Evening star., 1924-11-23
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cutter Seneca, had aboard I,40o cases
OF Scotch: the Sagatind. a Norwegian
steamship, also captured October IL
by the Coast Guard cutter Seneca had
$4,000 cases of whisky: the Fred B..
British steamship captured Octo-
Der ;. by the Coast Guard cutter
Manhattan, had $500 cases of liquor;
the Pictonian, British schooner cap
tured September 27 by the Coast
Guard cutter Seneca had 500 cases
of alcohol: the Quadra, British
steamship, captured October II by the
Coast Guard cutter Shawnee had
alcohol, 129 barrels of whisky and
104 cartons of liquor with "a pints
to the carton.
Other extremely important recent
seizures We're the over the Top, a
British schooner, October 20. by the
Coast Guard cutter Tampa and the
British schooner Marjorie +. Bach
man, captured October "a by the
Coast Guard cutter Tampa.
In these exploits Lieut.. Comdr.
Yeandle was Admiral Billiards. agent
in the field along the coast from
New Jersey to New Hampshire. 1t
was A "clena-up'' drive to see how
the Coast Guard is working against
the rum feet and to learn for the
rommandant what types OF boats are
most effective. He also brings back
ideas from the officers and men en-
gagged in the work. The Coast Guard
is now ready to go before any COM
mittee of Congress with definite, ac-
curate information from an observer
fresh from the scene Of activities.
In making his investigate Lieut.
Comdr. Yeandle went in an airplane
along the coast and over the rum
fleet, at other times in a small. fast
speed boat. He lived with and visit
ed the rum ships and the colonies of
bootleggers. trying to get the at
mosphere of their business and learn
their methods so that the Coast
Guard can work out methods to COM
bat them.
Now 1t must not be understood that
the Coast Guard is going before Con-
sress asking for any increased ap-
preparation to fight the rum feet and
make the coast impregna BILE. The at
titude of the Coast Guard is just
this-to do all it can with the equip
ment Congress gives ii, until a thor
ough test has been made with the re-
sources already provided. While the
existing appropriation is not what
the Coast Guard originally estima ed
would be necessary for the enormous
problem of completely block aiding the
10000 miles of seacoast, yet the Coast
Guard wants to give fair trial and
submit results, refraining from max
ing any other requests-just to show
Congress what it has done
Profitable Civil War Trade.
In this connection it is interesting
to note that during the Civil War the
ever before or since, was employed
every before or since. was employed
in attempting to close the coast line
from Norfolk to Galveston against
the British blockade runners, who
were bringing supplies to the Con-
federacy and carrying back cotton
to England. That trade then was as
profitable as rum running today. be-
cause those ships carried cargoes
both ways.
The Coast Guard today has a prob
lem four times as great as the Navy
had then, without including the Great
Lakes or Alaska, which are a serious
problem themselves. So the Coast
Guard has refrained from making any
promises of wonderful achievement.
But a pet expression of the admiral
commandant of the Coast Guard is:
I'm 1874 years of its existence the
Coast Guard has never fallen down
on a job"
1t should be emphasized that the
Coast Guard did not make the law
and did not seek the duty of enforc-
ing it las it>already had a great va
riety of duties; but just the same
every officer and man in the Coast
Guard is whole -heartedly working to
carry out the orders of the Chief EX-
ecutive and enforce the Constitution
The men of the Coast Guard are
under constant strain of danger and
hardships. Here Is one illustration:
At $50 p.m., October 2S, Coast
Guard picket boat, manned by three
Coast Guard men. located a party of
rum runners unloading their boat
near Leonardo, on the New Jersey
coast. The three Coast Guard men
advanced upon party of over 1e