Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
Revenue Cutter Service.

At Portland. Me-: Boston. New York,
Philadelphia. Baltimore. Norfolk, VIII
mington and on down the coast the YES
sells of the revenue cutter service are be-
ing prepared to start work, under the win
ter cruising orders, Thursday morning
next. Under the orders the vessels Will
be kept constantly at sea. except when it
may be necessary to come into port for
coal and supplies, and a bright lookout
will be kept aboard the ships for Oppor-
tunitieS to aid vessels in distress from
storm, lee or other cause. In the orders
sent by the Treasury Department to the
officers commanding the cutters which are
to be employed in winter cruising they
are instructed to be diligent in their
search for vessels in trouble and to give
aid promptly when notice is received of
ships needing assistance In past winter
seasons the vessels of the revenue cutter
service have been the means Of saving
many fine ships from destruction and of
restoring them to their. owners.
The crew of the revenue cutter Apache.
the Chesapeake station ship, made
Thanksgiving day gala occasion aboard
ship The vessel was lying at Chase's
wharf, Baltimore. and the petty officers
and men decorated their quarters and ia
bles with flowers and flags until the
messroom was a bower of beauty. The
dishes served were appropriate to the
OCCASION and several big turkeys were
the centerpieces for the tables. The men
had a jolly good time. Music was fur
nshed by big photograph belonging to
the ship.
The cadets and officers attached to the
school of instruction of the revenue cut
ter service have settled down in their new
quarters at Fort Trumbull. New London.
Conn.,, and it is stated that all are we'll
satisfied with the change from Arundel
Cove. near Baltimore. The new headquar
tiers of the school are better located and
more easy of access and have better sur
rOundings than at Baltimore.
The revenue cutter Acushnet has re-
turned to her station after a short alb
sence at New London, Conn, where she
was dry-docked.
The revenue cutter Bear arrived at San
Francisco the 10Th instant and will pro-
coed to San Diego before the LIST of De-
cember. where she will take station for
the winter months. 50.
November IS the Onondaga arrived in
Hampton roads, having in tow the dis
abled schooner Charles Whittemore, which
she had picked up off Cape Charles in a
disabled condition =.
Specifications for the construction Of
two new revenue cutters, to be known as
Nos. % and % until launched. have been
issued by the division of revenue cutter
service. The proposals are to be opened
December 10. Appropriations to build the
vessels were made by the last Congress.
InelG DIMENSIONS are 10 De. over
all, 200 feet: length between, perpendicu-
lars, $50 feet; nodded beam, "a feet; mold
ed depth at side from base line, Is feet,
and displacement to mean load draft, IL
feet liz inches above base line, with 800
tons of coal and 1890 gallons of fresh
water on board and ready for sea. 1924
tons Each is to have single tripie-expan-
sion engines of 1000 l. p, higs-pressure
cylinders being 20 inches in diameter. in
termediate, 321s inches; low pressure, 81
incl xri{h Of raict
of Sc inches Two steel boilers tested to
a working pressure of 200 pounds are to
be installed in each vessel. The cutters
are to have a cruising speed of IA knots
and maximum speed must be 10 knots.
The amount appropriated for each vessel
is $2JO.OOO.
Second Lieutenant of Engineers J. E.
Sheedy, attached to the Thetis at Homo
lulu, has rendered his resignation as an
officer in the revenue cutter service,
which has been accepted.
The first class of cadets and the cadet
engineers at the school of instruction will
be- graduated December Is. There are
sixteen cadets in the present first class
and there are three cadet engineers at
the school.
Capt. Commandant Worth G. Ross. En-
gineer-in-Chief McAllister. Lieut. Billiard
aid to the commandant, and other officers
of the revenue cutter service in this city
went to Philadelphia yesterday to witness
the Navy-Army foot ball game.
The cutter Apache. Capt. Wilde. was
yesterday ordered to the Piankatank
river Va. to aid the schooner Louis G.
Worrell of this city in distress there.
Orders and instructions to officers in the
revenue cutter service have been issued
as follows:
First Lieut. w. A. Whittier, granted
ten days leave.
Capt. w. V. E. Jacobs, granted six
days leave, commencing November %.
Third Lieutenant of Engineers A. E.
Lukens. granted three days leave en-
route to the Seminole.
Constructor ]. @. Walton, ordered to
New York on official business.
First Lieutenant of Engineers II. F..
Schoenborn. granted fifteen days extern
sion of leave.
First Lieutenant of Engineers H. X.
Spencer. ordered to the Snohomish.
First Lieut.. Charles Satterlee detached
from the Tahoma and ordered to report
to the general superintendent. Hfe-saving
service, for duty as assistant inspector,
life saving service
First Lieutenant of Engineers j.
Turner. detached from the Snohomish and
ordered to the ThetlS.
Captain OF Engineers Willis Pedrick.
ordered to the Acushnet for temporary
duty during the absence of First Lieu
tenant of Engineers j. E. DOrry on leave.
Second Lieutenant of Engineers j. F..
Sheedy, granted forty-siX days leave of
absence
First Lieutenant of Engineers Herman
Kotzschmar. granted two days leave of
absence commencing November %
First Lieut. c. W. Cairnes. granted
two days leave of absence, commencing
November %.
second Lieutenant of Engineers G. W.
Carnes. detached from the Manning and
ordered to the McCuIloch.
First Lieut.. l.. I. Cutter. ordered to
South Baltimore. Nd. on official business.
Third Lieutenant of Engineers II. j.
Kerr. granted five days' leave. commence
ing November 81
First Lieutenant of Engineers j. E.,
Derry. granted eight days leave, COM
mencing November %.