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Show THOUSANDS ARE SAVED Revenue Cutter Service Breaks All Records For Heroic Work Washington, Feb fi The t'nitcd States revenue cutter service the I Red Cross of the sea broke nil Its I previous heroic and humanitarian rec- ! ords during ihe fiscal year t f 1 L' thousands of human lives and hundreds hun-dreds of tempest tossed vessels, valued val-ued with their cargoes at nearly $11.- 1 000,000! were saved from tbe perils of j I storm swept sens by the little cutters ; I Whlph guard the . onsi line of the I'nlted Stales in an unbroken line from Maine to Texas and from Masks Mas-ks lo i alifornia. nervOUsly alert for the "S. O. S ' The annual report of Captain E. P Pertholf, commandant of the service, made public today, is ? recitation I I thrilling adventure of this arm of the federal government, older than Iho American navy A totnl of 2t' dis- i tressed vessels were assisted during tho year and their burden of 821 souls rescued from danger which in many cases seemed Impending death One hundred and six persons were actually saved from drowning Revenue cutters on the Pacific coast, penetrating the I rigid waters of j Alaska, brought hack tnleR of suffering suffer-ing among the natives of the Aleutian islands, In the grasp oi po- ert;. and disease, creating conditions, it is do-, I Clarod, demanding the attention and action of tho federal government. Great Values Saved Vessels, cargoes and derelicts saved by the revenue eutter service during I the year were valued at $10,71 1.74S. Forty-five derelicts and other danger- i ous obstructions to navigation were I removed or destroyed. For every dollar the government Invested in the maintenance ot the revenue cutter service," says Captain 1 Bertholf, "there has been a return of j $4 ti in the form of property saved from the perils of the sea, and ibis I in addition to lives saved and other beneficial acts performed in the ln-) ln-) forests of mankind. To accomplish this work there have been 25 cruising cutters and 18 harbor vessels anu j launches aclivelv employed during ne year. 1912 a Trying Period. "The fiscal year 1'I2 was probably one of tho most trying periods to shipping of any vear during the pas I quarter of a century, Frequent Kales ' swept the Atlantic and Gulf coasts while, during the winter months. th unusually low temperatures caused great danger to shipping and actual suffering to the crows on account ol the Ice conditions, even as tar soii'i, as Chesapeake bay These conditions resulted In almost constant calls for the assistance of revenue cutters None were unheeded. In consequence the beneficial work of the service, In ull us activities, during the past ils-cal ils-cal yeur. has exceeded that of previous previ-ous vears. Piratical Native Wrecked Among other unusual incidents Cap tain Bertholf told of how "piratical native wreckers" swarmed down upon .the Hamburg-American steamer. Prinz Joachim, whon, with a large party of American tourists aboard, In-cludihg In-cludihg William F Bryan, sne stranded strand-ed on At wood Cay. Bahama islands November 22, 1911 Alter the passen gers had been removed, these "pirates." "pi-rates." said Cnptaln BertTiolf. became Insolent and aggr-ssi' e and .it the request of the master of the Prin?: I Joh him, the revenue eutter Algonquin Algon-quin with guns manned stood guard over the steamer and armed h-r oreiv One of the ' pirates" struck a box included in tho steamer's cargo, containing some explosive, and was blown Into eternity Tins scared the) "ihers away. Reports of Wretchedness Captain D F Foley who command-Bid command-Bid the Bering Sea patrol, reported that the wretchedness of the people ii tbe Aleutian Islands. growing greater year by year, will continue to I increase until the government does something for them or ihey are wiped out of existence by diSeSSS and starva 'ion The best means of rescuing th'-acople. th'-acople. he said would bo to concentrate concen-trate them In one settlement. pph ,ibly Unalasks where, under govern ment supervision, al small expense, lbe might have sanitary homes, be taught cleanliness thrift and indus try, given schools for their children, nnd cured of the insidious diseases which are making physical wrecks of them Four New Cutters Needed Appropriations for four new reve nue cutters is urgentlv recommended by Captain Bertholf three to replace the Woodbury, Manhattan and Wl nona. all old and unserviceable, anil one to replace the Perrr lost In the I'.orjng 9ea during th? summer of 1910 He declares tbr.t the wireless pparatus now on all seagoing revenue rev-enue cutters should be replai ed bv 1 he most modern mec hanism obtain able and ? constant radio watch! should be maintained The current i ppropnalicii be points out, permits "mly two wireless operators on each rlit(er and three are necessary for continuous service Dutlet Have Grown. The functions of the revenue cutter Service have grown since its ostab llshment In l T v t 1 1 ; years ago until un-til today they Include a variety of a tlviiles ranging from the assistance of vessels In distress and the enforcement enforce-ment of customs and navigation laws to the suppression of mutinies Two mutinies were quelled b tho eutteis during lasi year one on the Haitian gunboat Ferrler In Charleston S C harbor, aud the other on the Cruguav-in Cruguav-in bark Brema in Mobile baj Smuggling Decreases Smuggling hns decreased in rocent vears. Captain Bertholf declares. b rause of the vigilant patrol of the rs enue .utters. This armed coast gun Is a deterrent and without It smn..-gllng smn..-gllng would again spriug into es. i tencc along the manv miles of coas line of the TTnlted States More Offlcero Needed. Captain Bertholf asks that congre.'c j relieve the revenue eutter service ol the handicap caused b the provision M law passed at the last Besslon forbidding for-bidding the appointment of additional cadets without the speciMc authorit of congress Tbero are ten existing recencies among the officers arlth tho prospect of additions one dur ng the current year bv- death and res lgnation. j |