Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28
Revenue Cutter Service

stationed on Lakes Erie and Huron, di
recting him to place his vessel out of
commission for the winter. AS Detroit
is the headquarters of the Morrill,, she
will be laid up there and while laid up
will be given a thorough overhauling
The cutter Tuscarora, which has Lake
Superior for her cruising ground, was
placed out of commission at Milwaukee,
Wis. December %. and the cutter Mack
mac, which regulates the traffic through
the 500 canal was laid up about ten
days ago. The coming OF cold weather
on the lakes has caused vessels to make
for harbor as quickly as possible and
traffic on the big inland seas IS over until
next spring. 1t is not often that navi-
cation on the lakes remains open until
this late III the season. As q. general
thing the cutters on those waters are
placed out of commission early in De
cember. !
According to report the American
steamship Frtda. which was ashore on
the Virginia coast near False cape and
which was fioated by the cutter Ononda9a,
aided by a wrecking tug. escaped with
out injury though she ran well out on
hard sandbar and remained on it for
several hours. The vessel was on her
way from Sabine. Texas 10 Baltimore
with a cargo of sulphur and Wednesday
morning last was feeling her way through
a fog into the Chesapeake when she
grounded. \ wireless call for help sent
the revenue cutter and the wrecking tug
TO her aid, and after remaining seven
and a half hours ashore, she was worked
into deep water. The cutter, after float
ing the vessel, returned to Norfolk. The
Freda is at Baltimore discharging her
cargo.
Under orders from the Treasury De-
partnlent the revenue cutter Apache Wis
tied this port yesterday. and after spend
ing several hours here, sailed for a cruise
on the bay. Christmas day the Apache
was at Baltimore and the day was made
a gala one aboard her. Following an
elaborate dinner to the men of the yes
sci there was open house aboard ship
and sailors and petty officers received
many of their friends. The berth deck
of the cutter was decorated with flags
and Christmas green's and presented a
pretty sight. Most of the officers and
about half the crew had leave ashore for
the evening. Lieut.. Thomas S. Klnger
of this city, who was officer of the day
and had to remain aboard the vessel.
entertained his parents and several
friends at dinner the ship.
In the past week the Apache, accord
ing to report made to the department by
Capt Gamble of the cutter has sue
ceeded in floating two stranded vessels.
The vessels We're the sloop Alice Fonso
hailing from Whitman and the latter
from Baltimore. Md. The vessels had
been carried ashore in a heavy fall gale
In Haddaway cove, on the eastern shore
of Maryland. and were almost high and
dry. 1t required the best of the patience
and ingenuity of the Wrecking party from
the cutter to float the vessels. which
from being ashore so long. had their
bulls partially embedded in the sand
The work was successfully accomplished
hoy hn "a n
points where repairs TO them could be
made.
After a search of several days for the
derelict British bark Malwa, which is
reported adrift in the Gulf of Mexico
1870 miles southeast OF False pass Fla
and in the pathway of vessels bound be-
tween Galveston and Key West the cut
ter Miami returned to Key West. but
new reports as 10 the location of the
vessel having been received, the cutter
after remaining in port but few hours.
again went to to resume her hunt
for the vessel and to tow her in if pos
sible The crew of the bark Were taken
off by a passing steamship.
The schooner Augusta w. Snow, which
was reported ashore on the North Caro-
lima coast, and TO the aid of which the
cutter Seminole was dispatched, succeed
ed in getting afioat before the cutter
reached her and resumed her voyage
northward. The Snow is compare
lively new vessel, having been built at
Bath, Me, in 1905. |. K. Stetson of
Bangor. Me, is her managing owner.
RAND work is being done in the placing
OF new foundations under the boiler of
the cutter Androscoggin, which is being
oyerhauled at the repair depot, Arundel
Cove, Md, and it is figured that the yes
sci will be ready to leave Arundel Cove
January . She will at once return to
her station on the New England coast.
with headquarters al Portland, and will
take up winter cruising work.
Capt Commandant i. p. Bertholf. who
is a delegate to the international mari
time conference. sitting in London to
devise plans for greater safety to pas
sengers on ocean going steamers will not
he able to return home until about Feb
ruary i, the conference not concluding
its sessions as soon as anticipates
Capt. +. II. l-bcrroth. in charge of
personnel and operations of the service,
is at HolmesburS, Pa, TO spend the
Christmas holidays, and Lieut. c. w.
Cairnes. equipment officer 1t the head
quarters of the service here, is spending
u few days at Jarrettsville, Nd.
Cant Frederick C. Billiard of this city,
who has been on Il visit to his family
here before going to Porto Rico to take
command of the cutter Algonquin. left
Friday for New York and sailed yester-
day aboard the steamship Brazos for San
Juan.
Orders for the week are as follows:
Second Lieut. J. S. Bayls, detached,
Tuscarora TO Acushnet
Second Lieut., of Engineers \. +. Patter-
son. detached, Tuscarora to Itasca.
First Lieut. II. j.. Hinckley, granted
three days leave Of absence.
First Lieut.. of Engineers J. L. Derry,
granted seven days leave.
Second Lieut.. G.. T Finlay. detached,
Morrill, to Androscoggin.
Second Lieut.. of Engineers c. r. Sug-
den, detached, Morrill, to Yamacraw.
Mr. and Mrs. j. Perry Carroll of Upper
Cross Roads, Nd, have announced the
enga cement of their daughter, Hazel T.