Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04
Revenue Cutter Service

NoVoI1uoOuILoTC Device
That explosions of gun cotton mines
under water does not kill fish in the
vicinity of the explosion was demon
strated recently when the cutter
Yamacraw in TIE Gulf of Mexico dis
charged several mines TO destroy a
menace to navigation. in the shape OF
quantity of heavy timbers that show
ed three feet above the water and
went down thirty feet or more. In his
report First Lieut. r. l.. Brockway.
commanding the Yamacraw. states
that while the men were engaged in
placing the mines In position a num-
Der of sharks were seen about the
mass of floating timber. The explosion
tore the heavy timbers to small pieces
and necessarily must have been a
heavy one, but not a fish was found
killed by the conclusion. though the
crew of the cutter made search FOR
them
On being notified that the steamer
Bayport. plying on waters In the Nlcln-
ity of New Bedford. Mass. was ashore
on the coast near that city. the cutter
Acushnet went to her aid. The vessei
was found well out OF the water un-
the first attempt to float her was un-
cutter returned to the stranded vessel
and pulling on her for few minutes.
as the engine of the steamer was
backed, she was worked into deep
water. The Bayport was uninjured
and after being floated resumed her
trip.
AS the little cutter Scott was cruising
on the waters of the northern part OF the
state of Washington she found an un-
named launch with engine broken down
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Elliott. The launch had three persons
aboard and was drifting out into the
Pacific when the Scott came along She
was towed into harbor at Everett. WASH.
After general repairs at the Arundel
Cove depot the cutter Morrell was put
overheard early in the past week Some
time during this week she will
start for her station at Detroit.
Among the duties the Marcel will be
called upon to perform next month Will
be that of taking an expert from the
public health service on a trip to the
lower Detroit river and the upper end
of Lake Erie to obtain samples OF the
water for analysis A laboratory will
pert will conduct his investigations while
on the cruise.
The cutter Pamlico in the past week
was called to the assistance OF the
schooner l. J. Oliver. ashore in Wy
sockey bay. N. c.. tributary of Pamlico
sound. While no report has been re-
ceived from the commanding officer OF
the Pamlico. it is thought that the vessel
was f1oated.
A telegram received from the command
ing officer of the cutter Tahoma reports
her arrival at Unalaska. Alaska, April
20. The cutter is the first vessel to reach
that port since the close of navigation
last fall. but she will soon be followed by
service that will form the revenue cutter
service patrol fleet. The Cnalga. Thetis
and other cutters will start north within
the next few days.
The cutter Bear. which Is to visit the
isolated settlements in Alaska in the
sailed from Seattle May !. She will stop
at Port Townshend for mail for Alaska
and will go direct to Unalaska. Before
going into the Arctic she will visit the
and will then push on through the ice to
the waters north of the arctic circle.
To prevent interference with the start
ing of the launches on the race from
Philadelphia to the Bermudas June q
next the cutter Onondaga has been des-
ignated for patrol duty at Philadelphia
on that day. The cutter will also convoy
the yachts down the Delaware river and
bay and will see them out of the capes
of the Delaware on their long run to the
southern islands.
After having taken on coal and stores
at Halifax. Nova Scotia, the derelict
destroyer Seneca has sailed from that
port for the cruising grounds on the north
Atlantic to relieve the cutter Miami on
the ice patrol service. On being relieved
the Miami Will go to Halifax to fill her
bunkers with coal and to replenish her
stores and at the end of fifteen days she
will return to the patrol grounds and the
Seneca VIII again come into port
The cutter OnOndaga, from the Norfolk
station. was in port here for day or
two in the past week and berthed at the
lighthouse service wharf. foot of o street
southwest. She had hardly reached Nor
folk from this city when she was sent
to investigate a dismasted Sloop reported
anchored off Virginia Beach, the crew of
which had been taken off by the Vir-
ginia Beach life savers.
Capt. De Otte, commanding the cutter
Onondaga, was the only officer of the
partment in the past week.
Capt. Frederick c. Billiard, commanding
the cutter Androscoggin on the Maine
coast, has been granted thirty days leave
will be spent at this city. Capt. Billiard
was for several years aid to the captain
commandment of the service and was on
duty at the division of the service at this
city.
orders to officers in the service, for the
past week. were as follows:
Senior Capt. Fl. Emery. Capt. Ubber-
roth and First Lieut.. B. III. Camden con-
Stituted a board for the examination for
promotion Of Second Lieut.. j. A. Alger.
Senior Capt. F. NJ. DLnWoody granted
twenty days leave. beginning May s.
1913.
Second Lieut.. E. d. Jones, granted thir-
ty days leave, beginning May 20 1913.
First Lieut.. w. E. Atlee, to assume
command, northern division. during the
absence of Senior Capt. +. NJ. Dunwoody
Second Lieut.. ]. F. McGourty granted
forty days leave. beginning May Is. 1913.
Constructor j. Q. Walton ordered to the
depot at South Baltimore on official bus
mess.