Evening star., 1914-04-19
Ma.anzas brought a cargo of la;hs to

Matanzas brought a cargo of laths 10
this city about two years ago.
After drifting for several weeks dan
gerous menace to navigation. the water
logged hulk of the schooner S G. Has
kell has been picked up by the cutter
Algonquin about 200 miles southwest Of
Bermuda Capt. Billiard. commanding
the Algonquin. reports that 1t is impos-
sibie to destroy the hulk and the cutter
will make an effort to tow it to Bcr-
muda. The finding of the hulk concludes
search for 1t that the Algonquin had
been making for the past two weeks
Assistance work to vessels in distress
has kept busy the vessels of the revenue
cutter service on the North Atlantic
coast The cutter Acushnet. on the Nan
tucket sound station. early In the week
went to the aid of the barge Ruth, re-
ported in distress below Cape Cod light.
The barge was found anchored in deep
water. where she had been left by the
tug that had her in tow. She was not
IN trouble, but at the request of the
master of the Ruth the barge was taken
into harbor. Later in the week the Acush-
net floated the schooner Percy B. from
off East Chop Vineyard sound. and took
her to Vineyard Haven.
On the Maine coast the Androscoggin
went to aid the schooner John B. Car
rington. ashore at Campohello, but when
she reached the vessel it was found to be
SO badly damaged as TO be a hopeless
wreck. The cutter Woodberry Thursday
cruised in search of vessel reported
in distress and firing rockets off Cape
Porpoise. Though a diligent search was
! made no trace of a vessel in trouble
or of wreckage to indicate that one had
sunk could be found
About sixty requests for permission to
take the examination for appointment to
cadetships in the service have been re-
ceived at the department. OF this num-
ber but two or three are from Washing
, ton boys. The examination will be held
in the larger cities. commencing June /.
but no appointment can be made until the
passage by Congress of the sundry civil
| bill. which will carry authority for the
appointment of new cadets. The examina-
ton will provide eligible list from
which appointment will be made.
| Capt 2. H. Iberroth. who has heen
! in charge of personnel and operations OF
the service for about three years. has
/ been selected to command the cutter Nc
i Culloch. which is to carry the United
| States district court for Alaska, on its
justice-dispensing cruise in the coming
summer. Capt. Uberroth will leave tho
Treasury Department about the latter
part of May. His successor has not yet
been selected.
| Capt. Frederick C. Billiard. command
/ ing the cutter Algonquin on the Porto
Rico station. has been selected to sue
| ceed Capt. Jacobs as superintendent of
the school of instruction at New Lon
don. Conn. He has been given prepara-
| tory orders for change of station. Capt
Billiard was for several years stationed
at this city as aid to the captain com
mandant of the service.
Orders for the week are as follows:
Capt. F. s. Van Boskerck. First Lieut.
J. H. Crozier. Second Lieut. R. L. Jack
Second Lieut.. NJ. J. Ryan. third Lieut.
H. NJ. Carr. First Lieutenant of Eng
neers W. L. Maxwell and Second Lieu
tenant of Engineers F. E. Fitch, detached
| from Itasca and ordered to Mohawk.
Second Lieut.. W. A. Bonham. detached
from Mccullough and relieved from fur
ther treatment at Fort Stanton. N. NJ.
and ordered to Onondaga. Granted thirty
days leave of absence en- route
| Captain of Engineers \. 4. Cutchir
ordered to inspect quarantine tug T. F.
Richardson at New Orleans. La.
| Constructor F. A. Hunnewell. ordered
to Manitowoo. Wis. official business
Senior Capt. ]. L. Sill. detached from
CcCulloch. to temporary command OF
southern division, P. c.
Capt. P. II. Uberroth, preparatory
orders to McCulloch.
Capt. F. c. Billiard. preparatory orders
to School of Instruction.
Second Lieutenant of Engineers c. I
Curtiss, granted seven days leave Of
absence.
Captain of Engineers ]. II. Chaiker,
granted four days leave Of absence.