Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07
CUTTER BEAR IS FREED
FROM DUTIES IN NORTH
Navigation Has Closed and All Com.
mercial Vessels Have Sailed
South.

| Winter. With its ice and cold has come
| to Alaskan waters and within the next
week the cutter Bear, which has been
gathering up the loose ends of coast
| guard work in the far north. will start
south to remain until next spring. The
Bear recently completed a cruise from
Nome to Unalaska via the Prb Is
lands, and at last reports was stli at
| Unalaska making ready to start for
Seattle, which will be her winter sta
ton.
| The Bear remains in Alaska waters
until all commercial vessels have start
! ed south. AS navigation time in the
north Pacific is over for the season.
| and commercial vessels are on their
way to Seattle, Portland, San Fran
| cisco and other Pacific coast ports the
Bear is now at liberty to return to a
| more congenial climate to remain until
the time comes next spring for her TO
| return to Alaska.
Special Cutter for Court.
| In recognition of the excellent results
| accomplished by the visit of the United
| States district judge for Alaska and his
| floating court to the isolated settle
| ments in bringing order out of disor-
| der in the wild country in the north,
| it is suggested that special cutter
should be built for this court work Tn.
cutter McCulloch, which has been used
| as the floating court since it was start
| ed several years ago, is unsuited for the
work, being unprovided with proper ac-
commodations for the judge and court
| officials, and without means to care
properly for prisoners that brought
| to the states to serve their sentences
| During the period the vessel would not
| be needed for court purposes she would
| be of much service for cruising pur-
poses in Alaskan waters
Officers of coast guard cutters and
| keepers of coast guard stations on the
Atlantic coast and great lakes have
been requested to conduct examina-
! tons, under the new seamans law. for
| life boatmen, but not for able seamen.
The coast guard officers have been in
| structed that when applications are
| made to them for examination for able
! seaman's certificate the candidate
| be referred to the nearest inspector OF
hulls in the United States steamboat
| inspection service for his examination.
Saves Tug and Tow.
An assistance report received from the
cutter Arcata, on duty in the state of
Washington water, tells of the pick
| ing up of the disabled powerboat Pug
| and the barge Pacific, which it had in
tow. The Pug was totally disabled by
the breaking of her engine. and at the
| request of her master she was taken
| with her tow to safe anchorage at
! Kingston, Wash.
In the past week the cutter ITALIA
\ poosa destroyed the spars of a two
| masted schooner sunk six miles west
| of San Bias buoy in the Gulf of Mex
| leo. When the cutter left the. wreck
i there were forty-two feet of water
| over it.
In search of a schooner abandoned
| and adrift in the vicinity of Fire Is
| land, in the path of vessels bound to
and from New York, the cutter Mo-
| hawk has left New York. 1t is prob
\ able that cutter will be sent to the
| schooner Emma c. Titus, reported cap
| sized and on her beam ends about two
| miles off the Forge River station, n. c.,
| coast.
| Repairs to the cutter Seneca, which
| were in progress at the Brooklyn navy
yard, have been completed and the
| cutter has returned to her station.
Work on the cutter Pamlico, which is
| in progress at the Arundel Cove depot,
will be completed about November 20.
and the cutter viii then return to her
| station in the inland waters of North
Carolina in time to take up winter
| cruising duty under the special order
| of the President, issued in the past
| week.
Repairs to Itasca Delayed.
| Repair work to the cutter Itasca,
which is being done at the Norfolk
| navy yard, is taking considerably
| longer than was expected, and it Will
be Wednesday of this week before she
| will be ready to go to Marcus Hook. on
the Delaware. to receive the anti-water-
| bug treatment. Completing this, she
| will sail for San Juan to take station
| until the cutter Algonquin is ready for
duty.
| First Lieut.. John Boedeker has re-
| ported to the department for duty in
connection with supplies and accounts.
relieving First Lieut.. c. w. Cairnes.
First Lieut.. c. NJ. Gabbett, from the
cutter Seneca. and First Lieut.. j. A.
Alger, jr., from the cutter Pamlico.
were visitors to the department in the
past week
Orders for the week are as follows:
Second Lieutenant of Engineers L. J.
Ker, to headquarters on official BUSH
ness.
Senior Capt. ]. F. Wild. retired from
active service, effective November ,,
1915.
Capt H. B. West. preparatory orders
to command of eastern division, Boston.