Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

Money necessary to pay claims of en-
gineer officers who served a probationary
term as acting assistant engineers in the
revenue cutter service is included in a
Senate amendment to the urgent de-
ficiency bill. This will undoubtedly be-
come a law, and will affect the longevity
pay of about fifteen or twenty officers OF
the Engineer Corps.
A bill has been introduced in the House
which provides that officers Of the army,
navy and marine corps, in computing
their longevity pay, shall receive credit
for any service, either as an officer or an
enlisted man, in the revenue cutter serV-
ice.
The commanding officer of the Gresham
recently reported that the dereiict schoon-
err Henry B. Fiske of Boston, recently
found abandoned at sea by the Gresham,
was of too deep a draft in her Sunken
into Nantucket sound. The derelict was
therefore beached on Davis bank. and
temporarily abandoned by the Gresham
during a severe gale. Later the Gresh-
am and Acushnet made a thorough
search for the wreck. No trace of her
could be found. She had evidently blown
off shore, and broken up.
The Onondaga has succeeded in locat-
ing and destroying the wreck of the
schooner McFadden of Bath, Me-, wrech-
serious menace to navigation.
Capt. F. G. Dodge, recently in COM
mand of the revenue cutter Forward,
called at the department Friday. Capt.
Dodge has been assigned to duty as as
sistant inspector OF the life-saving service,
with headquarters at Ononcock, Va, hav-
ing been relieved on the Forward by First
Lieut.. S. p. Edmonds.
The department has been advised of the
death of Captain of Engineers j. b. JET
fries, retired, which occurred February
4 at his home, Ill Pierrepont street.
Brooklyn, n. Y.
Capt. Jeffries entered the service in
1868 and was on active duty during the
tionS Of the revenue cutter service and
was an efficient officer. With the grade
of first lieutenant of engineers, he reach
ed the retirement age in 1904. He was
placed on the retired list by law, with the
grade of captain, in consequence of his
civil war record.
The wireless telegraph outfit of the cut
ter Apache, on the Chesapeake bay sta
ton. is to be overhauled. Constructor ].
@. Walton has been ordered to Baltimore
to look after the work.
The cutter Apache. the Chesapeake sta
ton ship. sailed Friday from Baltimore
for cruise over her station in search of
vessels In distress needing her cid, Ind
to see that the oyster dredgers are OBJ
serving the marine laws of the United
States.
Under winter cruising orders, the
Apache, in the month of January, was in
service almost constantly visiting port
only for fuel and supplies. During the
month the vessel cruised Lis miles, ex-
amined the papers of pol Chesapeake pay
craft, held the masters of four vessels
for violations of the Revised Statutes and
rendered assistance to two vessels foun
| in distress.
| The cutter Onondaga, from Norfolk,
| spent several days in the past weak
kcruising the Atlantic in the vicinity of
| Cape Hatteras in the hope of finding
some of the crew of the Inflated schooner
Francis who might have escaped from
the wreck afioat in boats or on pieces Of
wreckage. Though a diligent search was
made, no trace of the crew was found.
| Orders and instructions to officers i'll
the revenue cutter service have been u.s.
sued from the division of the service in
the Treasury Department as follows:
| First Lieut.. B. II. Camlen, granted ter
days leave, commencing February 3.
| Second Lieut.. c. NJ. Gabbett, granted
fifteen days extension of leave.
| Third Lieut.. William Williams, granted
thirty days leave.
| Constructor ]. @. Walton. ordered te
| Baltimore on official business In con.
nection with the wireless outfit of the
! Apache.
Second Lieut.. A. H. Scally. granted
thirty days leave, to commence upon the
| return to duty on the Takoma of Capt
j. II. Quinan