Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27

cester and meet with difficulties i
caught in a big storm.
The latest aid in such matters i.
the seaplane, which is sent out on {
| scouting trip after a storm to locate
any members of the fishing fleet thai
may be reported as missing. AS al
average speed of an amphibian may
be said to be ninety or hundred miles
an hour at a minimum, a very large
| territory may be thus covered in 6
| short time, and far more swiftly thar
| by the old method of using a patro
| boat
When the lost fisherman is found
| the plane radios in to the air station
| and cutter with six or seven men is
| sent out to bring in the vessel or t.
aid the crew in any way that may be
| necessary. Though it is proposed tC
/ have 10 coastal air stations i'm time
only two are operating at the moment
| one off Cape May and the other al
| Gloucester.
| The latter is in the charge of Lieut.
| f. F. Stone, who will be best remem.
| bered for his notable work as one of
| the two pilots aboard the hydroplane
| NC-4 on its record trip across the At
lantic several years ago The air
| force for the Coast Guard is being
| trained in cooperation with the Army
and Navy air schools in various parts
of the country, and is intended to
build up group to operate in con
junction with the force of % de-
strOyers.
1t is rather astonishing to learn
that the Coast Guard covers a radius
or a hundred thousand miles a day
on Its patrol. The various cutters
start frnNa I,1;x
In military formation and then spread
out fanwise, to relieve the weary senti
neis already on duty at their marine
! posts far at sea. One of the most
urgent of all their duties is the rem
derlng OF medical and surgical aid as
required by any American vessels en-
gagged in deep-sea fishing, and in
| many parts of Alaska the doctors OF
the Coast Guard cutters are the ONLY
ones ever seen by the inhabitants.
me famous vessel Bear" made her
last voyage in Alaskan waters this
past season, and is to be replaced by
the new cutter "Northland'. The old
imperial Russian government used to
cooperate with the United States in
regard to permitting the Coast Guard
cutters to go over to the Siberian
shores to regulate conditions among
american citizens there, as needed,
put the Soviets are not interested in
the problem, and seem to resent such
efforts.
X X X
IN cruises in the northern waters,
the Coast Guard acts as minister,
census taker, judge, surgeon, and in
many regions is the only court of law
and order that is known. The Bear"
for example, left Oakland, Cal, early
in May, and on her return to that
port, five months later, had cruised
over 1900 miles. During her voyage
her commander qualified as United
States Commissioner for the second
Alaska district. and another officer
qualified as a deputy United States
Marshal. Various cases of promiscu-
Gus shooting were investigated and
the culprits brought to book; medical
attention was given to natives:
Eskimo children were taken aboard
and royalty treated with luncheon,
candy. games and presents in honor
of July A; and various passengers.
including missionaries, taken from one
post to another.
The five or six cutters operating in
those waters cooperate with the
United States Bureau of Fisheries to
protect the halibut and other fishing,
and whereas 1t is entirely conceivable