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REVEHUB-CUTTER SERVK K. IMTKh STATES. 



the Church gave rise to an earnest debate, a] 

 close of which the resolution was adopted " that 

 no official dress other than the black academic 

 gown shall be used by tic i >f the Church 



in any of the service > idcd. that 



in any church in which the surplice is now ui 

 may continue to be used, so lone as that church shall 

 so elect; and provided, also, that any bishop who 

 now uses the bishop's robes may continue to use 



he shall so elect** Upon the announcement of the 



n this resolution Hishop 

 test against it, characterizing the vote as a 

 fatal blow resig- 



from the boards and committees of the 

 ' whi-h he was a memU-r. He was fol- 

 : in this act bv four other member* of com- 

 mittees. Proposed changes in the constitution and 

 canons and in the prayer book were laid over till 

 d Council of ilKK). 



opal 

 Church in Kngland met ii May.'tl. I' 



Ige was unanimously elected presiding bishop. 

 on tin- state of the churches 



was M in every wav satisfactory and cncoura_ 

 and showed that the year had been one of decided 

 progress. A committee was appointed to arrange the 

 work ing of a prayer and workers' union. At a pub- 

 lic meeting held 'during the sessions of the council. 

 Bishop F.ldridge made an address explaining and 

 iniritoscsand methodsof theChurch. 



1:1 MM MI i u i; SU;M( \. \ MI i h 



M \TKS. This service was organised in 17!K)by 

 President Washington, at the suggestion of Alex- 

 ander Hamilton, first Secretary of tin 



with a view to replenishing the" exhausted finances 

 .blic by stimulating and protecting its 

 1 interests. The officers chosen by the 



President to form this new corns were selected from 



the old Continental navy, their fighting qualities 



[ the u-st recommendation for their appoint- 



. and a little fleet consisting of 10 vessels was 

 fitted out and placed under the control of the 

 Treasury Department For six years tl 

 Marine, as the service was originally termed, con- 

 stituted the sole naval force of the United S 

 while the expense of their maintenance, as well as 

 their original cost of building and equipping, was 

 charged against the revenue derived from imposts 

 and tonnage. Very primitive id. -as were held in 

 those early days regarding naval requin in* i 

 judge fro'm the compensation that was consid- 

 ered sufficient for the officers and seamen to whom 

 were assigned such important duties. The salary 



aptain was $30 a month, besides his su 

 ence; to the first, second, and third mate was paid 

 $20. $16, and $14 respectively ; to the mariners, $8, 

 besides the rations allowed to a soldier in the army. 

 Rut in 1793 the compensation of a captain was in- 

 creased to $40 a month, and that of his subordinates 

 proportionately. 



.'iblished upon a military basis, the Revenue- 



rvice has performed an active part in 



war undertaken by the United States. In 



hostilities with France began, several large 



vessels were added to the service, to act as a coast 



<, and the little fleet of the Treasury Depart- 

 ment, then numb, ring 20 vessels, proved itself a 

 valuable auxiliary to the infant n , 



H prizes taken from the French were captured 

 by revenue cutters, whose roll of officers held the 

 names of Barney, Truxt< i. ,. and Stephen 



Decatur. and in whose ranks were found tL 

 toric -i'.n" and "Constellation," after- 



ward transferred to the naval establishment. In 

 1794. the Revenues i. -finguNhed it- 



self again by aiding in the enforcement of the law 



prohibiting ih< ral vessels were 



captured b. southern in 



and an aggregate of 487 negroes intended to be 



In 1799, by act of Congress, the Revenue Marine 

 was declared to be a part <>f the available naval 

 force in time of need, a distinguishing pennon waj 

 bestowed upon each cutter, and the term u lieuten- 

 ant** was substituted f.r that .-f "male" m..ng 

 her subofficcrs. To-day, when 



f the Treasury or ly U f the 



Tinted Stairs. , ii, addition t" 



th< national cn-ign a president's flag or a secre- 

 tary's Hag. 



"the next good work performed by the scr 

 was the suppression of piracy in the Gull A re- 

 lentless warfare was waged again-t the freebooters 

 by the cutters, which boldly attacked pirate vessels 



of far superior si/e and foroe Aod oojnpeilad them 



to strike their colors, pursuing them even into their 

 bayOUS of relide/voiis until their harbo: 



the southern coast was completely broken up. I tin-- 

 ring the War of IHl'J the revenue cutler- I 



.nrnt j'art. Only one \\.-rk after the dedara- 



f hostilities the cutter ".lelTerson " seized tin- 

 British sdio,, ii' r Pal riot." with a valuable , 

 the lir-t pri/e taken from the enemy. This impor- 

 tant capture was followed by If othetl and tin- 

 taking of 900 British pri--ners by the cutters 

 while performing ' h" dangerous duty of coast 



:. The gallantry and f-arle-> character of the 

 Ulcers of the service' called forth words of admira- 

 tion even from the enemy on several 

 While co-operating with tfie navy throughout the 

 Seminole war. the prompt and eflicient conduct of 

 trine drew forth from the command- 

 ing naval oflicer the strongest eulogi,-. I-'r,,i. 

 it of tin- cutters were constantly on th- 

 Florida, rendering assistance to the inhabitai 

 the army, and to the navy as long as the Indians 

 were hostile, and 7 cutters 'gained for tl 

 high reputation during ti. ioo. 



Since t he discipline upon a revenue cutter is the 

 same as that maintained upon a war ship. th< 

 ice is always ready for a call to arms. A- ii, 

 former emergency, it was the revenue cutters that 



:.dcd lir>l to the summons of the endangered 

 Union. At the cry for aid from Fort Sumter. it 

 was the cutler "Harriet Lane" that steamed fir^t 

 to the rescue of the garrison. At every po-t ,,f 

 danger, at every point requiring support, either 

 offensive or defensive, during the four years' strug- 

 gle, the ubiquitous cutter was found. All tin; older 

 oflicers at present in t lie service saw active duty in 

 the civil war. The -Harriet ! .redin'lhe 



attack on Newport News and Hatteras Inlet, and 

 the cutter "Miami" in that on Sewall's Point, 

 while the "Naugatuck" was with the ironclad 

 ing seige to Fort Darling with Roger 

 other cutters served in connection with the i 

 mac flotilla, and were instrumental in preventing 

 th.' transportation "f supplies from North to South. 

 The "Forward" arrived at Annafiolis as soon as 

 Gen. Hull' that point himself, and fur- 



ni-hed him with a valuable auxiliary. It was the 

 "N.-maha" that received -man on board 



in- famous march to the sea. and had the 

 honor of conveying him to the fleet of gunboats be- 

 low Savannah." The cutter "Her :fcred 

 the loss of her commander, ('apt. Thomas X. Dungan, 

 who was killed in action near the Virginia shore. 



n in time of peace the officers of the Revenue- 

 cutter Service are exDpscd to the perils of war, as 

 each commander is directed, in case of failure on 

 the part of any vessel arriving in a port of the 



d States on being hailed to come to and sub- 

 mit to proper inspection, to fire first across her 



