Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-16

the time the officer got to the quarter
deck the watch there would be very
much on the job, pacing up and down
and unnaturally alert.
Two cadets who had had their lib.
erty restricted for various derelictions
oonspired to regain their places in the
good graces of the officers and even,
II possible, win commentator for dar-
ing. They accordingly prevailed upon
an ordinary seaman to agree to fall
overheard. while the ship was at an
Choir of course. so there would not be
too much danger.
The seaman kept his promise. and
while supposedly busy at work fell
overheard, acting his part very we'll.
The two who had arranged the playlet
were quite near at hand, and they. too.
went overheard, swimming calamity
out toward the seaman. One of them
was much better swimmer, and
reached the drowning man far ahead
of the other, swimming along with
him to the gangway while his Cocoon
spirator got on board. The second
cadet. who CHANGED to be officer of the
deck at the time, and was now on board
again quite safely. began extravagant
praise of the rescuer
"A crowd had gathered by this time
and as the number increased praise of
the nero DE the near nero became
more voluble. The officers .smeIIed a
rat and the accommoda ting ordinary
seaman was closely questioned, finally
confessing that his falling overheard
and his rescue were due mostly to a
sympathetic nature. bein' a human
bein' himself
The two cadets much to the annuse-
ment of everybody. found themselves
due for continued restriction. The sec
ond cadet who so generously lauded
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ably never will forget what a joke he
unintentionally played on himself"
The nag that floats from the cutter
ltasca and all others belonging to the
coast guard service is so distinctive a
to cause much inquiry as to the mean
ing of the arrangement, the symbols
and the origin. AS far back as March
z, 1893, Congress provided that a fine
or S10O should be laid upon the mast err
of any vessel wrongfully floating the
pennant acknowledged as the banner
or the revenue cutter service. In Au-
gust of the same year the Secretary
OF the Treasury. Oliver woloott, an
nounced that this pennant should CON
sist OF sixteen perpendicular stripes
alternate red and white, the union OF
the ensign to be the arms of the
United states, in dark blue upon a
white field" 'P''
This had a definite historical r,.,,
ing. The sixteen stripes of the pennant
represented the number of states in ~ a
ohion at that time. the thirteen orjei
t tsiu. states were represented by the
thireeen stars. there were thirteen
leaves to the olive branch thirteen a.
rows ana thirteen bars to the shield
m This time Of trouble in Mexico the
coast guard flag may float above many
cutters acting as auxiliaries Last wear
at the direction of the War Den.r,
ment the cutter Algonquin went tn
forto Rico, Dominican Republic. and
took on board 1S4 Porto Ricans
oi Wnom were SO near starvation th,.
tney mad to be helped over the ranr
way, several being carried aboard in
rasu.a lungs lungs were done for the poor
reIusees that no one had ever done no
Iore Tor them. Not only was Their Az
tress aileviated, but they were rsd.
comfortable and even cheerful by The
half IL e a employed in their be-
PIE VINO arrived at San Juan.
~ ne Algonquin has made trims n, e..
80 .DePartment also, at one time TAX
ing ,ne United States consul at large
on tour of inspection to the $3.50
consular offices in the West Int;se TLs
cutter Ihetis made an extended crutse
IN March and April of 1918 to manv ise
lanas IN the possession of the United
states to ascertain the conditions ~.
the bird reservations oii
I'm, me weather was very stormy all the
time the Thetis was out, the ofiieers
ana crew often having to swim to reach
the beach when a landing of the cutter
was 100 difficult. On one island II was
found that birds in great numbers had
peen slaughtered in a raid evidently
made the preceding January.
IN the northern cruise of the Bear I'm
1913, among many other things the
mmanding officer reported the whole
sale destruction of walrus In .rotic
waters by both American and foreign
vessels. fact most important. since
this sooner or later will affect the food
supply OF the natives on both the Sibe-
rian and Alaskan shores The noedic.,
ofncers of the coast guard do ines
UNABLE work on these cruises.