Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-18
TOURS.
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

Engineer-in-Chief Charles A. McAllster
Of the revenue cutter service will sal!
for Europe June o. from New York,
and will go first to London. where he
will attend the jubilee anniversary of
the British Society of Naval Architects
and Marine Engineers. which Will be
held in July. Mr.. McAllister will spend
several months in Europe visiting the
most important cities on the continent.
First Lieut.. Leon c. Covell, executive
officer on the cutter Seminole, at Will
mington N c., is on leave of absence
and is spending his holiday in this city.
Until about a year ago Lieut.. Covell
was on duty in the Treasury Department
at this city and on his promotion was
assigned to duty aboard ship.
Second Lieut.. J. A. Alger has been
selected as assistant Inspector of labor
and material at the Newport News ship
yard, upon the new cutters to be con-
structed there. The inspector for the
work has not yet been selected.
Capt. u. F. A. De Otto, commanding
the cutter Onondaga, and Lieut. w. +.
Hall, on special duty with the life saw
ing service, registered at the division OF
the service III the Treasury Department
in the past week.
1t is thought probable that the detail
Of an officer of the service for duty as
aid to the captain commandant. to sue
coed Lieut.. Frederick c. Billiard. who
is now on his way to Manila for duty
on the Pacific VIII be made during the
week. 1t is stated that the officer for
the post has been selected.
Lieut. Austin is compiling the Regis
ter of the Revenue Cutter Service for
1911 and will have 1t ready for the
printer in a few days. The appointment
OF a new captain commandment and other
changes in the service has delayed the
work on the book, but it is thought il
will he ready to be issued about the
nf T.rtxr rtIn
lister gives the full service record of
every officer in the service, both active
and retired
The cutter Onondaga was ordered to
this city last week to take a congress
sonal committee to inspect the proposed
quarantine station at Fishermans Island
in lower Chesapeake bay. The commit
tee, however. decided not to make the
trip, and the cutter was ordered back
to her station at Norfolk.
During a heavy gale at New York June
II the cutter Mohawk. anchored off
Tompkinsville, dragged her ancnor ana
fouled one of the New York pilot boats.
the cutter was damaged slightly about
the stern and was taken to Brooklyn for
repair, after which she returned to serv-
ice The pilot boat was little, if any,
damaged in the collision.
The service training ship Itasca. with
the classes of cadets from the school of
instruction at Fort Trumbull. New Lon
don, Conn, will sail on her annual train
ing cruise Wednesday next The defec-
tive hub of the propeller of the ship.
which prevented her sailing June a. as
scheduled. has been replaced with new
one and the vessel is again ready for
service On the cruise she will visit Fun
chal. Madeira; Marseille. France; Naples.
Italy; Gibraltar. Spain. and Fayal.
Azores, and will arrive at New London on
return about September 2.
The work of construction of the two
new revenue cutters Nos. ~ and %, the
contract for which was placed with the
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock
Company about ten days ago, has been
started. The hulls Of the vessels will be
ready for launching in the fall and they
are to be ready for service within a
year.
The revenue cutters Seneca, Manhattan
Calumet and Guide. under the command
of Senior Capt. Oscar c. Hamlet. are de-
tailed to patrol the course and enforce
| the regulations of the Treasury Depart
ment during the annual intercollegiate re-
gatta upon the Hudson river. at POUCH.
keepsie. N. Y.
Orders and Instructions to officers ir
| the revenue cutter service have been Is
! sued from the division Of the service al
| follows:
| Capt Howard Emery. granted ninety
days leave, commencing July 1.
| Second Lieut. ]. A. Alger, orders to TIT
Snohomish revoked.