Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-08
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

Capt. Worth g. Ross, captain comman-
dant of the revenue cutter service, who
has been visiting and inspecting the ves-
sells and stations of the service In the
north, will return home this week and
resume duty at the headquarters of the
service in the Treasury Department.
First Lieutenant of Engineers A. c.
Norman. on leave from the revenue cut
ter Gresham, at Boston, was a visitor to
the department in the past week. Senior
Capt. Newcombe, inspector and superin-
tendent OF construction Of the life-savins
service, was also q visitor at the depart
ment during the week.
The Register of the Revenue Cutter
Service, the ofiiciail blue book of the
service. containing information regard
ing the stations and records Of all the
officers in the service and OF the vessels
of the cutter fleet. is in the hands of the
printer and will. it is expected. be issued
during this week.
Capt. John C. Cantwell. commanding
the cutter Onondaga, on the Norfolk sta
ton, is on leave Of absence Of month.
With Mrs. Cantwell, Capt. Cantwell will
spend the leave In a visit to Canada.
The revenue cutter Apache, the Chesa-
peak station ship. has been ordered to
this city to patrol the course during the
boat races to be held under the auspices
of the local boat clubs the 18th and 18th
of this month. The Apache has recently
been overhauled and painted in prepara-
ton for this service.
fleet Of lumber traders to this port, on
her last trip from this city to Newbern,
N. c., ran ashore on the channel bank
near Newborn. The cutter Pamlico went
to the aid of the vessel and fioated her
July 80.
Considerable want and privation was
discovered among the various islands OF
the Aleutian chain this year. The Taho-
ma in q cruise as far west as Atka Is
land took the census Of the inhabited Is
lands and landed provisions where suen IN
assistance was needed. The surgeon OF
the Tahoma rendered valuable aid to the
many sick on these isolated islands.
The master Of the schooner koyei Maru,
an American citizen. was arrested by the
cutter Perry and held for trial on q
charge Of violation of the law which for
bids an American citizen to shoot seals:
The Perry found the schooner anchored
in dangerous position In Kalekta Day,
after having struck on the rocks. she
was then allowed to sail. under condition
that she would leave Bering sea, under
the command Of her first officer.
The schooner Tokai Maru In the past
month was captured in Kalekta bay by
the Perry on suspicion that earlier in the
season she touched at the island Of Chiri-
kof, one Of the Aleutian chain, ana aiter
landing her crew at that place, sold WINS
ky and saN to the natives ana nhaIy
sailed away with practically all the Iox
traps on the Island in their possession.
She was seized by the Perry on the
ground that she was fishing within the
territorial waters Of the United states.
proof of which was abundant, ana was
lowed to Unalaska and turned over TO the
United States marshal. Afte- a prelimi-
nary hearing before the United States
commissioner at Unalaska the prisoners
will be taken to Valdez for trial before
the United States circuit court.
An interesting incident OF the cruise "
the Perry to Attu Island was the dis-
coyery Of a bottle containing U. 8. ny,
geographic oflc bottle paper. which han
heen thrown overheard from the .. D
Empress of China in the north Pacinc
ocean one year and SIX months previous
to the time Of the visit OF the Perry 10
Attu. ~,
The Perry, on the cruise previous to the
one which proved her last. visited Bogos-
lof Island, that mysterious volcanic lot
nation which has been constantly cnang-
years Originally group OF three Isl
ands It has now, by a recent eruption,
been formed into one large island. with
a lake in the middle, from which the
steam is constantly rising. A peninsula
has arisen out Of the lake during the past
wear and has grown to a height of about
1s5 feet above the sea level, being united
to the main island by very narrow neck
Of land. The Perry's officers found the
island still in the throes OF eruption.
small landslides constantly taking place
and steam being emitted from holes In the
The revenue cutter service practice ship
Itasca, which has been on cruise In
European waters since June q. is sched-
uled to arrive at New London, Conn, on
her way to the Chesapeake. tomorrow.
On the cruise the cadets aboard the ship
visited the Azors, Portland, England. and
Cherbourg, France. They were enter
tanned at these ports by the authorities.
The cutter Algonquin, from the Porto
Rico station, is undergoing general
at New York shipyard tnat
will put her in the best of shape Tor
service in the tropics Many changes are
to be made in the interior arrangements
Of the vessel. her machinery Is TO De
overhauled and when the work
is completed the contractors will be paid
$37 GOO
Orders and instructions to omcers IN
the revenue cutter service have been Is
sued from the division Of the service, In
Departmnt, as follows:
Capt. g. B. Winram. granted ten days
leave.
Third Lieutenant Of ENGINEERS H. b.
Robinson. granted twenty days leave.
Second Lieut.. j. F. McGourty, granted
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