Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-15
PREPARE FOR HURRICANE
! SEASON IN WEST INDIES
Officers and Men of Coast Guard
Service on South Atlantic
NJ Coast on the Alert.
Recent Blow on the Chesapeake
Kept Cutter Apache Busy.
r. Personal Notes.

West Indian hurricane time is APP
preaching on the south Atlantic coast,
and the officers and men of the coast
guard cutters on stations from Norfolk
to Key West and along the Gulf of
Mexico are preparing for calls at any
time to go to the aid of vessels in dis
tress as the result of these violent
storms The hurricane season, seamen
figure, begins in the latter part of Au-
gust and extends through September
and most of October, and the storms of
this period on the southern coast sur
pass in fury the winter gales of New
England. except for the ice and cold.
While no special cruising orders are
sent out from the headquarters of the
coast guard to the commanding OFF,
GERS of the cutters Onondaga at Nor
folk; Seminole, at Wilmington, n. G.;
Yamacraw, at Savannah; Miami, at
Key West, and Window. at Galveston.
the officers of these cutters understand
that they are expected to have their
ships in condition to put to sea in any
weather to aid the distressed mariner.
The recent summer blow on the
Chesapeake gave the cutter Apache
plenty of work to do and in the past
ten days she has been going steadily
floating vessels that We're blown
ashore in the storm. Three reports
from her temporary commanding Of
ficer, Lieut.. l.. $. Addison, received
at the headquarters of the service, tell
of work she has done. The schooner
Carrie S. Mears, found ashore in
Swami creek, Md. was fioated and
Boumi of Baltimore was fioated from
the shore in the mouth of the Sassa-
fras river the gale having carried her
high and dry and left her stranded
with bushes about her She was also
hoated and taken to Baltimore. The
Ella Flaherty, ashore in the Choptank
river. was foated and taken to Solo
mons Island. Md, for repairs. This
is the second time in less than month
that the Apache has worked the Fla
herty from off shore.
Assists the Emma F. Angel.
Responding to a call for assistance
the cutter Seneca, Lieut.. G. NJ Cab
bett temporarily commanding. went to
the aid of the American three -masted
schooner Emma F. Angel in distress
'of the New England coast. The ves-
sci was on her way from Chiverie
N. S., to Norfolk with plaster and was
caught in a heavy gale that left her
leaking and with broken spars. One
Of her crew had his Leg broken and as
soon as the cutter reached the vessel
Surgeon r. +. Savers went aboard
tue SCHOOHcT anu gave the man sur
gical aid. Later he was sent to the
marine hospital at Stapleton, L. l.,
and the schooner was taken to New
York. where she can be repaired before
resuming her voyage.
Capt. w. w. Joynes, commanding the
cutter Pamlico on the inland waters of
North Carolina. reports having fioated
the ram schooner Lizzie Williams,
waters about Beaufort and Morehead
City with Pamlico sound. The vessel
was well grounded, and forty-eight
hours were spent waiting for the COM
ing of good full tide, when she finally
was gotten afloat
Aided by tugboats the cutter Unalga
hoated the steamship Georgian, ashore
on the California coast. The vessel had
hurried to San Francisco for repairs.
The vessel is one of the Hawaiian
American fleet and is valuable ship.
The cutter Acushnet, stationed on
given aid to the schooner Georgetta
Lawrence. ashore on one of the numer-
Gus shoals in the Nantucket region.
She was taken to Provincetown, Mass,
for such repairs as she may need.
From a cruise of $3.50 miles, the cut
ter Manning has arrived at Unalaska
and reports all we'll. On the cruise the
Manning skirted the Aleutian chain it's
Pribilof group of volcanic islands,
stopping at several points. Her COM
handing officer reported no violations
OF sealing or other laws were found.
President Signs Commissions.
The President has signed the commits
sions of First Lieut.. b. H. Camden to
I'LL a vacancy caused by the retirement
Il Capt. ". r. e. Hall, and Second
Lieut.. lie Roy Reinburg to be first
lieutenant to fill the vacancy caused by
the promotion of Lieut.. Camden. Sec
ond Lieut.. Roger c. Weightman is pro-
NOTED to first lieutenant, to fill the va
cancy caused by the promotion of First
Lieut.. Randolph Ridgeley, jr., to the
grade of captain.
Second Lieut.. Russell Randolph
Waesche, on duty in the department.
has returned to his desk after several
days spent at the Arundel Cove depot
installing radio outfits on the new cut
tiers Ossippee and Tallapoosa.
First Lieut.. Herman II. Wolf ord
nance officer. is on leave of absence.
Capt II. B. West, First Lieut.. L. T
Chalker and Third Lieut.. Robert Dono-
hue were visitors to the department