Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21
Revenue Cutter Service

After hard and slow tow the derelict
destroyer eneca delivered at Halifax
the dereict she picked up in midocean
and turned it over to the wreck COM
missioner to be disposed Of. After the
hulk was brought into Halifax. divers
made an examination of it and found it
TO be the three-masted schc oncr Lottie
r. Russell. which had been driftia; about
at sea fer the past six months. The
Russell. ioadcd. at Charleston. :. g, April
IL, and April T., the schooner Was aban-
doned. waterlogged, her crew ~ ~ taken
off by passing steamer. r. .lS the
time she had drifted the sci lad
gone hundreds of miles al had
been often reported by vcs.c that
sighted her. In pulling the wreck into
port, a towing strap designed by Chief
Engineer McAllister was used. and ac
cording to report of the comma nd:ng Of
ticer of the Seneca it simpiitied the
towing of the vessel to a great extent.
In response to request for assistance.
the cutter Acushnet went 10 the aid OF
the schooner NJ. +. Eldridge. which. load
ed with coal. had gone ashore on Hand
kerchief shoal Nantucket sound. Life
savers from Momomoy had boarded her
and made an effort to get her atioat, but
without success. The Acushnet soon aft
to her and in short time had her in
deep water. The vessel was found to
be uninjured and was able TO continue
her voyage under sail and without fur
ther assistance from the cutter, which
returned to Woods Hole.
At the request of the wrecking COM
pany employed in floating the Austrian
steamship Alta from French reef, Flor
ida Keys. which she struck several
days ago. the cutter Miami, from the
Key West station. pulled on the strand
ed vessel. after she had been IShtered
of several hundred tons of cargo, and
succeeded in pulling her into deep water
The Alta was then able to navigate un-
der her own steam, and she followed the
Miami into harbor at Key West.
Having aboard +. NJ. Chamberlain, the
employee of the bureau of fisheries who
was taken ill while on official service on
the Alaskan seal islands. the cutter Ia
homa arrived at Seattle last week. Mr.. |
Chamberlairi's condition became so seri |
Gus that to wait to send him home on a
commercial steamer meant his death. and
the Tahoma was called upon to bring
him home. Racing in order to get him
where he could get proper medical at
tention the cutter hurried south and |
reached Seattle with the i'll man in as
good if not better condition than he was
when taken aboard in Alaskan waters.
Ice-making weathe" is rapidly coming |
on in Alaska and the vessels in those
waters making preparations to start |
is to see that all commercial steamers
are started south before she leaves the !
north Parific. recently sailed from Nome /
for Unalaska, where she will receive
necessary repairs and will take on coal
for her trip to Port Townshend. 1t is |
stated that the Bear will start south |
within the next two weeks. The new |
cutter Unalga, it is understood. will re-
main in Alaskan waters throughout the |
long and cold winter of the almost Arctic !
region.
After having been locked at the Nor
folk navy yard for painting of hull under I
the Itasca, the Chesapeake bay cutter,
has returned to service and is al Balti- I
more She is expected to visit this city |
shortly.
The cutter Acushnet. which has done
such good work in aiding vessels in
trouble in Marthas Vineyard sound and
on Nantucket shoals. is 10 come south.
to the repair depot at Arundel Cove, Md,
for needed attention. The vessel is 10
be given thorough overhauling and viii
be put in good condition for the siren
uous duty she performs during the winter
cruising season when calls upon her Tor
aid are Of almost daily occurrence.
Practice drills of various kinds viii be
eiven the new class of cadets aboard
the training cutter Itasca on Long Island
sound and in Gardeners bay. Mass, Tor
the remainder of this month. October |
the cutter returns to New London and
the regular session of the school of in
at Fort Trumbull begins.
Constructor F. A. Hunnewell during the
past week visited the repair station at
Arundel Cove, Md. and examined the
work being done on the vessels of the
service under repair there. Completing
this duty he returned to the depart
ment.
In response to the request of the COM
mittee in charge of the regatta OF the
Kansas City Yacht Club at Kansas City,
Mo-, September % and ~. Second Lieut..
Z. III. Jones has been detailed to take
charge of the course of the regatta and
to keep it open for the craft taking part
in the program.
First Lieut. of Engineers Hermann
assistant To the engineer in
chief. and First Lieut. L. L. Cutter. equip
ment officer in the division of the service.
will leave here October ] to join the
command TO which they We're recently
assigned. Lieut. Cutter goes the Win
dom, on the Galveston station. as execu-
tive officer, and Lieut.. of Engineers
kotZschmar To the Woodberry at East
port, Me.
Capt p. H. Uberroth. in charge Of
personnel and operations of the service
left yesterday for Louisville, Ky. for
duty IN connection with the Perry vic
tory centennial celebration at that point
He will be absent from the department
until the latter part of the week.
orders Tor the week are as follows:
First Lieutenant of Engineers &. A.
Wheeler, granted fourteen days leave OF
absence on account OF sickness.