Evening star., 1909-05-31
Revenue Cutter Service.
Mrs. Ida M. Galloway,

First Lieutenant Of Engineers c. W.
examination. was visitor at the de-
partment during the past week.
Second Lieut. W. c. Ward of the cut
ter Yamacraw at Norfolk. has been de-
tached in consequence of sickness and
is at the Marine Hospital at Baltimore.
The cutter Rush of the Bering sea pa
troll arrived al Juneau, Alaska. May II and
sailed later for Kodiak en- route to Una
laska. The cutter Perry arrived at Sitka.
May %. and will this week sail for Una
laska. Other vessels of the Bering sea
fleet will report at Unalaska in short
time
The cutter Forward has been tempo
rarily relieved from duty on the Mobile
station and docked at shipyard there
for a general overhauling of hull and for
out of service for about two weeks and
is to be put in thorough order for
patrol work on her station on the Gulf of
Mexico.
the hull of a three-masted schooner al
most totally submerged, was destroyed
last week by the derelict destroyer Sene-
ca. Heavy dynamite charges were used
to disrupt the hull and send it to the
bottom. The wreck was in the path of
coastwise vessels and when blown up
was about fourteen miles southwest by
south of Barnegat light station.
The revenue cutter Onondaga. doing
duty on the station between Delaware
Breakwater and Cape Hatteras. with
headquarters at Philadelphia and Nor
folk. has been relieved by the new cutter
Yamacraw and is at the service station
at Arundel Cove. Md, to- be overhauled.
The Onondaga will be out of service for
several weeks. She VIII receive machin-
cry repairs and will be cleaned and paint
ed in preparation for summer service on
her station.
The cutter Yamacraw, built for duty on
the Savannah station. will not reach that
city until the middle or latter part of
July. in consequence of having to do duty
as relief to the Onondaga.
The revenue cutter Tahoma, ordered
from Gibraltar to Alexandretta, Turkey
to look after American interests there anc
at other points in Turkey, is again or
he way to Port Townsend Wash.
where she was bound when stopped by
telegra phic orders. Capt. J. H. Quinan
commanding the Tahoma, was instructed
by cable May ~ to resume his journey
The cutter was at Port Said Thursda,
last and will remain there for severa
days. The ship is expected to reach Ma
Mia early in July and will call at Aden
Colombo, Singapore and other ports en-
route. She will arrive at her destination
some time In the late summer.
Second Lieuts. 7. Nj. Molloy, P. w
LaEriot and ]. H. Crozier First Lieuts
C. S. Cochran and c. E. Johnston and
Third Lieuts. J. r. Bessie. e. j. Donohue,
James Pine, NJ j. Ryan and w. f.
Towle have completed their examinations
before subboards. A board consisting Of
Capt. H. NJ Broadbent. Capt. r. o. Crisp
and Capt. j. L. Sill is in session at Arun-
del Cove to examine and rate the papers
of these officers for promotion.
The engineer officers. Second Lieutenant
of Engineers F. G. Snyder and Third
Lieutenant of Engineers ]. F. Hahn, who
were examined at the same time as the
line officers mentioned above, have sue
cessfully passed for promotion and have
been nominated to the Senate for adj
vancement to the next higher grade.
The cutter Mohawk and the derelict de-
stroyer Seneca assisted in floating the
German steamship Princess Alice. which
went ashore at Fort Wadsworth, in New
York harbor, during a heavy fog last
week.
The Seneca, on her way to sea to look
for derelicts, was one of the first steamers
to go to the assistance of the stranded