Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-24
They Are too Busy to Make Reports to the Treasury Department of Their
 Achievements
THEREFORE THE WORLD
 HAS SELDOM HEARD
During the Late Storm Along the Atlantic Hundreds of
 Lives and Millions
 of Dollars Saved
(By Victor Elliott.)


 WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-An echo of the recent storm which swept the Atlantic coast and left in it's path scores of disabled sailing vessels is heard in a statement made at the treasury department by acting Secre. | tary of the Treasury Bailey, show. . ing what magnificent work the United i States revenue cutter service did l during the storm. These tiny vessels l of Uncle Sam's followed in the path i of the gale and assisted many vessels in distress.
 There are many persons who do not know of the revenue cutter ser vice. or else they have a vague idea of what it's purpose is. It often gets chance to distinguish itself. This storm, which was one of the severest which visited the Atlantic coast in many years, gave the revenue cutter service an exceptional opportunity to prove it's worth. Though originally established to watch suspicious yes sels, and to prevent smuggling, and aid customs officials in making taTiff legislation effective, one of the prin- cipal functions of the service is to patrol the coasts and aid all vessels in distress. Millions of dollars worth of ships and cargoes are saved an nually. Many lives are saved that could otherwise be lost. These tiny vessels are always al sea, ever watch. ing and ready to render assistance.
 Three revenue cutters in the last three weeks gave assistance to six teen disabled vessels, which with their cargoes, are valued at more than $2,- 0OO,COO AZ least 2bO lives were saved by the prompet action of these cutters.
 Too Bnsy Too Talk
 The cutters are so busy that the commanders have little time to make reports of their work. No fleet of vessels sailing the seas does such he. rOic work as the revenue cutter ser. vice. Seldom a day passes that they do not perform some gallant deed. The outside world does not hear of it because the vessels usually as. sisted are small and then the com. manders of the cutters in making their reports to the treasury department make light of the dangers they have run, and make only the official re- port required by law Sometimes a grateful owner of a vessel that was saved, owing to the efforts of the ser. vice, will tell of it's heroism. The of. ficers and the men are so accustomed to performing deeds of valor that they never mention them.
 Extent of Operations
 Along the Atlantic coast there are seven revenue cutter stations from which the cutters work as a basis. Additional stations are on the Great Lakes and the Pacific coast, extend. ing from southern California to Alas ka. Only recently the treasury de partment received the report of the revenue cutter Bear, in which it was stated that a vessel almost demolish. ed by an Iceberg had been sighted, and the crew taken off and landed in Alaska. The work of the service ex. tends from the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico.
 The vessels which rendered excep. tionaI service during the recent At lantic storm are the Seminole, Yam Ii acraw and Onondaga. The Yama- craw, stationed at Savannah. put to , sea before the gale was over and on ' her way down the Savannah river { rescued two barges which had broken adrift, and took on the crews of sey- ( eral disabled motor boats.
 The Lexington, a 2.500 ton steamer . of the Merchants and Miners line, was driven ashore on Hunting Island. Her wireless calls for help brought ( the Yamacraw to her assistance. Af- . ter braving almost insurmountable ob- { stacles, the crew and passengers were safely taken from the vessel { and landed at Charleston.
 Even before this task had been com pleted, and while the shipwrecked { people were still on board, news was { flashed to the Yamacraw of other ves- ( sels in distress. Before making the l port of Charleston, several other ves-l { sels had been assisted and the crews , and cargoes saved. Immediately after i landing the passengers and crew of ( the Lexington and the other vessels { assisted, the Yamacraw set out in C search of the schooner Bessie Whit ing, which with her entire crew on ( board was drifting helplessly in the [ gale eighty miles from Savannah Bel I fore the tired crew of the Ysmacrawi ( had any rest they rendered assist T ance to the schooner Bertha L. 6 Downs
 The Other Savers n
 Fully as active as the Yamacraw T was the Seminole with headquarters at Wilmington, N. c. She gave aid E to the schooner Fortuna, which was V