Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-16
Revenue Cutter Service.

Capt. John F. Wild, commanding the
revenue cutter Apache, on the Baltimore
station. who has been on leave of alb
| sence which he spent at his old home IN
North Carolina, has returned to Baltimore
and resumed command of his ship.
First Lieut. Frederick c. Billiard, aid to
the captain commandment Of the revenue
cutter service in the Treasury Depart
ment, has returned from two weeks
! leave of absence and is again at his desk
| in the bureau of the service.
| Second Lieut.. of Engineers California Z.
| Mcmillan, on his way from San francisco
| to Newport News to join the new reVe-
nue. cutter and derelict destroyer Seneca,
was at the department last week Lieut..
Mcmillan was one of the officers of the
| service who received the thanks OF the
department for the daring work done
| during the great fire following the San
Francisco earthquake. Lieut. Mcmillan
| has the enviable record of having SaVeo
number of lives in the disaster and also
| large amount of valuable property. One
of his feats was to get into one OF the
| big art galleries toward which the flames
were rapidly advancing and to save the
| pictures many of which were priceless
| and in frames too big to handle. He cut
! them from the frames and carried them
! to a place of safety. The gallery was de-
! stroyed in the fire, but the pictures, rep
/
saved.
The new revenue service tug Davey was
given an enthusiastic welcome on her ar
| rival at New ORGANS, where she Will be
stationed. There was a general turnout
| of the citizens, speechmaking by promi-
| nent persons and other features. The
Davey was built at Wilmington for board
| ing service at New Orleans. and made the
| trip from Arundel Cove, where she was
| fitted out under the command of First
| Lieut.. l.. T. Cutter, formerly executive
| officer of the cutter Apache.
| The trial trip of the new cutter and life
saving ship Snohomish is to take place on
the Atlantic coast off the Delaware
breakwater today. The Snohomish was
builc at Wilmington and is designed
for revenue cutter service and life-sav-
| ing service on the north coast of Wash
| ington state She will have her head
quarters in the Straits of San Juan de
Fuca. and will cruise up and down the
Pacific coast on the lookout for vessels
in trouble. She is unique in tie fact that
! she is the only iife-saving vesse In the
world, and in her equipment will be
found all the life-saving apparatus usu-
Sally found in shore station When her
| trials are completed she will be brought
to Arundel Cove, near Baltimore, to be
| fitted out for her trip to the facific.
The training ship 1tasca, with the
| classes of cadets aboard from the school
of instruction at Arundel Cove, Md, ar
rived at ST. Thomas, d. w. l.. Friday.
| She will sail for San Juan, P. r., where
| she is scheduled to arrive to-Aorrow or
Wednesday. The Itasca is to reach
| Cove September 90. At last reports all
aboard the ship were well and were en-
| joying themselves.
The cutter Apache has been ordered to
| Newport News to tow the new revenue
cutter and derelict destroyer teneca to
Arundel Cove. where she " Ill be fitted out
for service and where her crew will be
shipped. The Seneca will leave Newport
/ CHI hx,fIS tvt Nf =
Apache tomorrow. A month or six weeks
will be required to get tr u ady for
service.
A telegram received at the department
| from Capt. B. l.. Reed, commanding the
Mohawk, states that on a recent trip
| from New York to New London he de-
| stroyed a dangerous derelict with gun
cotton The derelct was found in longi-
| tude % degrees 80 minute: and latitude
80 degrees 81 minutes.
| The result of the recent examinations
| for appointment as cadet engineers in the
| revenue cutter service Is made public
| The following young men were successful
and will be sent to the school of instruc-
ton at Arundel Cove for instruction in
their duties, having passed the examina
ton tn the order named: John j. Thomas
of Waltham. Mass. graduate of the
Massachusetts School of Technology;
Charles A. Eaton of Waltham, Mass, also
from the School of Technology; Howard
J. Kerr of Brooklyn, N. Y; Charles ].
Odindhal of Baltimore. from Cornell;
William H. Doron.. Cold Springs. N. Y.
also from Cornell; S. w. Primer. New
York city, Cornell; Charles H. Johnson.
st. Paul, Mimi. Notre Dame University;
Clinton P. Kendall, Elizabeth. N. j.;
Kent w. Kraft. Brooklyn. naval ma
| chinist, and Ambrose r. Lukns Of Brook
! lyn. This examination was held August
"a to -. and the examination of the
| papers of the candidates was not finished
| until this week.
| ipS tn in
| the revenue cutter service have been is
| sued from the division of the service in
! the Treasury Department as follows:
Second Lieut.. of Engineers c. c. Nc
| Milan detached from the Winona. order
ed to the Seneca and granted three days
| leave en- route
! Capt D. p Foley. ordered to proceed to
Camden. N j., on officia! business.
Second Lieut.. Eben Barker, granted ten
! days extension leave.
| First Lieut.. of Engineers Hermann
kotzschmar. ordered to proceed to Will
mington. Del, on official business.
| Senior Capt. w. II. Cushing, ordered to
| superintend the construction of wharf
! and storehouse at Neah Bay, Wash, in
| addition to regular duties.
| First Lieut.. F. A. Lewis. ordered to tenn
| porary duty supervising repairs the
| Androscoggin.
Capt F. s. Van Boskerck granted ten
days sick leave and fourteen days leave
| of absence upon expiration Of sick leave.
capt H. d. west, STdHteu HVe Gays
| leave.
Capt G. C. Carmine, granted thirty
days leave.
Second Lieut.. of Engineers s. NJ. Rock
granted thirty days extension leave.
Second Lieut.. of Engineers j. E. Sheedy,
granted three days leave.
Capt of Engineers D. McC. French, or
dered to proceed to Morris Heights, N. Y.
and inspect two launches for the customs
service.
Capt. S. NJ Landrey, detached from the
Morrill, and ordered to command the Mo-
hawk.
Capt. B. l.. Reed. given preparatory or
darS To comma nd the Morrill,