Evening star., 1923-06-03
THRILLING RESCUE
IN RIVER PLANNED
Coast Guard Exhibitions for
Shriners to Be Staged
Daily in Potomac.

saviors of life and property at sea.
peace-time protectors of the coast of
the nation against smuggling and un-
lawful entry by way of these sea as
personifed in the United States coast
guard are assembling here today to
give, during Shrine week, a display
for the benefit of the visitors from
all parts of the nation of the work
which a government must perform to
protect its people and their property.
- Coast guard life saving stations
have been established on the banks
of the Potomac for drill and for real
, stc rescues, If necessary, showing
how these watchers of the coast by
day and by night keep lookout for
vessels and people in distress at sea.
Exhibitions of the various life-sav-
ing methods employed by the cost
guard stations will be given daily.
Every morning, between 10 and IL,
the rescue Of shipwrecked crew
from a schooner lying in the river
will be carried out by use of the line
carrying a line out to the wreck, by
which means the beeches buoy ~
sent out. and the crew of the wrecked
vessel safely brought ashore
Bont Drills in Basin.
Inside the tidal basin the coast
guard crew will carry out their boat
drills, such as capsizing lneboat
and righting it in the water. DEM
onstration of the coast guard methods
Of resuScitating the apparently drowned
will be given on the tidal basin bath
ing beach. In addition to the morning
exhibitions there will be an afternoon
demonstration at such hours as will
not conflict with the various races being
held. At the coast guard camp there
will be officers and men on duty day
and night.
The camp is under the command of
Boatswain Uifesaving) Smith in
command of the Wildwood, n. J..
coast guard station. and Boatswain
0ifesaving) Moore, officer in charge
Of Cape Lookout station. The gen
eral supervision of this lifesaving
r work will be under O. NJ. Maxam.
chief of division of operations, head
quarters, United States coast guard.
The coast guard camp is now set up,
but the exhibitions will probably not
'be placed on the regular schedule
until tomorrow.
In addition to the officers and men
from shore units of the coast guard
along the coast. the deep seagoing
ships and men will be in charge of
the various activities on the river.
The coast guard cutters Manning.
Alexander Hamilton and Apache will
be stationed at various points along
the path of the congress of the seas.
and thes patrol of the river will be
directed by Commander ID. F. A. De
Otte, captain of the port of Norfolk
and Hampton Roads, Va, and for
mer supervisor of the harbor of
Brest France, who will direct opera
tions afoat from the cutter Apache,
anchored near the Highway bridge.
Cutter Manning Arrives.
The coast guard cutter Manning.
one of the most active ships of the
coast guard, has arrived in port and
is moored in the Washington channel
just above HaineS Point. A platoon
of bluejacket infantry from the Man
ming has been assigned to guard the
Treasury building. and night and day
there will be officers and men on
guard, both to protect the Treasury
and to prevent accidents and direct
visiting Shriners. The bluejacket
guard has been installed in barracks
In the Treasury building. Lieut..
Vaudeville and Ensign McCabe will
be the officers in charge Of this guard.
The Manning is one of the most
historic ships of the coast guard. She
was built prior to the Spanish -Ameri-
can war at a cost of S160,000, and has
been in commission ever since, both
In peace and in war. Her performance
during four months of a recent year
resulted in the assistance to vessels
and cargoes in peril at sea valued at
$13.000,000. She assisted 760 persons
whose lives were in peril, and actually
saved seven persons from drowning
during these four months.
The practice ship from the Coast
Guard Academy at New London.
Conn, the Alexander Hamilton, will
anchor off Haines Point in the Poto-
mac. The Coast Guard cadets aboard
and the ship itself will be open for
visitors at certain hours. These
cadets, who enter the Coast Guard
Academy at the age of eighteen. gen.
orally become commissioned officers
at the age of twenty-five.
Patrol River at Night.
In addition to the larger seagoing
cutters, the inshore patrol cutters
Patrol Dash and Relief are on con-
tinuous duty day and night patroll-
ing the river for the prevention of
accidents and the enforcement of law.
One of these vessels will be sta
toned at all times off the Coast Guard
camp at the Inlet bridge to the Tidal
g.. basin, and which is in telephone COM
munication with the city telephones.
Any emergencies or requests for as
sistance can be obtained through the
Coast Guard camp. The Coast Guard
cutter Apache, from which Com
mander DeOtte will direct operations
afoat. will also be connected by tele-
phone.
Through the courtesy of Lieut..
launches of the metropolitan harbor
police will cooperate with the Coast
Guard vessels on the river. Requests
for information regarding operations
and events on the river coming un-
der the supervision of the Coast
Guard should be addressed to Lieut.
:. ). Yeandle, liaison officer of the
Coast Guard, whose address is Coast
Guard headquarters, pay and allot-
ment officer 14th and E streets north
west telephone Main 640O, branch
345), or at his residence, 1908 New
Hampshire avenue northwest (tele-