Evening star., 1924-11-09
Real Workers i'm the National Capital

ture of the Coast Guards widely varied
duties, the saving of life and proper
| ty at sea must not give way to the
demands of this new duty which Con-
gress thrust upon the Coast Guard.
This is M. Yeapdles attitude. Also
the Coast Guard really now has a
job that calls upon 1t to fight its own
| best friends, SO Mr.. Yeandle's task
| is one that tests even his urbanity and
diplomacy. You see. the duty Of the
Coast Guard has been to protect
comerce and the saving Of life along
| the seaboard. Now the big ports are
and always have been pretty wet,
while the Coast Guard is little known
in the great arid regions of the Mid
die West. where prohibition legisla-
| tion started.
But the Coast Guard office doesn't
call this part Of it's job lighting the
| rum runners" as the rest of us do
They don't refer to prohibition en-
| forcement" as part of their work
They don't have that word in their
on1ce vocabulary or nomenclature
They are concerned with the foreign
trade in narcotics, aliens and rum,-
and cover it all in the term "smug-
Cling" Now the Coast Guard was
created in 1890 with one of its chief
functions to prevent smuggling. Dur
| y
more than doubled as a result of the
enormous problem of blockading
practically 10000 miles of coast line.
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| Part of Mr.. Yeandle's job is to keep
posted on legislative matters and
handle such questions for the Coast
Guard under Admiral Billiards. di-
rection. This necessitates his fire.
quent appearance at hearings before
committees of Congress.
| And yet, with all of this burden OF
varied duties. and accepting the jot
of holding off the rum-runners as an
unsolicited and unwelcome task for
the service, Mr.. YeandIe took his spe-
cial detail to carry out the major
| drive against the big foreign rum
running ships so seriously and sue
cessfully that Admiral Billiard has just
sent him this letter:
| ITO farther the campaign Of the
Coast Guard against liquor smuggling
| headquarters directed that a sea-sled
be sent out to the rum fleet and en-
deavor to obtain evidence that would
justify the seizure of vessels of the
rum fleet. You volunteered to joir
| this expedition and to take certain
| picket boats to look out for the sea
sled and to assist in the operations OF
! the expedition.
| y ou participated actively in this
endeavor and operated against the
rum fleet off New York, Block IslanC
and the Massachusetts coast. Your
duty was very important, difficult anG
arduous. You were subjected &c
many hardships, to exposure to the
| elements at sea in open boats fol-
! long periods, and to very considera-
BILE danger You displayed courage
| energy. resourccfulness and excellent
] judgment. and it was a matter o,
/ great satisfaction to the commandant
! to know that you were participa tins
I in the expedition.
The expedition was Signally sue.
cessful and resulted in the seizure OF
four vessels of the rum fleet, together
with a number of launches.
! Following the seizure of the
schooner Marjory L. Bachman anc
! the bringing of this prize into Bos.
ton, you represented the Coast GuarC
at the hearings incident thereto. II
! the face of embarrassing and annoy.
ing conditions you handled a very
| difficult situation with discretion anc
good judgment.
| The commandant commends yol
highly for your efficient, devoted anc
officer-like performance of this spe
cial duty"
And that was just an incident in tn
eventful life Mr.. Yeandlc is leading il
| Uncle Sans service