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0 widen its sphere of beneficial tivity Is the aim of every well-Ianag branch of our national government, b It is doubtful If any of these have be A m1ore successful in the effort than t United States revenue cutter servie This organization under the treasu department, was long ago nicknamn - ! "Uncle Sal's police of the sea," and il designation has stuck because it Is ma ifestly so appropriate. The title wi 'obviously litting in the old days when the clii duties of the ofilcers and men of the revenue cutt< .AIAzzfY o'ZA ~ YO2ZWG O7F C Q,3 N'o., 1V1 ~~... ......~6 4 z iservice were to apprehend smuliggli rs andI pirates, buit. it. is not the less suItable in illis age when in :addition to the quest for such ene nies of the la1w the revenue cutter organizatio (1 Is obligated to lend aid to every form of life savIng at sea-for fit. is recognized that. the ideal policemanl Is charged not only wvith thle duty of protecting life -and property, but also with responsibility for aid -.ing humanity in distress unxder any circumstances. The UnIted States revenue cutter service has had a most interesting history. After the freedom of the American colonies had been won through &he Rlevolutionary war, the countr'y returned to a -peace basis ando the continental navy was dIls banded. From that time forward there was no sea force available for the protection of the coasts -and the maritime interests of the new repulico until there came as a response to a long-felt wvant the organization of tihe revenue cutter' service. Thiis was one of the acts of our first congress. Presidlent George \fashiingtoni signeod tile act ini August, 1 790, and within little more than a year ten vessels were ready for duty. Thereafter for a period of nearly seven years the little fleet f'ormued the only3 armedl force afloat flying t ho stars and strip~es, and the ship- weret constantly *1nigaged in patroling the coastline of tile country an~d enlforcinig its mlaritime la% a. The first op poinments of officers in the reveaue cutter serv te weore mlade from among those who had served in the continental navy, and since that time many 1m1e1 who prep~ared themselves for 0our naval serv tee have amended their lire plants 1o the extent of taking commissions in the maritime p)olice force. Thle work of the revenue cutter service, as de lined by th. various laws which hlave been en actedl on the subject, consists in tile onforcoment of almost every statute biearinig upon1 the maritime interests of the nation. At tihe head of the cate gory comles, of course, the protectlonl of the cus 1.0ms1 revenue andl if smnugglinig in any formi is suspected the revenue cutter officers have the right of search of all merchant veossels arriving 'within or near the United States or boundl for an American port. The suppression of piracy is not a heavy responsibility any more, but tile search \ for wreckedi and nilssig vessels is a responsi bility which has expandedl as the other lhas con tracted. The enforcement of tihe nleutr'ality laws Is always somethling of a chore, thlankos to tile S3outh and Central American revolutionls thlat are hatched In the U~nltedl States. Another important task Is found in the enforcement of law and the protection of property in Alaska, inclulding tile protection of tile seal and other fisheries in Alas kan water-a form of oceanic patroling which has been productive of many excitin~g ep)isodes in re cen~t years. Tile suppression of mutiny is another duty delo .gated to Uncle Sam's police of the sea, but mu tineers alike to pirates have become rather scarce In the neighitohood of Uncle Sam's domains iln late 'yeah. : O Nbe other ;hand there hlas been a tremendous increase in the vohlme of work reO quired In connection with the destruction of do * relicts tund ether menaces to navigatiosi and in the rendering of assistance to Vessels in distress. PToo 0 ar WALDON M~WCEMr LC ut -t Th eeu utr srice chreLylwwthtecntuto an isecio f if-avngs atin and the drilin -o th lie-a i crew, b t i ad itio ithasviruall deeloed lifesang. evceo.tson!ndeey.eeu cutter mih be deintdasafotn le-av ing tatin. he plic ofte e h v t ffr protctio fo thespoge fsheies n te Guf o Mexcoante _trit ofFoia te' lya imoran par inefrigqaatn eua tin we Uce a i putngu tebas agaist sme pagueinfstedcounry aro,an they gard th safet ofte ulc talra yact rce anArgatas Personswho bea in in th %rnipleet of th *paih-m ria w rwi'real ht h 'renue~ cutr ihteroicr n e plye an impotan pati. h efneoh coutrydurng ha cofl~t. utthi wa noin novaion. In te prcedig was in whic thi natonengge th rvene uttr ervceal way ha ahnd ad ided ther is a s.taningc. estvicoris'o he evene cutter se vie isv not(beenewon inwimesit pech Tke for~~t ex-o ample thegrea yll) o ofr epidemici tt in h Es ang th e ihn orude ryesa n crWsman Til Hdio i Hoshod Wrtkay eoe Ma lifevn osd-tie hosonue aso disapprevd tr igt etnaent dcubn a a foing lonera inecestaio. Ih olia waxe scoo wihet simplu effection fru, just sog frcihelias in ther partso eofn the e Saaitr n Success. Theia nx imteprwas lto eminaeorcin quarntfinghtfulau beaons vhoekncepSing--washingu the andras. Nogis orn ktleaueintd countrya arowd, and thecom guard thesfoetyo hein washed wth a great yiationawces and itlebrs.ahahntu caeons cotact n winh the hanl of te ves ofithewash-riath immediate eansln than-h imzdlrb revenswihtig partices anfod from drlyeI and icirtng lto the es of the esl reuce- lubrin thatco kite. Ths ws conn novaetin Intlss theefedin ws in which thpins nat'"ione-upgag." The vnepoyment servicerals woye had athands vaileed teeansf sandwork arnkent whebouh in thantite vare acqesti,e atr allsobet, wiyhandled thd mra e qicrisosted reeuof te.svcehv noter won iur tihmes ofpac Toae, for garxg iamethe gropeat yelownfeverbepirom that sink te ansiciatin the rdoigerwy wt mixtre o nonesscrplascant.onlesntt ofthe hosesays wightmer ind tuchs. The nae No dish orvetlehed ins ookinr's idalowdnimu POLICE' 'T t: t4 ti A -- m tc cc w summer of 1905 ravaged the gulf coast of our coun. F ry. Revenue cutters and a fleet of chartered vessels o ommanded by revenue cutter officers patrolled the -ators of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and 'lorida and for the first time in the history of such pidemics there was not a single instance of the pread of the disease through communication by sea. 'ho ships were constantly within the infected dis ricts, and although one of them had to fight the aver among its own crew never once did the vigi ince against the scourge relax. As has been said, one of the most important duties if the service is the relief of vessels in distress, and itliin late years this has developed a regular "win er patrol" of far-reaching scope and immense value. The president designates certain cutters each year during the stormy winter months from November to Aprilto patrol our far-flung coast line in search of ves sels in distress and to re spond for any calls for as sistance that may be re ceived via wireless. In the performance of this duty thousands of persons have been rescued from the per ils of the sea and property t to an aggregate value of many millions of dollars has been saved. The a "beats" covered by the po- C lice of the sea on this win ter "watch" are not con- c fined to the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico, but in- r clude also the great lakes T and the Bering sea and j Arctic ocean. A kindred work of almost equal im portance Is the destruction .. of derelicts which menace all ships on the ocean path .ways. Evefy revenue cut ter carries high explosives and the paraphernalia for blowing up or otherwise de stroying a derelict as soon as discovered, but in addi tion the ser'vice has a ship specially constructed as a "dor-clict dlestroyer"-the only vessel of the kind in the world. Commissioned omfcers of the United States reve nue cutter ser-vice have rank with the officers of the army andi navy and receive the same benefits of retirement as are accorded these officers. The officers ar-e trainedl for thg servIce at the revenue cutter cadet school, located at New London, Conn. Young men enter at any age between eighteen and twenty-four, and in addition to exactions in book lear-ning must undergo a military and nautical training that tn some respects is even more ardu ous than that given at Uncle Sam's big academies at Annapolis and WVest Point. Of course the classes at the cadet school are comparatively small -sometimes there are not more than two dozen embryo offcers enrolled at the institution, but this is to be expected, for the ,revenue cutter service does not need the great numbers of officers re qluired for our rapidly growing navy. Indeed, there arc less than three hundred commissioned offcers on the revenue cutter roster, where as the warrant offcers and enlisted men will probably not total more than fifteen hundred, although Uncle Sam is constantly adding to his fleet of revenue cutters, andl this expansion is reflected in the active list. The navigating responsibilities of the officers of the nation's sea poli1ce boats probably exceed those of any other men in the naval or maritime service. Unlike many of the men who go dlown to the sea in ships, they do not confine themselves to a given ocean path. On the contrary, the young revenue cutteri offcer may be called upon at short notice to navigate his own ship in any waters from south ern Florida to northern Alaska, and he must enter many hays and arms of the sea where no naval or' merchant vessel would ever- he required to go. For these versatile demands the revenue cutter oficers are especially trained during their cadet course. Each year during the three-year course the cadets spend several months on a cruising "pr1actice ship," which jogs back and forth across the Atlantic, partly under' steam and partly by sail power, The boys attend to all the operations connected with the navigation of the vessel gaining that grounding of practical experience that will be so valuable in later years-and incidently they continue that small arms and ordnance prac tice which is a feature of their schooling on shore. The motto of the United States revenue cutter serv ice is "Semper Paratus," which may be translated as "Always Ready," and certainly the Yankee police force of the high schools has eloquently proven in recent years that the words of this slogan convoy no idle boast. waste, but we are striving to approach it, for therein lies another real sourc~e of economy. A great deal of dirt and the labor of removing it was prevented by having all vegetables washed before they were brought into the house. To this (nd I detvised a little drop table near the pump on ,the back porch, only a step from the gar'den. We live in the country and grow some of our own vegetables, but the prinicipie 01f leaving all possible dirt outsidie is one that could be applied almost everywhere. 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