Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-10
RED CROSS or THE
SEA BREAKS ALL
RECORDS IN
PAST YEAR
Thousands of Lives and Hun.
dreds Of Vessels Saved from
Ocean Perils By the United
States Revenue Cutter Ser.
vice.
ANNUAL REPORT TELLS
OF THRILLING REsCUEs
,ny Leased Wlre 10 IsysnIne HeraId.l

,By Leased Wire To- Evening Herald
Washington, Feb. tO.--The United
states revenue cutter serviCe-tho
Red Cross uf the sca--hrokc all It's
previous heroic ana humanitarian
records during the fiscal year 1912.
Thousands of human lives and hun
drcds OF tempest tossed vessels. val
uod with their cargoes &c nearly Sill
100000. were saved from the periis
eft storm swept seas by the little cut
tors which guard the coastnnc Of the
United states In AN unbrokcn line
from Mains to Texas and from Alas
ka ~ California, ncryoualy alert tor
the - -. s."
The annual report of captain r..
=. BertholG commandanj OF the Scr-
vice, made public today b. rccita.
tdn ut thrilling adventure OF this
army of the federal government, old
80 than tha American navy. total
ui 2GO distressed vessels were as
sisted during the year and their bur
den 2.2i2 souls rescued from danger
which iu many cases seemed impend-
ing death Ono hundred and slN per
sons were actually saved from
drowning
Ecyeuur cutters on the Pacific
coast. penetrating tho frigid waters of
Alaska, brought back tales Of suf-
icriug among the natives OF the Aleu-
tHu islands, iu the grasp of poverty
aud disease. creating conditions. 70
is declared demanding tho attention
and action at m. federal govern
mrut
Vessels, vurgucs and dcr"lirts saved
Dog the revenue cutter service during
M" year we're valued az S10,7il.7ts.
i"riy-fiyH d"rclicts and other dam
gcrous instructions to navigation
were removed or destroyed
For every dollar the government
Invested in the maintenance Of tho
revenue cutter service" SAYS cant.
K"rlh"ii, There haF hoen q return of
>i.3d ~ the form % property saved
from the porls of the sea. and this
Boz addition 10 lives saved and otncr
beneficial acts performed In the in.
forests cot mankind To accomplish
this work there have been twenty
i've cruising cutters aud eighteen
htrhor Ncs,cR Bnd- launches actively
employed during the wear
The fiscal YEAR 1879 was prob
ably one OF the most trying period
&" shipping ct any year during tha
past quarter of e. century Frcuu, 40
Stlrs swept the Atlluti, aud quit
COASTS. white during the winter
months tho unusually low tompcga.
lures caused great danger to ship.
ping and actual suffering 10 the
crows ou account of tho see condi-
u"ak' bay. These conditions result I'd
tu almost constant calls for the a4.
s.stHnrc of revenue rutiprs Nuut
were UNDECIDED iu consequence. th,
beneficial work of IN" service. u al
iis activities during the past nHClI
year has exceeded that ol prrviou.
wears"
Among other unusual incidents
Captain Rcrthulf told or how "pira.
teal native Wrrckcrs" svarmcd dove
upou IA" hamburg American steam.
'r rrnZ Joachim whom. with atg,
party ot American tourists aboard he
Guiding William j. Bryan, -hr strand
cd ON Atwood cay. y brmb islands
November 20 ig1l Nrcr the pas
s,ngcrs had been removed thcs,
pirates said Captain R'rlhulf. bc
,amc lusolont and aggressive and a.
the request of the master of IA,
RIM Joachim tn revenue cutter A.