Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-16
Revenue Cutter Service
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Leisurey blowing her way through lar
easter, waters the revenue cutter Unalga
is gradually drawing to the end of her
long voyage at Port Townshend, on the
Pacific coast The cutter arrived at 1oko-
hama, Japan last Thursday, and reports
from Capt Crisp. commanding the ship,
state that all aboard are well The ves-
sci will remain at the Japanese port unth
February 81 when she will resume her
voyage across the Pacific. The calcutta
tons of the officers in the division of
the service at this city are that she Will
arrive at Port Townshend about March
Is. She will remain there until the latter
part of May. when she Will so TO Alaskan
waters to take station. with headquar-
tiers at Juneau, where she will remain
the year around.
The little cutter Tybee, stationed at Sa-
vannah, under the command of Lieut.. ).
l.. Kecr. has distinguished herself as
fire fighter. Recently the docks of the
Merchants and Miners Transportation
Company at Savannah caught fire. and
the Tybee was right on her job. Going
into docks between burning warehouses
she pulled out of harms way several big
lighters, one of which had $4,000 feet of
lumber aboard. and then took sta ton
where she could use her fire pump to
throw a stream of water on the ware
mousse VI the DtaDOdTu All Siic
\ letter from the agent of the railroad
company to the department gives the
Tybee credit of having prevented the
spread of the flames.
In the past week the derelict destroyer
Seneca has blown the spars out of the
four-masted schooner City of George
town. which recently sank off Five
Fathom Bank lightship, near the en-
trance to Delaware bay. and was a Sc
tn ity1ft Tha to
after they were blown out of the vessel
were taken aboard the Seneca and sawed
up.
Plans for the annual visit of the cutter
Bear to the isolated settlements in north
ern Alaska, within the arctic circle, and
for the patrol of Bering sea by the cut
ters Cnalga, Tahoma and Manning in the
coming summer season are now being
prepa: ed in the division of the service,
Treasury Department. Unless plans mis-
carry, the cutters will start north in the
latter part of May, and about June l will
start patrol work. The seal rooke"ies on
the Alaskan Islands will be watched to
keep the Japanese poachers away, and
the patrol will be continued until ice be-
gins to make I'm the early fall. The cut
tiers, with the exception of the Unalga,
viii then come south.
The cutter Seminole is standing by the
steamship La Sale, reported in distress
and leaking badly off the North Caro-
lima coast In his last dispatch to the
department Capt Garden, commanding
the Seminole. states that he will tow the
steamer into harbor at Southport. n. G.,
as soon as possible. To prevent her
sinking the steamer has been put on
| mudbank SO that leaks can be repaired
temporarily.
Using guncotton mines. the cutter
Seminole recently destroyed the wreck of
the schooner Savannah. which was lost
on Frying Pan shOal several months ago
The masters of the steamships Sun and
katahdin report having passed through
large quantities of lumber off Frying
Pan, and it is supposed that this lumber
came from the wreck of the Savannah.
AS menace to the safety of vessels
passing in and out of the Chesapeake.
of the old barge Charmer. lying on d
shoai near Cape Charles. and the cutter
Onondaga in the past week spent two
or three days destroying the wreck. This
was done with high explosives. and the
vessel was blown into parts so small as
not to menace the safety of passing yes
sells while they are drifting ashore.
Z. +. Bertholf. commanding the rev.
| enue cutter service, has gone to New
York on business of the service. He will
return to the department early this week.
returned to his desk in the department
from an official visit to the repair depot
at Arundel Cove, Md.
Orders and instructions are issued to
officers as follows:
First Lieutenant of Engineers S. NJ.
Rock, granted thirty days leave, begin
ming February 10: Third Lieutenant of
Engineers X. W. Kraft, detached Man
ming, to Tahoma, for temporary duty.
Under preparatory orders: Second
Lieut. L. G. Muller to the Bear. Second
Lieut.. S. V. Parker to the Thetis, Third
Lieut. J. A. Starr to the McCulloch. Third
Lieutenant of Engineers B. C.. Thorn
to the McCulloch, Third Lieutenant
of Engineers F. A. Cook to the
Tahoma, Third Lieutenant of Engi-
neers E. Reed-Hill to the Bear,
Third Lieut.. r. l.. Lucas to the Bear,
Second Lieut.. j. r. Besse to the Win
dom, Second Lieut.. j. II. Cornell to the
Algonquin, Second Lieut.. J. S. Baylis to
the Tuscarora, Second Lieutenant of
Engineers G.. w. Carnes to the
Unalga, Second Lieutenant of Engi-
neers a. II. Bixby to the Manning.
Third Lieut.. S. $. Yeandle to the Ia
hona, Third Lieutenant of Engineers