Evening star., 1912-09-08
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

The cutter McCulloch, Capt. James l.
Sill. has been designated as the ship that
is to convey Col. Jay J. Morrow and the
Alaskan commission to that territory.
The ship is now on her way from Una
laska to Seattle and is scheduled to ar
rive there today. Col. Morrow and party
will board the cutter at that point this
week and will start at once for the
north. About a week will be required
for the cutter to return to Sitka or an
other port at which the commission will
disembark.
But few calls are now being made upon
the vessels of the revenue cutter serv-
ice to aid vessels in distress. The cut
ter Acushnet. First Lieut. w. A. Wiley
commanding, in the past week was called
10 the aid of the British schooner Henry
NJ Stanley of Bay OF Islands. Newfound-
land. which was ashore on Hedge Fence
shoal Nantucket sound. Two attempts
were made by men of the cutter to get
a hawser to the stranded vessel. but
each time the line drawing II to the
schooner broke. and wnaie third at
tempt was being made the schooner
worked off the shoal under her sail
power. She was leaking badly and the
Acushnet took her in tow and carried
her into New -,edford for repairs. The
vessel was loaded with flour and coal and
was on her way from New York to her
home port, Bay Of Islands, Newfound-
land.
The commanding officer of the Acushnet
also reports having found big boat and
later large mackerel net adrift In Nam
tucket sound. They were tanen in charge
by the cutter and carried into port to
await identification. lie net was such
a big one that steam power had to be
used to pull it aboard the cutter.
The service launch Patrol. stationed at
Chicago, was instrumental in saving sew
eral lives, when racing hydroplane, the
Crusader III, sank in a race Off Chicago
last Sunday. he crew of the Patrol
witnessed the accident and made all speed
10 the sinking craft. II reached it in time
TO take off three men, but in spite of
all efforts of the men on the Patrol and
other vessels the hydroplane sank. No
explanation of how the accident occurred
is given in the report to the department
by the commanding officer of the launch.
The location of the sunken racing craft
was marked by buoy by the men on the
Patrol and the craft will later be raised.
The cutter Thetis, Capt. c. S. Cochran.
commanding. which has been cruising
with the floating United States court,
visiting various ports on the Alaskan
coast, where cases both criminal and
civil have been heard, sailed Thursday
last from Valdez en- route to Unga,
Kodiak and Seward in the order named.
The court will sit at each of these places.
and VIII dispose of all cases brought be-
fore it. At the conclusion of this trip the
work of the court will be finished, and it
will adjourn until next summer. This
court is said to be the only floating one
in existence, but the work it has done in
the past three years, since 1T was first put
In operation, has been very effective.
The cutter Bear OF the Bering sea
patrol, which has been cruising in Alaskan
waters about the seal rookeries prevent
ing Illegal sealing. arrived at Valdez early
he inS hy
Capt. D. p. Foley. commanding the Ber-
ing sea patrol The cutter Takoma of
the patrol is reported cruising in the
north Pacific.
I'm compliance with her orders, the cut
ter Winona, Capt. s. NJ. Landry, COM
manding, is at Gulfport. Miss. while the
Mississippi State League and Association
of PoStmaSterS is in session, and during
the session she will take the members of
the association for a trip about the har-
Dor at Gulfport.
The cutter Morrill,. Capt. F. G. Haake.
stationed at Milwaukee. has gone out Of
service at that port for boiler repairs that
Will require about ten days to complete
IL is stated that the Morrill, will come to
the Arundel Cove station for thorough
overhauling. but no time has been set for
her leaving Detroit. and the officers Of the
service here have no definite information
regarding the matter.
The fitting out of the new cutter
Gnalga with the latest improved type
wireless telegraphic outfit, which has
been i'll progress at Arundel Cove for the
past ten days. has been completed. and
the cutter has returned to an anchorage
in Baltimore harbor to await orders that
will send her on the long, trip to the
Pacific coast by way of the Suez canal
She will start, it is stated. as soon as
funds for the trip are available.
In the latter part of the past week the
cutter Acushnet found the schooner
Julia A. Berkele ashore on a shoal in
Nantucket sound near Coatue Beach, and
after floating her towed her into harbor
for repairs
The new register of officers and vessels
of the revenue cutter service has been is
sued from the presses of the government
printing office. The register this year
contains full information as to the grades
of the officers in the service and the sta
uons of those on the active list. Consid-
cradle matter that was considered unim-
portant has been left out Of the new reg
lister. which has been made smaller in
consequence. The register shows 217 com
missioned officers on the active list and
forty-sN vessels of all classes in the
service
Capt. Preston II. Uberroth, in charge
ice. who has been spending a vacation in
Halifax and other points in the maritime
provinces of Canada. has returned home
and is again on duty.
Capt. G. A. McAllister. engineer-in- chief
of the service. has been granted fifteen
days leave. which he will spend, it is
stated. out of the city.
Orders and leaves Of absence to officers
in the service have been issued, as fol-
lows:
Constructor ]. @. Walton, ordered to
South Baltimore on official business
First Lieut.. A. III. Buhner, retired from
active service.
Captain of Engineers d. NJ French.
granted twenty-five days extension of
sick leave.
Capt. III. NJ. Broadbent. detailed as COM
mandinS officer, eastern division, L. s.
l. q. :. Boston. Mass.