Evening star., 1943-06-06

treated as pirates" under International
law. This possibility, OF course, provided
an additional reason for Inducing the
auxiliaries into the reserve.
The Gasoline Ban.
But the boating angle is on its way out.
1t. Corffor. James Holbrook Kimberly,
assistant chief of the auxiliary, with an
office at Coast Guard headquarters in
Washington, pointed out that an Office
of Price Administration ruling banned
gasoline for pleasure boats in the II
Eastern States and limited them to 2
gallons per horsepower-up to a maxi
mum of 125 gallons for a three-month
period-in the rest Of the country.
Many Of the boats are being laid up
for the duration" he said. Few of the
more able boats will be kept in commits
sion. There Is enough gasoline to run
them to keep their batteries charged if
they are needed in an emergency"
The auxiliarists are men from all walks
OF life-bankers, brokers, manufacturers,
Government officials, business and pro-
fessional men, priests and ministers. A
man may be bank president six days
week and a coxswain on the seventh.
Comdr. Kimberly recalled an inspection
trip he made in Boston Harbor on
boat manned by an investigator of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, ship
yard worker, Catholic priest, Presby-
terian minister and an undertaken. He
al %tnc or I'M nf j,1l
who had to take an auxiliary examina-
ton in his own courtroom where classes
were being held.
These men, originally drawn together
by love Of boating and now by desire
to aid the prosecution of the war, take
their work seriously. For example, take
the flotilla that operates out of Seventy
ninth street in New York City. During
a seventh period, rs of their "a members
accounted for 726 man-days Of patrol
duty. Their 81 patrol boats piled back
and forth over 1876 miles during 3,203
running hours. They made 983 trips
ferrying naval officers, gun crews and
pilots to and from ships at their anchor
age, made five rescues, assisted 18 in
jured persons and gave assistance to "a
vessels in distress.
Evacuation Tests.
Several practice evacuation tests have
been held in cities by members of the
auxiliary with the cooperation of the
Office of Civilian Defense, Red Cross and
State organizations. One such test took
place last December by a fotilla in
Flushing, N. Y, in subzero weather-the
coldest day for that date in 58 years.
One hundred and sixty-four "evacuees,"
families and neighbors OF the auxiliarists,
were carried over miles Of water, land
ing at the Worlds Fair dock, where Red
Cross and Boy Scouts lent hand
James M. Lands, director of civilian
defense, in a letter to various Offices of
civilian defense, has declared that "in
all cases Of civilian protection planning,
where the services Of skilled personnel
and small craft are needed, 1t is entirely
appropriate to request the assistance Of
the Coast Guard Auxiliary"
The auxiliary has 13 districts in the
continental United States and three in
outlying territories-Puerto Rico, Hawaii
and Alaska. The districts are broken
down into divisions and flotillas. These
districts and divisions usually have their
own publications, ranging from printed
magazines with illustrated articles to
mimeographed bulletins. Their title
gives them an unmistakable nautical
air-"Over the Bow" '"ropside," Depth
Charges" Gulf Spray" Upstream"
'"The Stand BY" and THE Whistling
Buoy"
Capt. Chester H. Jones is director of
the auxiliary. His assistant, Comdr.
Kimberly, was formerly commodore Of
the auxiliary in the Chicago district and
has also served as commodore Of the
Northwest Ice Yachting Association and
director of the Inland Lakes Yachting
Association. He has travelled thousands
of miles in his present post, doing ad-
ministrative and organizational work.
There are number of prominent men
who are in the auxiliary. Omcers at
Coast Guard headquarters can't remem-
Der all their names, but q few Of them
are Donald Douglas, president of the
Douglas Aircraft and commodore of the
11th district: Edsel Ford of the Ford
Motor Co.. Gene Fowler, Hollywood
writer: Hunphrsy 4osart screen actor: