Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-26
Official Dress
Often Designed.
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

Capt p III Uberroth. in charge of o.
erations and personnel of the revenue
cutter service, was in Baltimore in the
latter part of the past week on official
business connected with the Presidents
commission of efficiency and economy in
the public service. Constructor ". {.
Besselevre. under orders from the de-
partnlent visited the shipyard at New
port News 70 inspect the work being
done Ipon the two new revenue cutters
being built at that point Constructor }.
O. Walton, from the office Of the chief
engineer of the service at this citE, Wis
tied Amesbury Mass. TO inspect vessels
of the service in a shipyard there
Under this weeks orders. First Lieut.. I'll.
H. Wolf is detached from the training
ship Itasca and ordered TO the command
of the cutter Snohomish. al Mean BAY.
Washington. and Second Lieut.. ;. v
Parker is detached from the ltasca ana
ordered to the cutter Window. on the
Galveston station To MI the vacancies
in the staff on the Itasca First Lieut. W
H. Hunter and Second Lieut.. j. r Nc
Gourty are detached from the Mohawk
and ordered to duty on the Itasca and At
the school Of instruction OF the serNice
at New London. Conn.
Capts D. H. Hall and O. :. Wiley, re-
tired and Second Lieut.. Charles / Sci
fer from the cutter Mohawk. were visit
ors who registered al the department the
past week.
Capt Orion u. Myrick, retired. who died
at his home at Boston September IL or
heart disease was enc of the hrst class
of cadets that entered the school OF IN
struction when 1t was organized early In
the seventies and when ii had its head
quarters aboard the old schooner Dob
him at Baltimore. He entered the serN-
ice as a cadet January !. 1877. and re-
;rcirv Z In Fy1
ant i'm June. lS19 In March. 1879. lie
was commissioned a second Lieutenant.
and the grade OF first lieutenant was
reached in 1875. He was made captain
in October 1902 and vas placed on the
retired list. on account of i'll health.
March 81. 1893 The greater part % the
years he was in tie service were spcnt
at Atlantic stations. though he I'D duty
at all OF her stations. except on the great
lakes. Capt Myrisk also saw five months
service in cooperation with the navy in
the war with Spain. He was well known
to the older men in the service and vas
popular His death is deeply regretted by
those who saw service with him. lie
was f1fty-eisht years old.
The cutter ALGONQUIN. Capt. J. II
Brown. on the Porto Rico station. under
orders from the department towed tn"
Boston barkentine John r.. Emery from
Mayaguez to san Juan after she had
put into the first named port with sails
and spars damaged. the result "t the
a
coast.
The Algonquin also has been sent -
search for the American schooner Cen
eral Whiting. which was reported IN dis
tress off Arecibo. Porto Ri"o. Since the
cutter left San Juan on this mission moth
ing has been heard from her.
The cutter Morreii. :. Detroit. rescued
four persons from "A sinking power boat
according TO the report of Capt. r j.
Haake The launch Gray VI, with two
aboard DRIFT
ing out on the lake, when the occupanis
cries for help were heard aboard the
cutter and boat was sent to their AID
When the men from the cutter rea ehed
the launch they found il was leaking
rapidly and would have sunk in lie"
minutes. The passengers were taken oil
the launch and carried TO the cutter and
the boat was hauled up on the daTits OF
the Morreli. She was there freed from
water and the leak stopped.
The cutter Hudson found the power
boat Ran G.. adrift i'm He'll Gate. at the
entrance to New York harbor. with en-
CINE disabled. The launch was taken in
tow and carried i'm safety TO New York
The cutter Calumet. another Of the small
revenue cutter service vessels engaged
in harbor duty at New York has
motor boat Tempest disabled and adrift
of Quarantine. Staten Island She was
taken In tow and was carried TO safe
harbor at Clifton, Staten Island.
station recently destroyed n lot of spars
and other wreckage which was menacins
the safety of vessels. The wreekase
was found about ten miles southeast OF
Cape Roman light on the South Caro-
lima coast.
The repairs to the cutter Apache. on the
Chesapeake STATEN. which have been in
progress at the repair station AT Arundel
Cove Md. for the past three weeks or
longer, have been completed and the
Apache is again in service. She Is ex-
pected to visit this port on a cruise which
started at Baltimore September -. The
cutter Window, from the Galveston sta
tion is still at Arundel Cove in the hands
of tine workmen. and Ii will be two or
three weeks before she will he completed
and ready to return to Galveston for
duty.
Orders and instructions to officers in the
service have been issued from the division
of the service in the Treasury Depart
ment. as follows:
Second Lieut.. w. F. Towle. grated four
days leave from September Il.
Second Lieutenant OF Engineers l. j.
Ker granted sixty days leave. commence
ing September %
Second Lieut.. c. r. Setter. directed 10
resume duties on the Mohawk.
Second Lieut.. c.. r. Setter granted sixty
days leave commencing September II
First Lieut.. W. III. Munter detached
from the Mohawk September 80 and or.
dered to the Itasca.