Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-11
CUTTER TASCA TO Do
DUTY At PORTO RICO
Ordered to Arundel Cove for Repairs
Before Taking Up
Station.

To be made ready for duty on the
Porto Rico station the coast guard
cadet training cutter Itasca is to re-
ceive a general overhauling at the de-
pot at Arundel Cove, near Baltimore.
where she is expected to arrive this
week. The Itasca, with the cadets from
the Coast Guard Academy, at Fort
Trumbull. New London. Conn.,. COM
pleted her summer cruise of instruction
In the last part of September. and the
twenty cadets. who had been under in
struction aboard the Itasca, took up
quarters ashore.
Under orders from the department
Capt. Billiard, superintendent of the
academy, turned the command of the
Itasca over to Lieut. Crapster, who is
soon as the overhauling of the Itasca is
completed she will sail for San Juan,
to relieve the cutter Seminole. now
doing duty there. On relief the Semi
mole viii return to her station at VII
the Porto Rico station ship, Is at Arun-
del Cove, having extensive repairs
made.
Bear Returns to Nome.
Having completed a cruise along the
Alaskan coast and its long chain of is
lands. stretching well over toward
Asia, the cutter Bear has returned to
Nome, via Unalaska and Pribilof. The
time of the Bears remaining In
Alaskan waters Is growing short. but
she will not leave until the last OF the
commercial ships has started south
This will be in the latter part OF this
month or early in November, unless los
for the south. The Bear is now the
only vessel Of the coast guard feet In
Alaskan waters.
Responding to a notification that the
schooner Samuel B. Hubbard had been
abandoned off Cape Cod, and. WATERLOO
Red was a serious menace to the safety
Of shipping, the cutter Gresham from
the Boston station started in search OF
the vessel. Before the cutter located
the derelict passing towboat picked
1t up. The Gresham met the tug as she
came into Boston bay with the aban.
doned schooner.
Chief C. s. McAllister. First Lieutenant
of Engineers Urban Harvey and Con.
structor Walton has been appointed to
examine for promotion Second Lieuten.
ond Lieutenant of Engineers L. J. Ker.
Retirement Of Capt. Owen.
Captain of Engineers F. E. Owen re-
tire sfrom the service today. and this
weeks orders announce his being
placed on the retired list. Capt. Owen
retires on account of Ill health. as he
would not have reached the age limit
until 1921. Capt. Owen entered the
service as q third lieutenant of en-
Eineers June 6. 1875. and reached the
grade of captain July I. 1908. He
stands second in the list Of captains Of
engineers and has seen active service
on all stations, including nearly three
years in Alaskan waters and the arctic.
He also saw service in the SPANISH
American war.
orders for the week are as follows:
Senior Capt. r. M Dunwoody. pre-.
paratory orders to command New York
division.
to command New York division tenn
porarily.
ArcatR.
First Lieut. n. e. Rideout, Arcata to
the Mohawk on relief. ten days leave
en- route.
orders to the Manning.
First Lieut.. H. D: Hinckley. pur-
chasing officer. San Francisco, to pur.
chasing officer, New York.
Captain of Engineers F. e. Owen. re-
tired October 10. 1915.