Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

Lieut.. F. l.. Billiard. aid to the captain
| cominandant. having completed his tou
| of duty ashore. has been ordered to tn,
cutter Thetis, on the Pacific, for duty a
| executive officer. Lieut.. Billiard will leave
the department May 6.
| The cutter Apache, which was ordered
here for special service. and which has
been lying in port for several days. sailed
| yesterday on q cruise, and may return
here later in the week. While in port
| boarding parties were sent out from the
cutter. and all the vessels in the harb0I
were looked over to see that they had
proper equipment and were complying
| with the navigation laws.
The senior captains and captains who
are in the field for appointment as cap
tain commandant Of the services to sue
| coed Capt. Worth G. Ross, who retires
next month, are working hard for the
berth. There is plenty Of good material
in the service for the position. but no
one has an idea who will be the lucky
man. There are said to be eight avowed
candidates for the position in the field.
but the Secretary of the Treasury may
appoint dark horse
Chief Engineer McAllister is preparing
plans for the installation OF oil-burning
apparatus under the boilers Of the
launch Hartley at San Francisco, and Ii
is probable that the vessel will be using
oil fuel within the next six weeks. So
successful has the experiment been on
the Golden Gate that it is probable the
system will be extended to all the small
vessels of the service.
The department has again asked for bids
for the construction of the two new reve-
nue. cutters the building Of which was
authorized by Congress over year ago.
HI a CO.. ;yrI,,,
ers refused to bid on account of an eight
hour-day clause in the contract, as re-
quired by Congress, claiming that the
work could not be done within the appro-
priation. Some modification in the orig
inal plans have been made. and the bids
will again be opened April II.
A retiring board consisting Of Senior
Captain o. c. Hamlet, Captain of En-
gineers D. McC. French. Captain Of En-
gineers Willetts Pedrick and Surgeons
semble at New York April 5 for the pur-
pose of examining Captain Of Engineers
E P. Weber for retirement. Capt. Web
Der was injured last summer aboard the
steamer Alamada while on his way to
Unalaska for duty. He has been in bad
home at Bath, Me.
The winter cruising period for vessels
in the revenue cutter service ended at
midnight March 81, but the vessels OF
respond to any call for assistance. The
continuance of the spring gales makes it
more than probable that they will have
considerable rescue and relief work to
do, particularly OH the north Atlantic
coast.
Orders and instructions to officers in
the revenue cutter service have been is
sued as follows:
First Lieutenant OF Engineers 8. NJ.
Rock. granted ten days leave en- route
to Bear.
Second Lieutenant of Engineers N. b.
Hall, granted fifteen days leave en- route
to Bear.
Second Lieut. w. A. Bonham, granted
twenty-five days leave commencing
April 4.
First Lieutenant Of Engineers c. A.
Wheeler, granted thirty days leave COM
mencing April 10.
Second Lieutenant OF Engineers =. b.
Hahn. granted five day leave.
First Lieut.. B. NJ Chiswell. detached
from the Golden Gate and ordered to
command the Rush.
First Lieutenant OF Engineers H. F.
Schoenborn, detached from the Arcata.
upon relief. ordered to his home and
placed on waiting orders.
Second Lieut.. P. F. Roach. detached
from the Rush and ordered to the Nc
Culloch.
Second Lieut.. j. r. Besse. detached
from the McCulloch and ordered to the
Rush.
Capt. J. NJ. Moore, granted three days
leave commencing April 1.
Third Lieutenant of Engineers c. j.
Odenhal. granted ten days leave en-
route to Rush.
Third Lieut.. C. F. Knikern. granted
three days leave commencing April s.
Capt e. p. Bertholf, granted ten days
leave.
Senior Capt. J. F. Wild, granted If |
teen days leave.