Evening star., 1909-05-09
Revenue Cutter Service.

| Capt. r. 0. Crisp, commanding the
revenue cutter Pamlico, on the Carolina
sounds, who is on leave OF absence from
his ship, while 1t is being overhauled at
Norfolk, was in the city during the week
and registered at the headquarters of the
service in the Treasury Department
Senior Capt. c. H. Mcclellan, retired;
Capt. j. II. Brown. commanding the sta
ton of the service at Arundel Cove, Md,
and Third Lieut.. of Engineers N. B.
Hall, from the cutter Apache, on the
partment and registered in the past week.
The big event Of the year to the boys
at the school of instruction at Arundel
Cove. the farewell hop of the class of
cadets who have just graduated and been
assigned to cruising vessels, took place
Friday night aboard the training ship
Itasca at Arundel Cove. A throng OF
pretty girls from Baltimore and Phila-
delphia, with sprnkling of prettier girls
from this city, attended the hop. The
guests were transported from Baltimore
TO Arundel Cove aboard the revenue cut
ter service steamer Guthrie. This fare
well hop, following the graduation of the
senior class at the revenue cutter serv-
ice school, is now one of the established
institutions of the school,
The District of Columbia captured more
appointments to the revenue cutter serv-
ice school Of instruction, the result of the
recent examination held all over the coun-
try. than did any other state or territory
except New York, with which it tied OF
the class Of sixteen young men selected
two are from this city and of the three
cadet engineers named one is Wash
ington boy.
The new class of cadets and cadet engi-
neers has been ordered to report aboard
| the cutter Itascai at Arundel Cove, May
| IA, when the new class will be formed
and the duties of cadets taken up. The
new class will sail with the other MEM
bers of the school from Arundel Cove on
the annual cruise of instruction aboard
the ItaSca, which will leave. the Chesa-
peake early in June.
| The itinerary Of the cruise is being ar
ranged and will include many of the
larger ports in European waters. The
vessel will be gone about three months
on the trip.
Throughout the country ninety-fve
young men took the examination for ap-
pointment cadets to the school of in
struction. OF this number but twenty,
who led in the examination, will receive
appointments
OF this number sixteen have been
named, leaving four still to be named.
This does not include the young men
selected as cadet engineers.
The members of the first class of cadets
at the school of instruction who were left
at the school after several members of
the class were graduated and assigned
| to cruising vessels several months ago
nave dis successfully pdSSeu llielI eAdiHl-
| nations and have graduated. They have
| been ordered to cruising vessels.
| The following is the order in which the
| class graduated: John P. Gray, Paul II.
| Harrison, William Williams, John III. Cor
nell, William p. Wishaar. Gordon r. Fin
| lay, Louis l.. Bennett and Roy p. Munro.
| The cutters Manning. Perry, Thetis, Rush
and Bear will this coming season form the
| fleet that will patrol the Bering sea and
protect the seal fishing interests of the
country. The Rush sailed Thursday for
| Alaskan waters. She will be followed by
| the other vessels of the service as soon
as they can complete overhauling.
| The fleet. with the exception of the Bear,
are being made ready for service at Puget
sound. The Bear is at the Mare Island
navy yard at San Francisco. The Thetis
has been selected as the vessel to make
the annual cruise into the Arctic, leaving
the other ships for Bering sea service.
| The patrol fleet this season will be COM
manded by Capt. w. v. E. Jacobs, United
States revenue cutter service. with head
quarters at Unalaska. He will be assist
| ed by First Lieut.. of Engineers J.
H. Chalker, United States revenue cutter
service.
A recent decision Of the court Of claims
| is Of interest to retired officers of the
service, as 1t involves the question of
ed on the claim of Second Lieut.. of
Engineers Byron A. Minor. retired. for
Longevity pay for service as an acting
second lieutenant of engineers.
] At various times, from 1895 to 1903. a
number of officers were appointed acting
second assistant engineers for short
period prior 20 being commissioned. The
passage of the act of April IL. 1902. as
simulated the pay OF officers of the reve-