder by
ships of the British squadron. The
| total number of sealskInS found on
board these vessels was 1924 The
catches varied from as low as 200 on
some to as high as 1,S25. the average
number, however, was between 500 and
| 600.