Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21

REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

Orders and instructions to officers in
the revenue cutter service have been is
sued from the division of the service in
the Treasury. Department as follows:
Second Lieut.. T. G. Crapster, detached
from the Itasca and the school Of instruc-
ton. as Of December 1, ordered to the
Manning and granted thirty days leave
en- route.
Second Lieut.. G. NJ. Gabbett. granted
thirty days leave from December 10, with
permission to apply for an extension.
First Lieut.. of Engineers A. C.. Norman,
| granted thirty days leave en- route TO the
Gresham.
Second Lieut.. G. E. Wilcox, granted ten
days leave.
Cadet i. y. JOhnstonS resignation ac-
cepteG.
Second Lieut. of Engineers A. F. Patter-
SON. ordered to the .Androscoggin for tenn
pOrary duty.
First Lieut. Eben Barker, granted seven
capt. +. NJ. Dunwoody, detached from
the Yamacraw and ordered to command
the Pam!ico.
Capt. K. Q. Crisp, detached from the
! PamlicO anu ordered 1. 10 command the
Seminole.
Capt. James ". Moore. commanding the
cutter Apache, and Lieut.. John Boedecker
of the Apache have been attending lee
lures on military law at the Arundel Cove
station. The course of lectures was COM
pleted yesterday.
Second Lieut.. W. II. Stronberg, recently
detached from the cutter Perry. on the
north Pacific station. has been assigned
to duty aboard the cutter Apache. on the
Chesapeake station. and will Join the ship
on the expiration OF short leave of alb
sence.
Second Lieut.. s. NJ Rock Of the Apache
has returned TO duty aboard that vessel
~, dove in,
the mountains and at Atlantic City. j..
First Lieut.. c. W. Cairnes, on the return
of the cutter Apache from a cruise on the
bay. will be relieved by Lieut.. John Boo
command Of the cutter Manhattan on an
choragc duty I'm that harbor.
The. revenue cutter Woodbury.. has been
working for the release of the. schooner
Alice T. Clark. which vessel stranded on
the Maine coast near Rockland. Tt Will
probably be necessary to lighter the
schooner before she can be f1Dated. =:
The Seminole. on the 18th instant, pro-
coded to the assistance of four-masted
schooner reported ashore on Frying Pan
shoals off the North Carolina coast.
Vessels have been designated by the
President to cruise along the Atlantic
coast during the winter months to as
Sist vessels in distress as follows: Wood
bury. Androscoggin, Gresham, Acushnet,
Mohawk, Apache, Onondago. Seminole.
Pamlico and YamacraW. These vessels
are so stationed that their cruising dis
tricts cover the coast from Maine to
Florida.
The Seneca during the past week
cruised in Block Island and Nantucket
sounds for reported wreckage. and found
the abandoned schooner .Ancilarius on
Sow and Pigs reef.
The Yamacraw has been ordered to
proceed without delay to water between
Jamaica and Porto Rico, and search for
any vessels that may have been dis
abled during the recent hurricane in
West Indian waters.
The Window participated in the re-
cent carnival at Houston, Tex, and the
infantry section of the vessel took part
in the shore parade.
A report has been received from Capt.
A. j. Henderson covering the work Of
the Thetis. which vessel he commanded
in the Arctic ocean during the past sea-
son. The report shows that excellent
work was done in the interest Of shipping
and the public service in northern Alaska.
Much was done also In the interest Of
the natives Of that region.
The cadets of the first class and the
class of cadet engineers at the school of
instruction of the service have been or
dered to report at the United States
Marine Hospital. Baltimore, Nd. the 18th
instant. for physical examination before
board of medical officers Of the public
will be their final physical examination
prior to being commissioned.
1t is expected that the repairs to the
Androscoggin. now at the works of the
Fore River Shipblilding Company, Quin-
cy. Mass, will be completed so that the
vessel will resume her station by the 3Oth
instant.