Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
Revenue Cutter Service.

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Capt. John F. Reinburg. commanding
| the revenue cutter service school Of in
struction at Arundel Cove. Md, was
visitor to the Treasury Department Fri
day.
The condition of Third Lieut.. Fred A.
Nichols Of the cutter Onondaga, who is
i'll at Norfolk hospital with typhoid
fever. is as good as could be expected.
The cutter Manning has just com
pleted repairs at San Francisco and has
been ordered to. Neah bay. state OF
Washington. for winter service. She
will make this point her base of opera
tions. Orders to her commander instruct
him to cruise in the vicinity of Cape
F'lattery and on the north Pacific coast,
and to offer assistance to vessels In dis
tress whenever it is in his power to do
so. The Manning will be kept upon this
service it is expected, until April ! of
the coming year.
The derelict destroyer Seneca. Capt.
Reynolds, which sailed from Tomplins
willie. n. Y, early In the past week in
search of a dangerous derelict, reported
about 800 miles off Cape Hatteras, has
not yet located the wreck. No report
thought that she will return to port
until she locates and destroys the float
ing menace to navigation.
The old warship Dale, for many years
receiving ship at the navy yard here,
now known as the Oriole. has completed
repairs at a Baltimore shipyard and has
been returned to her station at the school
OF instruction at Arundel Cove, where she
classes. One night, about a month ago.
the old ship sprang a leak and sunk at
her moorings in a shoal dock. She was
raised and taken to Baltimore, where con-
ya1a ND afI ,oy,
repair work done to put the old ship in
good order for further service. The ship,
before she left this city. had been housed
over, converting her into floating house
cutter service she has had other cha
made in her and is said to make a COM
Portable home for the young men prepar-
ing for officers in the service.
The dock trial of the engine of the new
revenue cutter Yamacrow took place at
the yards of her builders, the New York
Shipbuilding Company, at Camden. n. j.,
last week. and were perfectly satisfactory
to the officers of the service who wit
messed it. The official acceptance trial
trip of the new vessel will take place on
| the Delaware river December % A board
of officers of the service will be detailed
to conduct the tests. The Yamacraw is
of the Seminole type and is building for
service on the South Atlantic coast, with
headquarters at Savannah.
The new revenue cutter Tahoma, built
by the New York Shipbuilding Company,
at Camden, N. j., which underwent her
acceptance trials about three weeks ago,
is completed and will be turned over to
the officials of the service Thursday next
The Tahoma will he brought to Arundel
Cove, near Baltimore, to be fitted out for
| service. and early in the coming spring
she will start for her station on Puget
sound, state of Washington
The old chapeau and heavy epaulets
that formed part Of the dress uniform
of the officers of the revenue cutter serv-
ion tn, l,-
new regulations regarding uniforms in
the service. which has just been issued
from the division of the service in the
Treasury. number of minor changes
are made in the uniforms to be worn by
both officers and men, but the biggest
change is the abolition of the old chapeau
and epanets that have been part of the
commissioned officers dress uniform for
many years. 1t has been decided that
these were no longer practical for the
use OF seagoing officers and in their place
have been substituted full dress
cap and shoulder knots, which will be
worn with the frock coat. having stand
ing collar ornamented with gold lace The
idea in making the changes is to have
the uniforms required fewer in number
and practical for service. The changes
meet with the approval of the officers.
Reports coming into the department
show that the vessels of the service now
engaged in winter cruising have been
active all along the coast, and in num-
Der OF instances timely assistance has
been rendered vessels in distress. So far
weather has been good since the vessels
started cruising, and the heavy demand
upon them for aid will come during the
| cold and stormy days in January and
February.
Orders and instructions to officers in the
revenue cutter service have been issued
from the Office of the captain commandant
of the service in the Treasury Department
during the past week as follows:
First Lieut.. II. G. Hamlet. detached
from the Itasca and ordered to duty as as
sistant inspector of Hfe-saving stations.
Second Lieut. of Engineers w. l.. Max
we'll granted thirty days leave with per
mission to apply for an extension of thir-
ty days.
Second Lieut.. n. f. Rideout. granted
thirty days extension leave.
| Cadet S. w S. Orr, resignation accepted
First Lieut.. of Engineers Hermann
KotZschmar. ordered to proceed to Cam
den n j.. on official business.
| First Lieut. J. L. Maher, granted seven
| days sick leave
| Second Lieut.. of Engineers F. II. Young
| detached from the Rush and ordered to
| the Arcata.
| First Lieut. of Engineers c. NJ. Green,
granted five days sick leave.
| Second Lieut.. T. G. Crapster. granted
| nine days leave.
First Lieut.. II. D. Hinckley granted five
| days leave en- route to the Itasca.