Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-05
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

Capt Worth G. Ross, captain comman-
dant of the United States revenue cutter
service has gone to New York and other
points on an inspection tour. Friday he
visited and inspected the service station
at Arundel Cove, near Baltimore, and the
cutter Apache, the Chesapeake station
ship.
Prof. G.. E. Dimmick. an instructor in
the revenue cutter service school at
Arundel Cove. Md. is on leave of absence
while the Itasca. with the classes of
cadets aboard, is at Philadelphia, and is
visiting in this city.
j. l. Bryan. first lieutenant of engineers,
attached to the cutter Mohawk on the
New York station, visited the headquar-
tiers of the service in the Treasury De-
partment last week. He is on leave of
absence, which he is spending in this
city.
Cadets James A. Crutchfeld of Illinois.
Leigh r. Sanford of Illinois and George
l.. Gould of Massachusetts. members of
the third class at the school of inStruc-
ton, have resigned and their designations
have been accepted by the Secretary of
the Treasury.
The examination for promotion of sew
eral officers in the junior grades of the
service has been completed and all order
ed for examination were successful in
passing DOtu the mental anu physical
tests. The officers were Second Lieut..
William Henry Munter. attached to the
Itasca, and Second Lieut.. John LovJoy
Maher. attached to the Pamlico at New
bern, N. c., and Third Lieuts. John Jen-
kins Hutson on the Seminole at Whining
ton, n. c.; Fred Arthur Nichols on the
Onondaga at Norfolk. Charles Frederic
Setter on the Morrell at Detroit. and
Chester Grady Jones on the Dexter at
New London. They will soon receive
N htph
grade.
The revenue cutter service training ship
1tasca with classes of cadets aboard. the
cutter Mohawk from the New York sta
ton and the cutter Wissahickon have been
ordered to Philadelphia to take part in
the ceremonies incidental to the 225tl an
| niversary of the founding of that city.
The officers and men attached to the ships
will take part in the demonstrations and
parades arranged for this week. The
training ship Itasca, which has been in
the Chesapeake for a week, is now on
t he way to Philadelphia. On the compile
ton of her visit there she will go to the
school of instruction at Arundel Cove.
Md, where the cadets will take up winter
quarters and begin their studies for the
session ashore.
Several of the ships of the revenue cut
ter service fleet, which have been doing
patrol duty in Boring sea, on the coast
of Alaska. the past summer. have sailed
or are about to sail for Seattle and San
Francisco The cutter Thetis. Capt. Hen
derson, and the cutter Perry, Capt.
Haake. will remain in the far north dur
ing the winter and will be the only yes
sells OF the fleet left there The cutter
Bear, Capt f. p. Bertholf. has sailed
from Alaska for San Francisco. The cut
ter Rush sailed from Unalaska October 1
for Seattle. The cutter McCulloch is on
the way from Unalaska to Seattle and
San Francisco with Senior Capt. Munger
aboard. Capt. Munger has been ordered
to San Francisco to take up new duties:
The Perry has sailed from Unalaska and
will take station in southeastern Alaska
for the winter.
| Orders and instructions to officers in the
service have been issued from the office
of the captain commandant in the Treas
ury Department as follows:
First Lieut.. of Engineers H. X. Spencer.
detached from the Forward and ordered
to the Seneca.
Second Lieut.. of Engineers L. c. Far
we'll, detached from the Itasca and or
dered to the Forward.
Capt ]. F. Wild, ordered TO proceed to
Washington. d. c., on official business.
Second Lieut.. Of Engineers Z. c. McMil-