Evening star., 1912-03-04
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

The cutter Mohawk and the derelict de-
stroyer Seneca are at sea hunting for
the British steamship Erne, which was
abandoned south of the Great Banks
of Newfoundland about 400 miles east
of New York The vessel is valuable
one and has valuable cargo aboard,
and, though she is long distance out
side the usual cruising limits of the
Seneca. the department sent her on the
mission to save the ship at the request
of the Boston underwriters, who have
big risks on the vessel.
The cutter Itasca, on the Wilmington,
n c. station. is searching for large
lighter reported adrift at sea off the
south Carolina coast The lighter was
passed February 26 by the steamship
Carib and, as it is a serious menace 10
navigation. the officers of the ltasca are
doubly anxious to find it and take 1t into
port. The British government has taken
recognition of the splendid work done
by the officers and crew of the cutter in
the rescue of the crew or the BRUSH
steamship Thisteroy, which was wreck
ed on Cape Lookout shoals in December
last The State Department has recently
sent to the Treasury Department a let
ter of commendation from the British
ambassador, who, in the name or hlns
George of England. extends the thanks
of the British nation to Capt. Berry,
Lieut. Leon C. Covel and other officers
of the Itasca for their heroic work
In the past week the cutter Apacne
came into the Potomac and hoated the
two-masted bay schooner Anna May kir-
wan. which was carried ashore near
Piney point. Nd. by the drifting ice.
The vessel was found lying close In on
the beach, with two and a half feet OF
water at her stern and dry at the DOW,
while her ordinary draft is about nve
feet In spite of this the cutter sue
ceeded in getting her into deep water and
towed her into the Wicomico river 10
be turned over to her owners. In the
period of bad ice between February l.
and 10. according to reports received at
the department from Capt. Carmine.
commanding the Apache. she was IN
strumental in saving five vessels from
destruction or damage in the Ice in tI1D-
.utaries of the bay. The vessels rescued
We're the sloop Maggie Lee. schooners
Ruth Richardson and Amelia, sloop Su-
san May and gas boat snapper.
The report of First Lieut.. w; a. M,.ey. @
Acushnet, doing duty on the Massachu-
setts coast, Of the rescue of the schoon-
er Henry p. Hallock in the ice near
Edgewater, Mass. shows how hard
fight the cutters have to make to save a
vessel from injury and possible destruc-
tion.
The report of First Lieut.. ]. n. Cro-
zier. commanding the cutter Mohaw< :,
on the rescue Of the schooner John j.
has been received at the department.
The practice bark Chase. the old sail
ing ship on which nearly all of the OIL
GERS of the service except some few
second lieutenants and their juniors, re-
cefved their practical training in sea-
manship, iS no longer on the roll or rev.
enue cutter service vessels. She was re-
Gently transferred to the marine hospital
services and is to take the place of the
Old frigate Franklin as the quarantine
ship in Hampton roads. She will be
stripped and housed over and some time
in the spring will take up her new du-
ties
Capt. p. HI. Uberroth, in charge of per-
sonnel and operations of the service,
has been designated by the Secretary OF
the Treasury to represent that depart
ment in the twelfth congress of the In
ternational Association of Navigation
Congresses, which opens at Philadelphia
May %.
sFirst Lieut. John Boedeker. executive
officer of the cutter Apache. on the Ches-
apeake station, has received preliminary
orders for duty on the cutter Morrill,, on
the great lakes station, with headquarters
at Detroit. during the coming cruising
season. which will open next month.
Orders and Instructions to officers in
the service have been issued as follows:
Captain of Engineers J. III. Chalker. or
dered to 0ssining. y. y. on inspection
duty.
Third Lieutenant of Engineers X. w.
Kraft, preparatory orders to the Man.
ming.
Second Lieut.. W. ~, Derby, prepara-
tory orders to the Tahoma.
First Lieut.. r. NJ. Molloy. preparatory
orders to the Tahoma.
Capt. F. S. Van Boskerck, granted ten
days leave of absence on account. OF
sickness.