Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-13
Revenue Cutter Service

Revenue Cutter Service
| In preparation for taking the Alaskan
floating court On its rounds to the
isolated settlements in Alaska, the cut
ter Thetis has arrived at Valdez
| Early in this week the United States
district judge for Alaska will board the
vessel. and with the court officers.
most of whom are attached to the cut
| ter. will spend the greater part OF the
summer on the cruise dispensing JUS
| tice Cases both civil and criminal
| will be tried, and there will be gen.
| eral cleaning up OF the judicial slate
in the far north. Every summer for
| the past seven or eight years this sys-
| tenn Of q floating court going to the
| criminal to try him, instead OF the
criminal being brought to the court,
has been in vogue. and 1t Is said to be
| the only floating court in the world
Fighting fire or aiding vessels In dis
| tress, 1t Is all the same to the men
| aboard the vessels of the revenue cut
| ter service. report received from the
commanding officer of the cutter WOOD
| berry, on the Maine coast, gives an &C
| count Of the crew OF the vessel dis
covering fire in government property
| on House Island. not far from Fort
| Williams, Me- The crew OF the cutter
| were the first to reach the fire, ana
were working on 1t when the soldiers
from the fort arrived. The flames
| much valuable property was saved. In
a letter to First Lieut.. Ridgely. com
manding the Woodbury.. the command
ing officer at Fort. Williams commends
the sailors for their good work.
With machinery disabled. and help
/ v~ly
ing between New York and Staten
| Island, the power launch Dash, with
one man aboard. was picked up at
| night by the cutter Gresham. The
| sons aboard, was found adrift on Long
Island sound by the Gresham and was
taken into harbor. The commanding
officer of the Gresham also reports
| having assisted the big schooner
Margaret Haskell after she was badly
injured in a collision with a steamship
| She was taken into New York.
In response to request for assist
| ance the cutter Acushnet went to the
aid Of the Merchants and Miners line
steamship Nantucket. ashore on West
Chop. Vineyard sound. and succeeded
in floating her. after which the big
steamer was able to proceed unassisted.
With her engine disabled the United
| States quarantine service launch was
picked up disabled in San Francisco
| bay, and was toWed into San Fran
cisco by the little cutter Golden Gate.
To aid the schooner Josephine. ashore
| on the North Carolina coast at Ocracoke
inlet, the cutter Seminole was dispatched
| from Wilmington and In few hours
| after receiving the orders was alongside
| the vessel If possible. the vessel will
be pulled off the beach and taken into
harbor for repairs.
During the summer a herd Of about
| seventy-five reindeer will eb taken from
Goodnear or Ughasik. Alaska, to Attu on
| Attu Island. and to Nikolski. on Uniak
Island. The reindeer will eb divided be-
tween the two points and one OF the
| cutters now in Alaskan waters will be
designated to transport the animals and
| those in charge OF them.
| To be locked for attention to hull I'M
der water the cutter Miami has arrived
| at New FORK from service on the north
Atlantic ice patrol. After the work to
her is completed she is under orders to
go to Key West. her station. and to take
| up regular duty. She is expected to
reach Key West about July 20. and the
cutter Yamacraw, which has been doing
| duty on both the Savannah and Key West
stations. will take up service on the first
| named station alone.
| The cutter Winona is now employed in
patrolling the course OF the regatta Of
| the Pass Christian Yacht Club at Pass
| Christian, Miss. yesterday, today and
tomorrow. and she Is under orders to be
| which will be held there July 16 and II.
| The vessels of the service stationed on
| the great lakes will take part in the
| marine parades and pageants that are to
take place at various points on the lakes
/ In honor of the victory OF Commodore
| Perry over the British fleet In the war of
| 1872.
First Lieut.. B. L. Brockway. who has
i thn vo and
ordered to the Gresham at Boston, and
First Lieut.. E. Blake. jr.. purchasing
agent at San Francisco. who has been
| ordered to the Miami at Key West. were
visitors at the department In the past
| week.
| Boards of officers designated to examine
| the papers of the candidates for appoint
| ment as cadets in the school OF instruc
| ton are busily engaged In the work. but
it will be several days before the papers
| are all marked and the successful candi
| dates are announced. The next class at
| the school Of instruction will consist of
five cadet engineers and two line cadets.
Orders for the past week are as fol-
lows:
Third Lieut.. H. Coyle, ordered to Mi
First Lieut.. c. satterlee. granted twelve
days leave. beginning July TO-
First Lieut. B. L. Brockway. granted
/ ten days extension OF leave and detached
Il
| Second Lieut. E. A. Coffin, granted
| ten days extension Of leave.
] A board convened to examine the
papers Of candidates for appointment
ras cadets OF the line. Detail for the
| board: Senior Capt Hodard Emery,
First Lieut.. b. H. Camden, and Second
| Lieutenant Of Engineers ]. W. Glover.
| A board is convened for the examina-
ton Of papers of candidates for ap-
pointment as cadet engineers. Detail
| for the board: Constructor j. @.
Walton, First Lieutenant of Engineers
IT. Kotzschmar and Second Lieutenant
| of Engineers J. W. Glover
/ Capt. c. E. Johnston, granted thirty
days' leave of absence.
First Lieut. G. C. Alexander. prepara-
/ tory orders to Yamacraw.
First. Lieut. E. Blake, jr., preparatory
orders to Miami.
Third Lieutenant of Engineers F. E.
Fitch. to report to First Lieutenant Of
| Engineers NJ n. Usina July IA, 1913
for examination for promotion.
| First Lieutenant of Engineers NJ. N.
JTsina. constituted a subboard to con-
duct the examination of Third Lieutenant
of Engineers F. f. Fitch for promo
ton.
ITerbet. detached Seneca to Itasca.
Capt G. NJ. Daniels. ordered home to
| resume sick leave.
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