Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02

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| rient for anything else NC alwa%s pick
up the phone and communicate me can
10 the Quarter-deck bunch. ana pach
comes the answer: AYE, aye, sir. III
De done And II is done.
II believe IL were 10 call up Cap.
tam Bcrtholf tomorrow morning ana
| say to him: Captain. we want you to
make u trip to the moon he'd answer:
| AHo, aye, sir. Just as soon as can
! take OH COAL And ! know he'd start.
There is one thing the revenue cut
ter service has never learned, and that
| is to tell YOU why a thing can't be done.
| The other day they wanted speech
made i'm North Carolina, and, as all
f; the orators Of the department were
| busy, as usual. | called on the quarter
| deck. ana they sent McAllister down,
and | understand that lie delivered the
speech with such effective eloQuence
that Congressman Smal's reputation
as the slvcr-tongued statesman has
been destroyed forever.
Ana now Il word about the two
SHIPS we have launched here TODAY
the Ossipce and the Tallapoosa. Ordi,
nariiy' on occasions like this, II is Gus
tomarE TO cast the horoscope of the
SHIPS ON the occasion of their going
into the water but on this occasion
thai Is unnecessary. We know what
these Two ships will do But. Afr Toast
master, it is interesting and Eratifyinr
10 reflect that while all the great M.
.iohs oil the earth are engaged in a
titanic struggle of destroying life and
property. VIC have to-day launched two
sturdy ships, consecrated to tho tosle
OF saving the lives and rescuinc the
property OF the people. And lust here
lei me call your attention to the fact
mat within the past decade the cut
ters have saved from the ravaSes of
inc seas property valued at a total OF
~, ~ ~. t1,nt
nave rescued 1859 persons from
drowning and have given assistance to
..oio Vessels on which 2S,44S human
lives were imperiled
and In this period the average an
hual cost OF maintenance has been an
pfoximately So25o.000 So that the net
result or the cutter service is that for
oeen saving, q dividend to the people
OF 1920 for every dollar appropriated
on tax OF less than 5 cents per capita
IN the same period Congress has
appropriated for the maintenance OF
our navy. $1,000, 100000, and that is the
glar insurance, And while the premi-
ums arc high 1t is money we'll and
wisely expended"
LAUNCHING PARTY
RETURNS TO CAPITAL
After the launching breakfast the
party proceeded in the special car back
to Old Point Comfort, where they re-
emba rked on the Norfolk and Wash
ington steamer for Washington. The
party left washington last night at
GAS o'clock by the Norfolk steamer for
Old Point. guests Of the coast guard.
supper was provided on the boat. Ar
rivnE at Old Point Comfort at 5 o'clock
In the morning, the party had two and
one-half hours rest and sightseeing be-
800 ~ NJ
Chamberlin Hotel. At $40 o'clock, by
special trolley car, the guests proceed
ed to the shipbuildinG plant for the
ceremonies.
Acting Secretary Newton, Mrs. New
ton and their son, with Captain Bert
holt. commandment. coast guard, and
Mrs. Bertholf and Miss Bertholf, were
conveyed from Washington to the
scene Of the ceremonies at Newport
News on the coast guard cutter Apache.
The onondaga, Captain Benjamin II.
Chiswell commanding, came to New
port News from her station headquar-
ters at Norfolk.
Representative Small and Mrs. Small
and Mr.. Willard, of Norfolk. with Mrs.
Willard and Miss Willard, Joined the
party at Old Point Comfort. Miss Hart
we'll, sponsor. with her mother, Mrs.
Einrtwell, and her friend, Miss Man
ming. were awaiting the party at Old
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tho South
The new coast guard cutters launched
to-day probably will be in commission
under the flag of the coast guard some
time next month.
The new cutters present graceful
lines, and are distinguished by their
completeness and tho inclusion of every
desired equipment in limited space and
also by the absence of ornament and
bright metal They are regarded as
strictly for business purposes, without
unnecessary guilt and show.
Both are 1853 feet long over all. $50
feet on the water line, thirty-two feet
beam, and will have displacement OF
feet. They arc provided with flush
deck, with full-length spar deck Both
constructed entirely OF steel. the plat
ing forward is double on the Ossipee 10
increase her strength and fit her for
effective work In ice burdened waters.
The only other variant between the
two vessels is the icemaking plant in
stalled on ~: Tallapoosa.
PROVIDED WITH MOST
POWERFUL MACHINERY
The new cutters are provided with
the most powerful machinery to give
the highest speed and towing efficiency
possible for vessels OF this type They
are TO be equipped with every known
and approved appliance and equipment
of life-savinG. cl-salvaging and
derelict destroying work.
Large towing bits are fitted Just
abaft Of the mainmast, with stem winch
alongside for handling hawsers Each
Will carry five small boats a power
ful radio apparatus, large searchlights,