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Show REVENUE CUTTERS HELD IN. READINESS WASHINGTON, April 22. Nine vessels of the revenue cutter h-rvlce are being held in readiness to proceed l Mexican waters to p.Tt' 'iatr !n the hlrv kade of tlat const. wh (v already practirallv ha' bren established While the rrxncmcntn of the cutters will depend upon developments, 'treasury officials said today that evory one of them was prepared. to start on thirty minutes' notice. It Is understood to be the purpose to utilize the revenuo cuttors to do patrol duty along tho coast, to act as dispatch boats and to carry marines or other forces to points ashore that cannot can-not fie reached by the large naval vessels. ves-sels. Tho cutters available for Mexican service serv-ice Include the Algonquin, at San Juan. Porto Rico. Androscoggin, at Portland. Me.; Apache, at Norfolk. Va.; Gresham, at Boston; Itasca, at New London. Conn.; Mohawk, nl. New York: Onondaga, at Norfolk; Seminole, at Wilmington, N. C, and Yatnacraw, at Savannah, Ga. Each-of Each-of the vessels carries a battery of three or. four six-pounders, which easily may be Increased, and a crew of about 100 men. fitted by bard training and experience ex-perience for any duty which may call them. |