Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05

have picked up derelict reported in Pu-
get sound by the steamship Empress Of
| India. No information regarding this has.
however. been received at the department
The cutter Seneca. under orders from
the department Friday last sailed la
| search OF the schooner Stephen c. Loud
reported by the steamship Glencliff anan
doned. and adrift at sea In latitude 32-2e
and longitude 1I-:.S The stephen q.
Loud had been i'm trouble before. having
last year been picked up at sea I'm dis
abled condition by Capt. p. II. Uberroth.
| then I'm command of the cutter Gresham.
and towed into port.
Preparations are being made at the de-
partment for the issuing OF the annual
winter cruising orders to the commanding
officers OF the cutters stationed on the
Atlantic coast and the Gulf OF Mexico.
Under these orders the vessels of the
service will keep a lookout for vessels la
distress from December | to the end or
the following March, and the only time
they will spend in port win be when they
come In for stores and fuel.
The practice cutter Itasca has arrived
! at the repair station of the service, at
Arundel cove, Md. to be given a thor
ough oyerhaulng OF boilers. engines and
/ hull. The ltasca will be at the repair
station for several weeks. and on COM
pletion of the work aboard her, II Il
stated. she will take up cruising work
to relieve other vessels of the service
that need overhauing. The vessel was
brought from New London to Arundel
cove. by Capt. George NJ. Daniels OF the
cutter Androoscoggin and officers from
the cutter Window now at the repair
station.
Under orders from the department the
! Window was placed in commission Mo-
1 vember J. but is still at Arundel cove.
She will leave there in the next day or
i two to come to tt,s city. to be supplied
with new guns at thS Washington naval
ordnance foundry preparatory to sailing
| for her station at Galveston. Tex. Lieut..
/ * lie commanding
the Window.
The work of overhauling the cutter An
droscoggin at Arundel cove Is i'm progress
and the vessel is being put I'm thorough
order for cruising work during the stormy
winter months on the Maine coast, where
she is stationed. The Androscoggin Is
the only wooden-hul cutter I'm service
| On the Atlantic coast and she was built
of wood, for service in ice on the north
Atlantic coast.
Orders and instruction to officers in the
revenue cutter service have been issued
from the division of the service In the
Treasury Department, as follows:
First Lieutenant of Engineers IL. t.
Schoenborn. granted seven days leave.
Second Lieut.. X. +. Munroe granted
twenty days leave, commencing Novem-
Der =
First Lieut.. w r. ". Hall. ordered IN
report TO the president of "A retiring board
for examination.
A revenue cutter service retiring board
convened to meet at the Treasury De
partnlent. Washington, II. G. for the
examination of First Lieut. W. r. ".
Hall. Detail for the board: Senior CAP.
L. T.. Foley, Engineer c. \ Mo
Aljster. Capt. S. NJ. Landrey, Passed A.
sistant Surgeon 7. II. McClintock, Passed
Assistant Surgeon ]. W. Srheresrh""~ ),
Second Lieut.. Z. l.. Austin recorder
Subboard convened TO meet on board
the Algonquin at san Juan. r. H. Mo-
vember 20, 1911 for tho examination Of
Third Lieutenants of Engineers T. u
Eaton and r. IL. Ieager for promotions
Constructor w &. Bessellevere ordered
TO proceed to Portsmouth, Va. on official
Second Lieutenant of Engineers J. r
Hahn. ordered 10 the Snohomish for tenn
poraTy duty.
Subboards cons ened 10 meet Novemher
n. 1911. at the following places for tho
examination tor promotion of the follow
ing officers:
At Port Townsend, Wash. Senior Capt
r NJ. Dunwoody and Captain of Eng
neers Willis Pedrick, TO examine First
Lieut. Il. NJ. Chswel second Lieutenant
of Engineers NJ. n. Usina. Second Lieut.
r G. Crapster. Second Lieut.. II. u
Searles and Third Lieutenant OF Engin-
eers f. y. Bagger: at Baltimore, Md
Capt. }. NJ. Moore and First Lieutenant
Of E1sn ns z D seEsnd to es seenns
Lieutenant of Engineers .. b. Newman,
Third Lieuts. W. L. Keester and I. Z
Mueller and Third Lieutenant of Eng
-. II
capt w h w. Jacobs, to examine Third
I.ieuts r. A. Coffin and q. @. Roemer.
ut Milwaukee. Wis, Capt. j. G. cantweli,
to examine Third Lieut.. w. n. Derby and
ENrst Lieutenant OF Engineers r. r..
Wright, to examine Second Lieutenant of
Engineers r. b. Adams on board the
Yamacraw at Savannah "a.
First Lieutenant of Engineers g >
Root preparatory orders 10 the Seneca
First Lieutenant of Engineers +. q.
Snyder preparatory ORDERS to tho Ia
coma.
First Lieutenant OF Engineers III. L.
Butler detached from the Tuscarora and
ordered to the Seminole, granted five
days leave en- route.