Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

First Lieutenant of Engineers Charles
F. Nash is at his home in Alexandria,
Va, in consequence of the serious illness
Of Miss Julia Monroe, the sister of Mrs.
Nash. Lieut.. Nash has been granted
thirty days leave of absence from the
cutter Morrell, at Detroit.
The gas boat Original was seen driftine
out to sea off Southport. n. c., by the
men of the cutter Seminole, and Capt.
J. c. Barry, commanding the cutter, had
the boat and it's lone occupant picked UP
and towed into port. The launch had
run out OF gasoline. Capt. Berry also
reports having, in response to requests
for aid gone to the assistance of the tug
Rosa, which was ashore In the mouth OF
the Cape Fear river. The vessel had been
on the bar for three days, and her ere "
had been working almost constantly to
get her af1oat. They had run out OF
drinking water and were using the brack-
of the Seminole the men were supplied
with fresh water and the tug was then
fioated.
Capt. Howard Emery, master of the
cutter Pamlico, reports having assisted
the schooner Eva d. Rose. which was
ashore in the Neuse river near Newbern,
N. c., into deep water and starting her
on jon ney to this city.
Capt. Carmine, commanding officer of
the cutter Apache on the Chesapeake
station, reports having pulled the schoon-
er Ada j. Campbell off a bar on the east
side of Chesapeake bay near Love point.
The cutter hoated the vessel without as
sistance from tugboat, but after she
was in deep water the Campbell was
turned over to tug to be towed into
Baltimore.
The derelict destroyer Seneca, Capt.
Jobnstone, had a busy time of it last
week. Early in the week she started
out in search of a derelict a schooner,
ing been sighted about hundred miles
southeast of Cape Lookout, n. c. On the
way the cutter received orders by wire
less to look for the navy barge lost from
the tow of the collier Vulcan off Della
ware Breakwater. The Seneca picked up
the lost barge and towed it into Norfolk
and turned Ii over to the commandant
of the navy yard there. Then she left
port to look for the derelict in search of
which she first started. and with further
orders to hunt for derelict reported by
the steamship Fuerst Bismarck of the
Florida reefs
The cutter Pamlico sailed from New
bern, n. C., in the latter part of last
week for Croatan sound lighthouse to float
the three-masted schooner William F.
Parker, reported ashore near the light.
She will stay by the vessel until she gets
her afloat and will then return TO her
station at NeWDern.
The cutter Woodbury. found the old
schooner Elizabeth NJ. Cook leaking bad
~ at sea off the Maine coast and towed
her into Lubec, Me-, where she left her,
the commanding officer of the cutter
deeming 1t unwise to attempt to take the
vessel to Portland.
The cutter Gresham picked up, off Chat
ham, MASS, the schooner Henry May
with sails gone. leaking badly and in
damaged condition, the result of her en-
II. Of
the week. The vessel was towed into
Providence, r. l., for harbor and repairs.
The schooner William Mason was found
disabled off the Massachusetts coast by
the cutter Acushnet and was towed into
Vineyard Haven.
The cutter androscoe~in. on receipt o.
the report that the schooner j. L. Teel
was sabled and in Heed of assistance OF
Cape Elizabeth, n. H.. sailed from Port
land to assist the vessel. The tug Fol
lard, however, reached the disabled ship
first and was soon Joined by the tug
Cumberland. AS the masters OF the tugs
stated that they could take care of the
Teel, the commanding officer OF the An
droscoggin left them in charge OF the
schooner, which had lost all its spars, eX-
cept the mizzen and spanker masts-
A letter of thanks has been received at
the Treasury Department from Capt.
James G. Cook commanding the schoon-
er Sullivan Saw'n of Boston, for the ef-
ficient service rendered his vessel by the
cutter Seneca, which found her disabled
off New York and towed her into harbor
under Staten Island
The commanding officer OF the cutter