Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

/ REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.
! First Lieut. l.. T. Cutter. in charge of
matters of equipment in the division OF
the service, has been granted leave of alb
sence of twenty days from Monday last
which he will spend out of the city.
| First Lieutenant OF Engineers Charles F.
! Nash has been ordered to Three Rivers
Mich. on inspection duty
IN destroying the wreckage which men
aced the safety of vessels in the vicinity
! or Cape Romano, s. G.. Capt. Horace Il.
West of the cutter Yamacraw lowered
gun cotton mines down the projecting
! spar, and the explosion tore the heavy
wire rigging to sink. The concussion
Capt. West reports killed quite number
Of fish, which fioated to the surface
Inc men from the cutter Woodbury.
We're instrumental in preventing the de-
struction of the village on Little Che
beague Island Me, recently. The cutter
was anchored off the town. when one of
the cottages was seen to be in flames.
Lieut. Ike sent number of his men
ashore and their efforts prevented the
spread of the flames to other buildings
and the surrounding underbrush and the
probable obstruction of the village.
Inc cutter SnohOmiSh First Lieut. J. f.
Hotel commanding. recently saw a
schooner flying signals of distress in the
straits OF San Juan de Fuca, went to her
aid and found her to be the schooner AL
ice the master of which was ILL., The mate
requested that the cutter tow the vessel
INTO Port Angelus. that the master
could receive medical attention AS the
vessel had b1an damaged i'm a gale the
day before and was unable to proceed
without repairs. she was taken in tow as
requested. and carried to an anchorage
at Port Angelus. In doing so a six-inch
hawser belonging to the cutter was
III Oxen
The cutter McCulloch. Can't. / L. Sill
commanding. found the schooner Shehalis
ashore i'm San Diego harbor Several
small tugs had made Intellectual efforts to
Ioat her buf without success. and at the
request of the master of the vessel who
was afraid of losing the high tides the
cutter started pulling on her, and after
short time succeeded in dragging her
OF the bar and into deep water
The revenue cutter Seneca has re-
turned after an exhaustive search for
the schooner Stephen G. Hart. reported
abandoned in the path of Transatlantic
steamships in the vicinity of Nantucket
Island. having been unable to find
trace of the wreck, though she was
several days on the hunt for it
The cutter Apache in the past week
blew up the wreck of the four masted
schooner Stella b. kaplan in lower
mines for the work. The Kaplan is the
vessel that. after discharging ice here
about three weeks ago. went to Nor
folk. loaded coal and was outward
the shoals. She was so badly damaged
that she was abandoned and, being
deemed a menace to the safety of YES
sells, the sunken hull was destroyed
The cutter Winona has been ordered
to take part in the inter coastal car
nival which will take place at Nor
gan City, La, October ,, 6 and 7, in
Celebration of the opening Of the new
twenty-foot channel from Morgan City
| to the sea.
The classes of cadets of the school
| of instruction at Fort Trumbull, New
London, Conn, who have been on leave
of absence since the return of the prac-
! tice cutter Itasca from it's European
cruise. return to the school today, and
tomorrow studies are resumed for the
| fall and winter. There are twelve
young men in the first class and six
| teen in the second. and also two in the
cadet engineers class. Edward NJ Web
| ster is the only member of the first
class from this city. and Frank J. Cor
man and William Fl. Rupertis are the
| Washington boys in the second class
| The cutter Thetis has arrived at
| Unalas ska. Alaska. from Seattle. and the
cutter Bear. which sailed from Una
| laska for Nome arrived at the latter
port September -. The cutter Thetis
| from I-nalaska to Nome by a heavy
gale that blew for several days. A
message from Capt. Foley. comma nding
| the Bering fleet. announced the
| safe arrival of the ship at Nome Fri
| day last.
The register of officers and vessels
| of the service, corrected to July !. 1911,
has just been issued. 1t contains the
name, rank and service record of all
| the officers in the service, commission
| and warrant. active and retired. as
well as information regarding the ships
| of the service. their stations, size.
when and where built and other data.
Orders and instructions 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 f. G.
| Snyder, granted thirty days leave, COM
mencing October ].
/ First Lieut.. L. T. Cutter. granted
twenty days leave commencing septem-
| Capt S. NJ. I.andrey, ordered to Wash
ington. D. c.. on official business.
| First Lieut.. s. G. Hamlet ordered to
| Washington. ID. c., on official business
| Senior Capt. w f.. Reynolds ordered
to Philadelphia, Pa. official business
! First Lieut.. w. r. w. Hall, granted
! twenty lone days leave, commencing Oc-
| tober 1.
First Lieutenant of Engineers G. F,
| inspection duty connected with the
revenue cutter service.
Third Lieutenant of Engineers T. H
Yeaeer, granted an extension of thirty
! days leave on account of sickness.
First Lieut.. II. w. Pope. preparatory
| orders to the Androscoggin
| First Lieut. III. d. Hinckley, preparatory
orders to the Gresham.
First Lieut.. w. a. Wiley. preparatory
orders to command the Acushnet.
paratory orders to command the Golden