Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
Revenue Cutter Service

So alarmed is the territorial legislature
of Alaska becoming over the threatened
determination Of halibut and other food
fish in the north Pacific, off the Alaska
coast, that the Treasury Department
has been petitioned to detail a revenue
cutter during the fishing season about
to open to guard the shores of Alaska
and prevent the taking of fish illegally.
The committee OF the legislature having
the question in charge state that the fish
are taken in such large quantities by
poaching fishermen that they have no
opportunity to propagate and are rap
idly disappearing. 1t is probable that
the request OF the Alaskans will be
compiled with, and the protection Of the
Ash will be added to the protection of the
seal and otter herds and other work
the cutters are called upon to perform
in the far northern waters.
Each summer a count is made of the
number Of seals on the islands of Alaska
as part OF the system to protect the
animals from determination by the Illegal
hunters The Pribylof Islands are among
those on which the seal herds AVE
rookeries, and the commanding officer
of the Bering sea patrol has been In
structed to detail one of the cutters
to transport the enumerators from st.
Pauls to st. Georges Island. and after
the completion Of q census of the herds
to return to st. Pauls. This will be
done in July.
The cutter Bear. the first vessel Of the
Boring sea fleet to go to Alaska this
season. arrived at Dutch Harbor May
70, and Thursday last she was sched-
uied to leave there for Nome. The Bear
WILL be joined by other vessels OF the
patrol fleet in a few days and the work
Of patrolling the coast and ISLANDS 10
prevent illegal sealing and for other
purposes will be started
During the week the President signed
the commissions of officers who recently
passed their examinations for promo.
Lieut.. Joseph A. Alger of the cutter
Unalga Second Lieut.. William K. Scam.
mel Of the cutter Tahoma. Captain OF
Engineers Charles F. Nash. on duty at
the Arundel Cove. Nd; depot: ,M Firs'
Of the cutter Unalga. Second Lieutenant
OF Engineers William NJ. Maxwell of the
cutter Mohawk and Second Lieutenant
of Engineers Edward Sudgen OF the
cutter Seminole.
Daniel c. Chester. captain of engineers.
retired. died at his home at Westerly
r. l.. May %. Capt. Chester saw thirty
four years of active duty in the service,
having entered it in 1885 and doing duty
on most Of the stations He saw service
in the civil war and on his retirement in
April, 1902, he became. in consequence OF
his war record. a captain OF eng neers,
and retired with that grade.
The cutter Apache. on her arrival at
Baltimore from this city in the early
part of last week. was laid up for -four
DAYS for boiler repairs. These have been
completed. and the cutter has returned
to service. She is expected to return to
this city this week to look over the pleas
ure craft to see that they are properly
equipped.
On her way from the Chesapeake to her
station at Detroit, Mich. the cutter Nor
rell has arrived at Quebec, more than
half way from the mouth of the st.
Lawrence to Lake Ontario.
In the past week the cutter Onondasa,
on the Norfolk station. has been engaged
i'm subcaliber target practice in lower
Chesapeake bay. All the cutters OH the
Atlantic coast have been giving the 1
men drll at the targets in the past week
or two.
Constructor Walton. from the Office of
construction and repair. has gone 10 New
York to inspect new generator and TO
witness tests of it in connection with
radio service.
Orders to officers in the service were
issued in the past week as follows:
Capt. Frederick c. Billiard. granted
fourteen days extension of leave, begin
ming June ].
First Lieutenant OF Engineers A. c.
Norman. ordered to Woodbury. for tenn
porary duty.
Third Lieut.. j. NJ Trick. jr.. prepare
tory orders to the Algonquin.