Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-02
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

The revenue cutter Apache, Capt.
Moore, which has been cruising on
Chesapeake bay and its tributaries under
winter cruising orders for the past week,
has returned to Baltimore to spend the
New Year, giving her men liberty ashore
to visit their friends. On the cruise the
cutter had no calls upon her for aid by
vessels in distress and she only visited
and inspected a few oyster dredging YES
sells to see that they were complying with
the navigation laws as to equipment.
Early in this week the Apache will re-
sumo winter cruising and will visit diff
ferent portions of her district.
The revenue cutter Acushnet in the past
week succeeded in floating the schooner
Thomas B. Garland from the shoals on
Great point, Mass. and towing her into
Nantucket harbor for safety. The schoon-
err went shore on Great point, Nan
tucket Island. in the blizzard Of Decent
Der Is and has been on the sands since
that time. Numerous efforts have been
made to float the schooner and she was
about to be abandoned when the reve-
nue. cutter service men succeeded in get
tensfve repairs. She Is owned by B. F.
Nealley of Portsmouth, n. H. The Car
land was built at Bath in 1881 and is a
vessel of 3S4 tons register.
Hereafter all repair work to vessels
of the revenue cutter service will be
done at the nearest navy yard, an agree
ment having been reached between the
Treasury and Navy Departments regard
ing the matter. This change, it is as
serted, is brought about by the steadily
increasing cost of repair work at private
yards, and It is figured that having the
work. done at the navy yards will result
in a saving Of many thousands Of dollars
to the government. The Navy Depart
proposition from Secretary MacVeagh to
build the two revenue cutters authorized
at the last session of Congress at one
of the navy yards. These are the YES
sells on which the private shipbuilding
firms recently refused to bid.
The outer Aoushnet last week found
the power schooner Nokomis of Boston
ashore on ledge near Woods Hole,
Mass, and in danger of damage. The
men from the cutter got lines to the YES
sci an6 finally succeeded in floating her
unframed. The vessel, after being float
ed. was able to proceed under her own
power. She was bound from Boston to
Vineyard Haven and was valued a 81, COO
The department has received a letter
from the master of the schooner w. Tai
bot Lodge expressing his appreciation of
the assistance rendered his vessel early
in the past month by the cutters Acush-
net and Seneca. similar letter has also
been received from the master Of the
barkentine j. NJ. Griffith, which the cut
ter Snohomish found in a water-iog2ed
condition off Vancouver Island. Wash
ington, and towed into a safe anchorage
The vessels of the service on the Pa
cific coast have this winter for the first
time been given winter cruising ORDERS
like those on the Atlantic coast. The
assignments to that duty are as follows:
Cutter Manning. with headquarters at
A or rio n~o %
terry on the north to Cape Blanco, Ore,
on the south; the McCulloch, with head
quarters at San Francisco, to cruise from
Cape Blanco on the north to Point Blu
chon. Cal, on the south; the Bear, with
headquarters at San Diego, Cal, to cruise
from the Mexican boundary on the south
to Point BuchOn on the north.
Miss Julia Inez Denton, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Denton of PhiladeI-
phia, and Second Lieutenant of Engineers
ried at the home of the brides parents
December 81. Lieut.. and Mrs. Carnes will
go to San Francisco. where the groom is
stationed, and will reside there.
Captain of Engineers Henry Clay
Barrows. L. S. r. c. s.. retired. died at
his home in Mattapoisett, Mass, De-
cember %, 1910.
Capt. Barrows began his career as an
engineer officer in the United States
Navy during the civil war. where he
served with credit from March. 1865,
until January. 1870 He was appointed
a third lieutenant of engineers in the
revenue cutter service in August 1871:
was promoted to the grade of second
lieutenant. of engineers March %, 1878.
and was commissioned first lieuten-
ant of engineers May %. 1905. He was
retired from active service on account
of having reached the age of sixty
four in February. 1908. and was ad-
vanced to the grade of captain Of engi-
neers on retired list on account of his
creditable service in the civil war.
Orders and instructions to officers In
the revenue cutter service have been
issued as follows:
Capt j. G. Ballinger detached from
the Winona upon relief and ordered to
the Bear.
First Lieutenant of Engineers J. b.
Coyle detached from the Golden Gate
upon relief and ordered to the Pam
lico.
First Lieut. w. E. w. Hall detached
from the Arcata and ordered to report
to the general superintendent. L. S. S.,
for duty as assistant inspector. L. 8. s.
Capt. W w. Joynes detached from duty
as assistant inspector. L. s. s.. upon re-
lie:, and ordered to the Tahoma.
Capt. r. 4. Lewis ordered to the WI
second Lieut.. g. c. Alexander detached