Evening star., 1912-11-17

was observed flying distress signals. the
cutter ran down to the vessel and Capt.
j. H. Toole, master of the schooner,
stated that he had a man in his crew
whom he could not control, and aid was
asked of the cutter. Capt. Gamble sent
boats crew aboard and found that the
insubordinate. The sailor was put In
irons, but the request of Capt. Toole for
the loan of a revolver was refused, as
the others of the crew seemed to be quiet
and peaceful
Leaving the schooner, all went well
until the Florida coast was reached.
when the British schooner III. s. Nj.
Bentley of Nassau was found full OF
water and in bad condition, and, as pre-
Key West. Reports received last week
stated that the crewwere not on the yes
sci, but Capt. Gamble states that not
only was the crew of nine men on the
vessel, but that the wife and three chill
dren Of George c. Roberts, the captain
of the schooner were also aboard. The
woman and children were taken on the
cutter as soon as conditions would aHo"
a boat to be used, and the crew were
supplied with water and provisions and
left on the vessel to look after her as
she was being towed in to Key West.
At the request of the Department or
Agriculture, the cutter Thetis. at Homo
lulu will be designated to take four bird
experts of the department from Honolulu
to the Hawaiian bird reservation next
month. The party will go to Honolulu
on a government transport. and the cut
ter will take them to Lysiarski, BIRD
Island and French FIigate shoals and
also to Leysan, where bird life Will be
studied and the rabbits that are infest-
ing the islands and are said to be de-
structive to the birds will be thinned out.
The party will remain several weeks IN
the bird reservation and the cutter VIII
return for it at a time to be appointed
The cutter will also, it is stated, see that
no poaching is done by Japanese and
others who kill the birds to obtain their
plumage for commercial purposes.
The next vessel of the revenue cutter
fleet to visit this city. to be supplied
with new guns at the naval ordnance foun-
dry will be the cadet practice cruiser
Itasca. The vessel is at Arundel Cove.
Md, repair station. and as soon as
the crew of the cutter Gresham, which
arrived at Arundel Cove from this city
last week. is transferred TO the 1tasca
she will come here. Her new battery of
rapid-fre guns will be placed on board
and she will then go to Boston to take
vessel is receiving an overhauling in prep
aratiOn for winter cruising
To be cleaned. painted and to receive
such repairs as may be necessary to put
her in good trim for her winters work
on the Chesapeake fighting ice and aiding
vessels in trouble the cutter Apache,
Capt. Carmine is in drydock at the Nor
folk navy yard. The work on the vessel
will be completed in week or ten days
and she will then return to Baltimore
to take aboard winter cruising outfit
and stores preparatory to starting TO
work December i.
1t has been arranged that should it be
necessary for the cutter Mohawk. on the
New York station. to be withdrawn from
service for any cause during the four
months of the winter cruising period, the
derelict destroyer Seneca will take her
place and cover her cruising ground, from
Gay Head to the Delaware capes. 4 sec
tiOn of the coast on which shipping IS
heavy and from which come frequent calls
to aid vessels in distress. For this reason
officials in charge Of the service deem ii
unwise to leave these cruising grounds
unguarded even for short space of time.
The cutter Morrell on her way from
Detroit to the repair station at Arundel
Cove, is reported to have arrived at
Quebec Thursday. Though she has trav-
eled several thousand miles and has
passed the canals around Niagara Falls
and the rapids of the st. Lawrence, she
has only just begun her journey to the
u
or two at Quebec and will then resume
her journey down the ST. Lawrence river
and gulf to the Atlantic, and then a
thousand or SO miles to Cape Henry.
Coxswain Carlson and F'iremen McIn-
tosh and Kann of the cutter Rush. at
Fort Townshend. according to a report
received at the department. were instru-
mental in saving the life of Harry Haw-
kins a soldier in the coast artillery sta
rxrI
into dock in an isolated part of the
harbor at Port Townshend, but was seen
by the men of the Rush, who went to his
rescue and pulled him out of the water
almost unconscious. He was taken
aboard the cutter and kept all night and
next day was able to return to Fort
Worden.
Bids for the purchase of the old cut
ter Rush. now at Port Townshend,
Wash. which Is to be displaced by the
new cutter Cnalga. have been asked by
the Treasury Department, and will be
opened this week. The Rush will prob
ably be removed from the list of revenue
| cutters before the end of this year.
C.. II. Abbey. senior captain retired,
and Second Lieut.. II. B. Robinson of the
cutter Gresham were visitors to and reg
istered at the department in the past
| week
First Lieut.. Frederick c. Billiard eX-
ecUtive officer of the cutter Thetis, has
been detached from that vessel and or
dered to Washington. Lieut.. Billiard will
shortly be promoted to a captaincy, and
he is ordered to this city. his home pre-
paratory to assigning him to the COM
mand of a cutter. Lieut.. Billiard was
for several years aid to the captain COM
mandant of the service, at this city.
Leaves of absence have been granted
and orders issued to officers of the serv-
| Ice In the past week, as follows:
Third Lieut.. +. S. klinger, preparatory
orders to Seminole.
Third Lieut.. w. III. Eberly, preparatory
| orders to the Miami.
Capt. G. NJ. Daniels, to report to Sur
geon ]. NJ. Eager for physical examina-
| ton.
! First Lieut.. W. A. O'Malley, sixty days
extension of sick leave.