Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-23
COAST GUARDS LIFE
ON THE BEHR|NG SEA
Lapcls Distinctive Badge of
WalrtIS Head.
Veteran Captain Describes Time
Spent in tho North. When Ship
Was Heavily Iced Up and Waves
Dashed Over II.
ny CLAIR PRICE.

No arm OF the United states gov
crnmcnt leads Il more varied life than
gated duties nf the coast guard is in
Itself more Nar!cgatcd than EchrinG
Sea duty.
rho badge is an inconspicuous one
and YOU may miss Il unless YOU look
sharply at tho Goa; iapc's about YOU.
;usks. which speaks Dlainly enough 10
amy one who has ears to hear Of TN
alaska
arc ' ." nc verge u sjsrv"i tT alons
the coast TO protecting the seal rock
cries aiong ine rribilon Islands the
cutter TO which the Bchring assign
mont falls each year has varicCatcd
time OF H. Occasionally il has TO use
It's one -pounders on Inc seal rock,
for q period OF some ten years Seals
are easy animals To Kill however. y
ten gauge shotgun and club arc suh-
Gient 70 ~ q sealing schoon"r* hoids
with highly valuable skins. This has
been attempted occasionally by Japa-
ncse schoonerS. manned by Japanese.
with an American sailing master; but
in the lonely seas off the priblOnS a
numbcr or Illegal Scaiers have been
surprised and captured By the cut
II recall :, trip" said one veteran
captain, ON which We were so heavily
iced-up that every sea went over US.
and the doctor was running around in
circles attending 10 frozen noses ana
frozen feet. We tried TO thaw and
~
il was siNty below. and YOU couldn't
poke your nose out on deei> without
ON the wardroom table before him
lay an embossed COPY Of omar Nhsy
hubbard
Tia, was given. 70 me three years
ago" no said Ned boeu living az
Cnalasaa. when We sot word that
lies were starving ~ the mouth OF :,
ij;tlc river IN The coast There was
pad weather on but wo Went oUt ami
began searching The. coast for them.
and a-e1 uLT one FOUNDER 10 wax"
them up We eouidr'; s:nr5 anything
E':ti ;ra;. 50 7 called for volunteers
- . @-r1r@ tc-ouSh trs surf.
I-sE were a..Ne al -.Ent, hu, they
80 r-*ttT badly OF. they had ono
SSch @ bears aod 81 !i-t.e coftea and
ECu- ~: ~ E-sr atuHt eighty OF them
Ally They bad no acal and no way
possible 20 cross A. q matter Of fact.
fnE.f was hurricane q Old air
i5ne 81 them had a;,enlp;ed 10 cross cross
q, and had go; $50 miles back. when
hc gave i, up. and 'paekcd al the way
back to, the coast hall goat that he
million dollars in gold -.iusi, but they
were starving - death just the same.
for their gold dust but outside that
they rarely saw stranger.
Offered . 'aN2 ,hem all ou; but
ttcH wouldn't come. only ono man
who had an Injected foot his wife and
their two cht!dr"u came out 80
cailed a meeting U their stoEe--i re-
y. = Ea,der; on-aud they drew mp .,
lis, u tae provisions they wanted. 1t
was Ja-uar. thcn, ard thcir boat was
due u june ! .Esd uu q scheme ot
-A..ons aad LEI. chem provisions, for
which ta.4 gave ME the usual treas
NY department. warrant There was
ore woman among .h.m who wanted
- make f1s = nrcse1; for helping
them 50 she gave nae ,a.s Omar hlay-
ya-T'
Tao cutters aurc,Ea,e taeir cruises
Win stays To- :. reit a tDalaSka. and
i Is her" that ,He order os the Wa,-us.
conn scd OF all government rrrr on
SeEr.ng So duty AoUclsho5