Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17

young men aboard her a taste of life
on the deep sea. Four days will be
spent at the Breakwater and from
there the Itasca will go to Tompkins-
vile. n. Y.
in the hundredth anniversary of the
repulse of the British on the town of
st. Michaels. Talbot county. Nd. the
cutter Apache has returned to Balti-
more and has gone out of service tenn
porarily to make boiler repairs. She
will be ready to return to duty August
10. Capt. Haake. who has been in
command of the Apache for several
months past. and has visited this city
number Of times aboard the cutter
will this week be relieved of the COM
mand of the ship by Capt A. L. Gam
ble who has been ordered to the Chesa-
peake from the cutter Miami at Key
West. On being relieved Capt. Haake
will go to Chicago for duty as inspec-
tor in the life saving service on the
great lakes.
To patrol the course of the inter
national regattas under the auspices
of the Eastern Yacht Club, which are
September /, 2. 4. 5, and 8, the cut
tiers Androscoggin, Gresham and Sen
eca have been ordered to be at that
port on the dates named. Capt. H. NJ.
Broadbent, in command of the New
York division, will be in command of
for a Upton cup are in progress on
the lake in the vicinity of Chicago,
and the cutter Tuscorora has gone
to that port to patrol the course of the
among the most important aquatic
events on Lake Michigan each sum-
mer.
The cutter Thetis, with the United
States district court for Alaska aboard,
has sailed from Valdez for Unalaska,
where the court will sit During the next
six weeks4the floating court will visi,
various ports in Alaska and will dis
pose of cases. both civil and criminal,
which have arisen since the visit OF the
court, to these ports last summer. The
court aboard the Thetis is said to be the
only floating court in existence.
Capt. de Otte. commanding the cut
ter Onondaga at Norfolk, and Third
Lieut.. Carl H. Abel, from the cutter
Seminole at Wilmington. n. c., were
visitors to and registered at the depart
ment in the past week.
First Lieut.. E. S. Addison of the cut
ter Apache has been granted thirty
days leave of absence. and he has left
the vessel to spend his vacation ashore.
Frederick A. Hunnswell of Massachu-
sets was the successful candidate Tor
appointment as constructor in the serv-
ice, and he has been recommended to
the President for the appointment. He
fills a vacancy caused by the death in
the early part of the summer of Con-
structor William c. Besselievre. jr.. who
contracted typhoid fever while at his
home in Maryland.
Orders for the week are as follows:
First Lieut.. 3. III. Camden, granted
twenty days leave of absence.
Second Lieutenant of Engineers w. M.
Prall, granted thirty days leave of alb
sence.
Frederick Allen Hunnewell, recon-
mended for appointment as constructor,
vice Constructor w. c. Besselievre, jr.,
decea sed
First Lieut. w T. Stromberg. granted
fifty-four days leave of absence begin
ming September S.
Second Lieut. c. Fl. Jones. ordered to
keokuk. Iowa, to assume charge OF
patrol of regatta of the Mississippi Val
ley Power Boat Association, August &c
to %.
First Lieut. G. c. Alexander. detached
from Miami. to Yamacraw!
First Lieut.. f. Blake. Jr., detached
Yamacraw, to Miami.
Second Lieut.. r. r. Waesche granted
thirty days leave of absence.
Second Lieut.. &. II. Jones, ordered to
the Kankakee and Iroquois rivers. ILL.,, in
connection with the enforcement of mo-
tor boat laws.
Capt. e. F. A. De Otte, granted seven
days leave of absence.
Third Lieutenant of Engineers H. N.
Perham, granted thirty days leave of
absence beginning September !.