Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
Revenue Cutter Service

Revenue Cutter Service
BY the installation of oil burners in the
furnaces of the cutter McCulloch, on duty
on the San Francisco station, as well
as having them arranged to burn coal.
the officials of the revenue cutter service
figure large saving in the cost OF oper-
ating the cutter. Within the next two
weeks the cutter will be placed out of
commission at the Mare Island navy yard
to be fitted with new boilers SO arranged
as to use either Oil or coal Tor fuei along
lines planned by Chief engineer Meal
lister 1t is proposed to use oil fuel
while the vessel is at anchor or on snort
cruises and Capt McAlhster ngures
saving of from SO to $50 per day IN the
fuel bills Of the cutter On long cruises
coal will be used. In addition to the
saving the new system gives the vessel
much longer cruising radius without
having to put into port Tor 1uel. Inc
vessel will be out of service Tor several
fuel oil tanks installed. The use of tanks
as fuel oil carriers instead of Oil bunkers
Is also an idea Of Capt. McAlhster and
greatly cheapens the cost of installing
the oil-burning outfit on the cutters.
To clean boilers the cutter Apache, the
Chesapeake bay station ship, is out OF
service at Baltimore. She will be ready
TO resume QuJy lOHOTTO". 4AC ShllSA
Itasca, which recently received minor re-
pairs at Arundel Cove. was last week
locked at the Norfolk navy yard to clear
hull under water and to paint and mas
arrived at New York and taken up duty
there in place of the cutter Mohawk,
out of service for general repairs at
the Arundel Cove depot
To be put in good order for winter
cruising duty, when she will be called
m the aid OF vessels tina
may get In trouble on the Virginia and
North Carolina coasts in the coming
winter cruising season, the cutter Onon-
daga, the Norfolk station ship, is at tho
Norfolk navy yard. The hull. house and
machinery of the vessel are to be thor
oughly overhauled. and she will be
cleaned and painted and put In sucn
order that. barring accidents, she will
be able to cruise during the winter with.
out interruption.
AS the cutter Thetis was lying at
anchor in the harbor at Honolulu, T. H.,
q power boat was observed adrift in the
harbor and in danger of being damaged
The steam launch OF the cutter was sent
to the aid of the vessel. which was found
to be the Haukasan Maru, belonging to
japanese resident of Honolulu. The
engine of the launch was found disabled
and she was towed to a place OF safety.
To the cutter Algonquin, on the Porto
hlCO STATION, belongs the cTedlL Oh idVlH6
saved the American bark Title Baker of
New York from being lost on the Porto
Rican coast. The Algonquin was called
by telegraph to the assistance of the
Baker. which had stranded near Ponce.
Before the cutter reached the vessel 1t
had been worked of the shoai, but had
filled with water and was kept afloat by
the lumber 1t had aboard. At the request
Of the master of the bark the Algonquin
towed the vessel into a sheltered cove
Vho oh cpnld he INF the beach to
locate and stop leaks, no shipyard being
available.
Though the cutter Gresham failed to
float the schooner Rebecca J. Moulton.
ashore in Vineyard sound, and abandoned
the vessel to its fate. the schooner was
later foated by a wrecking tug after
portion OF her cargo had been lightered
and the schooner pumped out. The
Moulton was taken into Woods Hole for
repairs. The four-masted schooner Alice
Lawrence Is ashore on the Maine coast
and the cutter Woodbury. has made sew
eral efforts to float her. but without sue
cess. The cutter will. probably make an
other attempt to save the vessel when
conditions are favorable to the under
taking.
The schooner reported ashore In
Bretons bay. Nd, on which the cutter
Apache was working last week, was the
ltwo-masted schooner Carrie T.. Wright.
l.
| to float her a line !, 400 feet long had to
| be used The task was successfully &C
complshed and the Apache took the YES
sci to Baltimore. where she could be
hauled out to be repaired
| Responding to a call for assistance re-
Gently the cutter Gresham went to the
aid Of the schooner Henry s. Little. which
was found anchored on Nantucket shoals
| In a heavy storm In danger of laundering
as she lay or breaking away from her
anchors and goinng on the shoals When
| the cutter reached the vessel seas We're
breaking over her and she had been badly
damaged and was leaking. For forty
eight hours the cutter remained by the
| vessel. and finally succeeded In freeing
| her from her fouled anchor chains and
taking her to place or SAFETY. Inc Lit
tie Is we'll known here.
Third Lieut. Thomas s. Klinger Of this
| city has been ordered to the cutter
Apache on the Chesapeake station from
the cutter Mackinac, at Sauit Ste. Marie.
Mich.
Capt. Frederick C. Billiard. who com
manded the cutter Androscoggin which
lTemplemore, Is to take command of the
cutter Algonquin on the Porto Rico sta
ton about the middle OF this month.
Capt J. II. Brown. who has been In COM
mand Of the Algonquin, has been ordered
TO the command of the cutter Thetis on
the Honolulu station.
First Lieutenant of Engineers Urban
Harvey. ordered to the department at this
CITY to succeed First Lieut.. Hermann
KotZschmar as aid to the englneer-in-
chief has reported and taken up his
duties.
Third Lieut. W. P. Kahn. from the cut
ter Yamacraw. on leave. was a visitor
to and registered at the department In
the past week.
Orders for the week are as follows:
Second Lieut.. W. ]. Keester. prepare
tory orders to Manning revoked.
Second Lieut.. c. H. Dench. prepare
tory orders to Unalga revoked
Senior Capt II. NJ Broadbent to Port
| land. Me, In connection with repairs
First Lieut.. B. H. Camden. to South
Baltimore Md, on official business.
Capt J. NJ Moore. to Washington,
d. c., on official business.
Second Lieut.. j. j. Hudson, prepara-
tory orders to Tahoma.
Second Lieutenant Of Engineers T. H
Yeager, preparatory orders to Gresham.
Second Lieut. g. T. Finlay, prepare
tory orders to Androscogein.
Second Lieutenant Of Engineers w. l.
Maxwell, granted ten days leave Of alb
sence
Third Lieut. T. s. Klinger. preparatory
orders to Apache.
Third Lieut.. E. @. Rose. preparatory
orders to Window.
Third Lieut. =. ]. German. prepara-