Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

Constructor ]. Q. Walton is ordered
to the service station at Arundel Cove,
Md. from this city on official business
in connection with the repair work to
be done to the cutter Seminole, from
the Savannah station.
Constructor William c. Besselievre,
attached to the Office of the superin-
tendent of construction and repair, at
Baltimore. under orders from the de-
partment. has gone to San Francisco
and other points on the west coast of
the United States for the purpose of
making surveys of the vessels of the
service at Pacific stations and recon-
mending the repairs necessary to be
made to them.
Among the officers visiting at the
department in the past week was
Lieut. Leon C. Covell from the cutter
Seminole. who was for several years
on special duty in the division of the
service at this city. Capt A J. Hen
derson. on duty with the life saving
service. and First Lieut.. John L. Mahr,
from the cutter Winona at Gulfport.
Miss, also visited and registered at
the department in the past week.
The cutter Androscoggin. on the
Portland. Me, station. is hunting for
ing vessels to be about twenty three
miles southwest of Seguin lighthouse,
at the mouth Of the Kennebec river.
The barge Henry Clay. which was
lost from the tow of the tug Gettys-
burg off the Massachusetts coast last
week. was. after two-day search at
sea, picked up by the cutter Mohawk
and towed into port and turned over
to the master of the Gettysburg, to be
taken to her destination.
The cadets Of the school of instruction
OF the revenue cutter service at New Lon
don. Conn.,, will be granted leave Of alb
sence. with permission to visit their homes,
for the Christmas holidays, from Decem-
men will take advantage of the holiday
to spend Christmas at their homes.
the service on the Pacific coast
nave recently been made in conse-
sent to the Mare Island navy yard at
San Francisco for general repair work
The cutter Manning, stationed at Astoria,
Ore. is at San Francisco to take the
transferred from Seattle to Astoria to
take the place of the Manning and the
ihetls. which recently completed a cruise
IN arctic waters. will remain on duty in
Puget sound in place of the Tahoma
The cutter Itasca, which has taken the
place or the cutter Seminole on the Will
mlngton, n. c., station, sailed from Balti-
more Thursday for her station. The
Seminole arrived at Curtis bay Monday,
transferred to the Itasca- Clerical work
made necessary by the change in vessels
prevented her leaving for Wilmington
until Thursday. The Itasca has been the
practice vessel for the cadets at the
school of instruction. but this winter was
made ready to take the place of any of
the cruising cutters that might be dis
aoIed. The laying up of the Seminole for
repairs makes 1t necessary for her to go
into service Capt. John c. Barry is in
command of the Itasca, and his staff
consists of Lieut.. Leon G.. Covel, execu-
tive officer; L. T. Chslker, second lieu
tenant: W. II. Eberle, third lieutenant;
IL. L. Butler first lieutenant of engineers:
w. H. PralI. second lieutenant of en-
gineers; Ambrose +. Lukens third leu
tenant of engineers.
Carpenter z. c. Rossin of the cutter
Seneca had narrow escape from drown
ing at sea recently. The cutter was on
her way to search for the derelict
schooner j. T. Maxwell, jr., and ran into
heavy storm. On particularly vicious
roll of the ship Carpenter Rossin was
thrown over the rail-. Fortunately he
succeeded in grabbing some of the
rigging about one of the lifeboats and
was able to climb back aboard the cut
ter. rather startled, but unframed.
The cutter Gresham found the schooner
William b. Herrick of Pollock Rip light
ship with miZzen head broken. rigging
Stacked up, windlass broken and rudder
gone with life savers aboard to aid the
the request of the master of the vessel
the cutter took her in tow and carried
her into Vineyard Haven for repairs.
The cutter Onondaga from Norfolk as
sisted the Merritt Wrecking Company's
tugs in floating the steamship Fortuna
which was ashore near Ocean City, Md
for several days early in the week. The
Onondaga remained by the vessel the en-
tire time she was on the shoal to prevent
looting of her cargo.
The cutter Window, which left here
early in the week after being supplied at
the Washington ordnance foundry with a
new outfit Of rapid-fire guns to take the
place of her somewhat antiquated bat
terry, has arrived at Key West on her
way to her station at Galveston, Tex.
Reports Of assistance to vessels rem
dered by the ships of the service state
that the cutter Seneca picked I'D the
three-masted schooner Sullivan Swain at
sea in disabled condition and towed
her into port. The Yamacraw at Savan-
nah and Winona at Mobile assisted dis
abed launches into harbor and the Ar
cata at Eagle harbor. WASH towed the
gas launch Subrina from that point to
Seattle. The launch with Mr.. and Mrs
r. A. Stephenson. Miss Stephenson and
William Ward aboard had gone out for
to shoot ducks accidentally killed him
self. and the others of the party, though
knowing nothing of navigation, succeed
ed in getting the launch into Eagle har-
cutters.
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 Lieut.. w. A. O'Malley, granted ten
days leave account of sickness,
commencing November 80.
Second Lieut.. James Pine, granted two
months leave.
First Lieutenant of Engineers j. B.
Turner. ordered to report to medical
board for physical examination.
Constructor w. G.. BesselfeVre directed
to proceed to San Francisco, Cal, on
official business connected with the
revenue cutter service.
Second Lieut.. w. +. Wishaar directed
to proceed to New York as a witness
before the board of local inspectors
Second Lieut.. f. A. Nichols, granted
thirty days leave of absence on account
|of sickness, commencing November TO-
First Lieutenant of Engineers III. l..
Boyd, preparatory orders to the Pacific
coast