Evening star., 1909-05-31

liner in response to her whistles of dis
tress. sounded soon as she beached
\ heavy steel hawser was sent from ths
Seneca TO the ship, and the cutter. with
fleet of tugs. began pulling on the steam
ship.
The strain was too great for the haw.
ser. II parted in two places. the centef
dropping into the water The Mohawk
then relieved the Seneca. which proceed
ed TO sea. The Mohawk was of great as.
sstance in floating the steamer.
The crew OF the cutter Woodbury.. az
Rockland. Me. WAS recently of valuabls
assistance in eNtingCishing a fire at
point on Rockland harbor inaccessible tc
the fire department. \ cottage on the
hills about two miles from the ship was
observed on fire. and the flames were
threatening other buildings and the woods
nearby. \ crew from the cutter went
to the scene of the fire with extinguish-
ers and hand apparatus and prevented the
spread of the flames.
The practice ship Itasca, having aboard
the Young men who are preparing TO enter
the service as officers. has sailed from
baltimore on her annual practice cruise.
which this year Will be 10 the Mediter-
ranean sea. and is now in lower Chesa-
peake bay putting the forty-seven cadets
i'm the various classes through preliminary
training before going to sea. About June
the vesse! will rass out Cape Henry.
The following itinerary has been mapped
out for the trip:
Delgada. Azores, from where she will sail
about June 20. She will depart from LIS
bon. Portugal. June oS; from Gibraltar.
July =: from Valencia, Spain. July 10;
from Nillefranche. France, July Ii: from
Genoa. Italy, July 81: from Naples, Italy.
July ~: from Messina Italy, August 3;
from Venice, Italy, August II: from
Trieste, Austria. August II; from Athens.
i: from Aigiers. Algeria. September g:
from Funchal. Madeira. September IA.
She will arrive at Fortress Monroe. Va,
September - and at Arundel Cove, Md
October l.
On the cruise the young men will re-
and navigation. Several young men from
this city are among the cadets making the
cruise. and mail for them should be sent
via New York. The department has ar
ranged with the postmaster at New York
to send the mail for the 1tasca N a spe-
cial sealed pouch to the point of arrival
of the ship so to reach her during her
stay in that rort.
her way from Baltimore to Norfolk to re-
leve the cutter Onondasa she stopped at
Drum Point. at the mouth of the Patux-
ent river, Nd, to float a stranded schoon-
er that had gone ashore there. The name
of the vessel could not be ascertained.
| The Yamacraw will do derelict destroy
| ing work on the coast both at her present
station and at Savannah when she
| reaches tHeTe- ne snip has Deen sup
piled with an outfit of powerful gun cot
ton mines for use in removing obstruc-
| tions to navigation brought to her notice.
| Orders and instructions to officers In
the revenue cutter service have been is
sued from the division of the service.
Treasury Department, follows:
| Second Lieut.. w. c. Ward. granted sick
| leave from May &. 1909, detached from
the Yamacraw and ordered to the Ma
| rine Hospital. Baltimore. Nd, for obser-
walton and treatment.
| Second Lieutenant of Engineers j. I.
Carr granted thirty days leave from July
| 1, 1909. with permission to apply for an
extension OF fifteen days.
! First Lieutenant of Engineers A. C..
Norman. Second Lieut.. G. E. Wilcox and
Second Lieutenant of Engineers w. NJ.
Prall, constituted a board for the exami-
nation of Acting Machinist Henry Wendt
for machinist.
First Lieutenant OF Engineers D. F. x.
Bowen, granted two days extension leave.
The following cadets have been COM
missioned third lieutenants: J. P. Gray,
p H. Harrison, j. II. Cornell. William
Williams. w. P. Wishaar, G. T. Finlay
and l.. l.. Bennett.
Second Lieutenant of Engineers c. 8.
Root. detached from special duty at the
department. ordered to the Gresham and
granted three days leave en- route.
| Second Lieut.. F. A. Nichols. granted
thirty days leave from June 10, 1909.