Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-26
ITASCA TO SAIL TODAY
REVENUE CUTTER CADETS ARE
OFF ON FOREIGN TOUR.

! BALTIMORE. May 26.-Assistant Sec
rotary of the Treasury Beekman Win
throp came over from Washington yes
terday to inspect the practice ship Itasca
which sails today from the Revenue Cut
ter Cadet School Of instruction. Arundel
Cove Curtis Bay. on one OF the most in
teresting cruises yet made by a practice
ship of the service. Secretary Winthrop
was accompanied from Washington by
Capt ain Commandment Worth g. Ross,
chief of the revenue cutter service divi-
sion. They left for Arundel Cove on the
cutter Apache. Capt. Wild. from Chase $
wharves. He expressed himself as pleased
| with what he saw.
The departure Of the training ship for a
foreign cruise is another of the progress
i've steps that have marked the revenue
cutter service In the last few years. The
substitution Of the steamer Itasca Tor
he sailing bark Chase has worked we'll
IN the education of the cadets. who no
longer need become experts In sail. as
that part of their curriculum has become
obsolete. Forty-seven cadets OF the line
and staff will be on the ship. the largest
number that has ever made the cruise or
has ever before been gathered together
at one time in the history of the school
of instruction.
Will Have Charge Of Cruise.
Capt. Reinberg will have as his staff
on this cruise:
First Lieut. Harry G. Hamlet executive
officer.
First Lieut.. William j. Wheeler. navi-
gator.
First Lieut.. of Engineers j. B. Turner.
Second Lieut.. William Munter, ordnance
officer.
Second Lieut.. Thaddeus G. Crapster.
Second Lieut. of Engineers l.. c. Far
we'll.
Assistant Surgeon w. H. Frost
C. E. Dimmick. disbursing officer for the
cruise.
A. NJ. Totzke boatswain.
William Haswell gunner.
William Williamson. carpenter.
L. Spaniel. machinist.
The Itasca will cruise about the Chesa-
peake for several days. and her departure
will be from Norfolk June 10. when she
goes direct to Fayal, Azore Islands. New
York has been eliminated from the itiner-
airy.
Before leaving the first class of six ca
diets who are to be graduated upon return
of the vessel was detached and ordered
to cruising cutters for the summer. They
were: Cadets William L. Towle and h. j.
Donohue to the cutter Gresham. at Bos-
ton; ]. p. Gray and P. II. Harrison to
the Mohawk, New York; James Pine to
the Androscoggin. at Baltimore: M: J.
Ryan to the Seminole. Wilmington. n. Z.
Cadets From District and Nearby
Points.
Donohue was presented the Billiard cup.
| which is trophy offered each year to
the member of the graduating class doing
the best work for the encouragement OF
| athletics at the school. 1t is a personal
gift from Lieut. Fred c. Billiard.
Among the cadets who are to make the
| coreien cruise. are the following from the
District of Columbia and nearby points
in Maryland and Virginia:
First class-Louis j. Bennett. Baltimore:
Edward A. Blair, Baltimore: Philip n.
Ljungstedt. Washington. Second class,
John f. Br:stow. Washington Third
class. Edmund NJ Emmer oh and George
L. Gould Washington: Philip u. Johnston.
Beltsville. Prince George county; William
X Scanned, Brookland, d. {.
With wireless telegraph and a band OF
twelve musicians the cruise Will have
modern effects never before known by
cadets on the practice cruise.