Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

The revenue cutters Androscoggin and
Seneca have been designated to partici-
pate In the reception to be given Col
Roosevelt upon his arrival in New York
harbor next Saturday. The committee
representing the city of New York will
receive the ex-President on these vessels.
He will be taken on the transatlantic
liner at the quarantine station by the
Manhattan and transferred to the An
droscoggin. Attended by the feet, the
Androscoggin will proceed up the Hud-
son river along the western shore as far
as 59th street, and thence down the
river along the eastern shore to pier A,
where Col. Roosevelt and the committee
will be landed about IL am.
The distinguishing flag for revenue
cutters will hereafter be marked with
the distinctive emblem Of the service in
blue and white, placed on a line with
the lower edge of the union and over
stripe from the hoist of the flag, the
emblem to cover horizontal space Of
three stripes. The flag will be flown for
the first time by the revenue cutters par
ticipating In the reception to ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt in New York harbor Sat
urday, the 18th instant.
The revenue cutter Mohawk and the
tugs on anchorage and harbor duty in
New York have been designated to pa
troll the course at the regatta of the In
tercollegiate Rowing Association at
Poughkeepsie. N. Y. June 25.
Orders and instructions to officers in the
revenue cutter service have been issued
as follows:
Second Lieut.. W. T: strombers. granted
twenty days leave commencing upon the
return to duty of Lieut.. Booker
First Lieutenant of Engineers Urban
Harvey, granted thirty days leave.
Third Lieutenant Of Engineers X. W.
Kraft. detached from the Algonquin and
ordered to the Acushnet.
Second Lieut. j. l.. Ahern, granted three
months leave.
Second Lieut.. James Pine, detached
from the Pamlico and ordered to the
Thetis.
First Lieut.. 1t Cutter, ordered to
proceed to South Baltimore. Md, on off,
cial business
First Lieut. O. W. Cairnes, ordered to
report for duty on the Androscoggin June
II.
Third Lieutenant Of Engineers C. T.
Kendall, granted thirty days leave COM
mencing June 10.
Second Lieut.. William T. Stromberg, Of
the revenue cutter Apache. who Is on
at his home in Howard county, Md.
First Lieut.. John Boedker Of the
Apache has returned to duty as execu-
tive officer of his ship after a sixty-day
leave or absence spent on the Pacif1c
coast. During his leave Lieut.. Boedker
was married at Los Angeles. Mr. and
Mrs. Boedker will make their home in
Baltimore.
First Lieutenant of Engineers d. F..
Bowen has been detached from the cut
ter Pamlico on North Carolina waters
and assigned to duty on the Apache. He
is expected to report aboard the ship in
the next day or two.
Representatives of shipbuilding plants
at Norfolk. Newport News, Baltimore.
Philadelphia and New York have, during
the past week, visited the revenue cut
ter Algonquin at Arundel Cove to look
her over preparatory to bidding on the
repair work to be done to the vessel. The
Algonquin Is to be put in thorough order
before returning to her station at San
Juan. Porto RICO.
The revenue cutter cadet practice ship
Itasca, having aboard the classes Of ca
diets from the school of instruction OF the
service at Arundel Cove, Md, passed out
the capes of the Chesapeake early in the
past week on her annual training cruise
In foreign waters. Her first stop will be
at Delgada, AZOre Islands, where she is
| scheduled to arrive June 49, She will re-
main there until June -. when she will
| sail for Portland. England.
| Senior Capt. w. f. Reynolds, superin-
| tendent of construction and repair of the
service. and Senior Capt. Frank II. Wads-
| worth. inspector life-saving service at
New York. visited and registered at the
department in the past week.