Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-02
REVENUE CUTTER NOTES.

! Lieut.. B. II. Camden, executive officer
Of the revenue cutter Seminole. at Will
mington. N. c.. who has been OIL sick
| leave in q northern state. has come Il
| Washington to spend the remainder OF
! his leave before returning to duty.
Orders directing the cadets Of the reve
| nue. cutter service school of instruction
at Arundel Cove to take part in the in
| augural parade. and to form part of the
cadet regiment made up Of the West
Point and Annapolis boys, have been
issued from the department. The entire
membership Of the three classes will
form the revenue service cadet company
Lieut.. T. e. Crapster will be in COM
! mand. Lieut.. r. w. Dempwolf Of the
cutter Apache will act as aid to Lieut.
| Crapster on the occasion. The expenses
Of the cadets for the trip will be paid
out of the revenue cutter service funds
The cutter and training ship Itasca.
aboard which a number of the cadets
have their quarters at the Arundel Cove
school, has been taken to Baltimore to
have considerable overhaulipg and repair
work done in preparation for the annual
cruise OF the classes of cadets in foreign
waters. The ship will sail in the latter
part of May or early in June with the
on training cruise. The program for
the cruise has not yet been mapped out,
but will embrace a number of the larger
ports of Europe. While the Itasca is at
Baltimore the cadets have taken up their
| living quarters in the buildings Of the
station ashore.
The cutter Perry. which has been on
duty in Alaskan waters for several
months and Is now the only vessel of the
revenue cutter fleet in the north Pacific
ocean. has been ordered from Juneau
Alaska, headquarters. to Port Townsend
Wash. where the cutter is to be locked
for extensive repair work. The vessel
is to be put in thorough order before she
returns to duty in the far north in the
coming summer. The McCulloch and
| Bear, other vessels of the Alaskan and
arctic service fleet, returned to ports on
the Pacific coast several weeks ago. There
are now no vessels of the revenue cutter
service on the Alaskan station.
Numerous applications to be allowed tC
take the examination for cadetships ir
the revenue cutter service. both in the
line and engineers, are being received a,
the department. 1t is expected that the
| number of young men who will present
themselves for the mental and phySica
| tests will be unusually large. The rev.
enue cutter service is growing rapidly ir
popularity, and a berth in 1t is one of the
| most desirable to be had in the govern
| ment service The officers OF the revenue
cutter service now rank with these in the
navy and have all the perquisites and
privileges of a naval officer The exam
ination, which will be held in all the
prominent centerS of the country, Will be-
gin April and will continue severa
days. There are about twenty vacancies
! III the cadets of the line and engineers
at the school Of instruction at Arunde
| Cove, which are to be filled by the candi
dates successful In this examination.
| Orders and instructions to officers ir
the revenue cutter service have been is
sued from the division of the service, In
the Treasury Department. as follows:
| First Lieut.. c. s. Cochran, granted five
| days leave.
First Lieut.. of Engineers l.. T. Jones
ordered to the Marine Hospital, Fort
Stanton, n. NJ, for treatment.
Capt. G. NJ. Daniels, granted five days
| leave.
First Lieut.. J. +. Hotel, granted ter
days leave.
First Lieut.. B. III. Camden. granted
thirty days extension sick leave.
! Second Lieut.. NJ. s. Hay. detached from
the Thetis and granted fifteen days eX-
tension leave.
First Lieut.. of Engineers II. L. Boyd
granted seven days leave.