Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
ReVenueCutterS Service

INV SOuII(l OOl VIC
Heavy gales on the Atlantic coast in the
past week gave the vessels of the revenue
cutter service considerable work to do
and added to the records of the service
of marine property saved from destruction.
Honors are with the cutter Androscoggin,
which. under the command Of Capt Fred
erick c. Billiard, is cruising so as to cover
portion of the territory of the cutter
Gresham. out of service and at Arundel
Cove. Nd. for repairs Early in the week
the Androscoggin. while at Province
town, Mass. received word that
schooner was in distress near Chatham.
masted schooner Lavolta of Ellswor.l,
Me-. was found with sails blown away,
spars broken and the vessel covered with
ice so that what sails she had left could
hoon's Hollow life-saving station were
aboard to help the crew. At the request
of the master she was taken into Prov
incetown. Later in the week, near
up the lumber laden schooner Carrie A.
Buchanan. disabled, and took her into
New Bedford for repairs.
In response to a request from Chicago
business men the cutter Tuscarora has
been started on another cruise in search
of the Christmas tree laden schooner
Rose Summers, which is overdue at Chi
cago Though the Tuscarora made a
search early in the month for the
where she was last seen without finding
any trace of her. it is commended that the
vessel could not have SUNK as her cargo
would keep her afloat. and it is thought
probable that she has been carried among
the islands in the northern part of Lake
Michigan. Orders sent Capt. Cantwell
direct him to search the vicinity of these
Islands thoroughly. To perform this SEW
ice the Tuscarora will be again placed in
| commission message having been re-
ceived at the department Friday that the
vessel Tuesday last had been laid up for
the winter, as directed by the department.
Early in the week the cutter Acushnet
picked up the schooner Lizzie D. Small,
| from Bangor for New York, lying in But
! iers Hole. Monomoy point. Mass. in dis
! tress, and took her into Vineyard Haven,
| as requested by the master.
Wednesday steamer arriving in New
York reported having passed the bark
| Matanzas of New York about thirty
miles Off Diamond shoal lightship, N.
disaster in heavy gale The cutter
| Onondaga, at Norfolk, was at once sent
in search Of the vessel in the vicinity
where she was passed, but without find
mington, was then ordered to join in
| the search, and the cutters are now
searching the Atlantic for the disabled
| ship. and when found she will be towed
| into the nearest port. The Matanzas
! discharged cargo of laths at this city
about two months ago.
The cutter Apache, Capt. Carmne ON
the Chesapeake station. in the week
| went to the aid of the two-masted bay
schooner Nelly BLY,. which. caught in
the heavy northwest gale of Wednesday
night, was caused to leak to an alarm
ing extent and was forced to go into har-
Dor in Black Walnut cove. The Apache
| stood by the vessel and her crew assist
ed in keeping her free of water until con-
ditions We're such that she could be
lowed into Annapolis for repairs. The
| Bly, has aboard a cargo of lumber and
| is bound from Norfolk to Crisield, Md
The cutter Itasca, which was at this
city early in the week for her battery of
new guns, which were installed at the
for Boston. arrived there Friday and has
taken up winter cruising work on the
station. She takes the place of the cut
ter Gresham, which is at Arundel Cove,
Md, for a general overhauling, and will
cover the cruising ground between Ports
! mouth, N H., and Nantucket shoals
! lightship. Capt. Winram and the Off
GERS and crew of the Gresham are in
From a long sojOurn in Alaskan waters,
where she remained until Arctic winter
had set in to see all commercial vessels
safely started south, the cutter Bear,
Capt. Ballenger, has arrived at San Fran
cisco. She will remain but a short time
at that city and will then continue her
voyage to San Diego, her winter station.
The cruising grounds OF the Bear are
along the California coast and the Pacific
generally.
After an exhaustive search for wreck
age reported by the steamship Oceanica,
on Nantucket shoals, a short distance
to the southeast of the lightship. the cut
ter Mohawk has returned to New York
unsuccessful in her search. So important
do the authorities deem the finding of
! this wreckage, which is said to be in the
path of coastwise bound vessels, that the
derelfct destroyer Seneca, Capt. John
| stone. will be sent in search of it, with
instructions to hunt until she finds and
| removes it or is satisfied it has disap-
peared.
To be fitted with new bronze propellers
the cutter Window has arrived at New
| Orleans from her station at Galveston.
AS the navy yard at New Orleans is clos
| ed down. the cutter will be locked at
! private yard to have the new propellers
placed in position. With the new wheels
| the cutter is expected to develop more
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| in this way to be much more efficient.
| The commissions Of First Lieut.. Fred
erick c. Billiard as captain, Second Lieut.
George E. Wilcox as first lieutenant and
Third Lieut.. Clarence III. Dench as a sec
ond lieutenant have been signed by the
President. These officers take rank in
| their new grades from November 20.
Capt Billiard is a resident of this city,
and for several years was aid to the
head of the service at this city. He has
been assigned to the command of the
| cuctter Androscoggin. on the Maine coast,
under his new commission.
| Capt. c. A. Abbey, retired: Capt +. J.
Haake. from cutter Morrell. at Arundel
cove: Capt. S. B. Winram, from cutter
Itasca, and Second Lieut.. II. Z. Rideout,
from the Itasca. were visitors at the de-
partment. and First Lieutenant of En-
| eineers y. c. Norman, from the cutter
Guthrie. at Baltimore. and Third Lieut..
Henry G. Hemingway, from the cutter
Manning, on the Pacific, visited and reg
istered at the department in the past
week.