i;r.\ I:M i: < ITIT.I; si:ic\ i< i:. i xrn:i> STATKS. 



10. Suppressi- .inn-, am- 

 munition, ami >| . iska. 



- ipprcssi, :. ..ive trade. 



SupprvNM -.nit* i'ii Umrd merchant 



18. - udence of the construction of life- 



s... in* Mftkna 



1 1. Inspection and drilling of crows of life-sav- 



Assisting the Commissioner of Fish and i 

 Hi v 



16. Enforcement of the provisions of law in re- 

 gard to the anchorage of vessels in the ports of New 



' 



17. . ;th the navy when directed by 



Kstbli*hment and maintenance of a refuge 

 n at or near Point Barrow. 



ut Barrow was disoontiiu* 

 ISM 



In fulfilling these requirements the time of the 



fully occupied. The " Manhar 



gaged in the regulations governing the 



rage of vessels in New York harbor an-: 



uist vessels, on being notified (hat 

 le of the prescribed limits, comply 

 with instructions at once, some are refractory, ami 

 the patrol steamer is obliged to use force in moving 

 them fnm channel wavs to proper anchorage. The 

 M exclusion act intrusts co-operatively to the 

 i on the Pacific coast the prevention 

 of unlawful landing of Chinese subjects and smug- 

 gling of opium in large quantities. \ larger patr-.l 

 force than at present exists is needed on the Great 

 Lakes, when- the annually increasing commerce puts 

 forth 'uands. The disturbed condition of 



affairs in Cuba has rendered necessary the assign in g 

 of several vessels to duty on the coast of Florida to 

 maintain neutrality, ami. in connection with the Ma- 

 nne-hospi- - : :.t the importation of 



contagious diseases. 



fulfilling the regulations respecting extin- 

 guishini: fires, a terrible opportunity was given by 

 the Chicago catastrophe in 1*71. The cutter" John- 

 son** isstill remembered with gratitude by the in- 

 habitants, to whom she brought relief when they 

 driven from their homes, shivering with cold 

 and in a starring condition. As the cutter, after 

 several hazardous attempts to draw near the burn- 

 ;ty. was forced to turn aside from the channel 

 obstructed by '/'6ri. she steamed into the first basin 

 below the lighthouse and gave her attention to the 

 sufferers huddled together on the shore and taking 

 refuge in shanties rudely construct^! from dry-goods 

 boxes. During the three days that the vessel re- 

 main- .irago her provisions wen liberally 

 bestowed, officers arid men uniting in the task of 

 cooking and distributing the food. 



rs employed in P, 

 ith important international issues 

 wfcieh require the utmost prudence and judgment. 



Maska revenue (i 



have bwn furthering the interests of the I'nited 

 in its waters. Ten days after the ratification 



;-uMia.-wr,f the Ten 



28, 1867, tl .In " was ordered to that 



region. She carried several scientific men from the 

 Smithsonian Institution and UK -tatesCoast 



Survey, who brought back the first infnrmatio: 



new Territory. P.ut the duty of explo- 

 ration was soon supenie<led by the oomniteioii 

 force the rogulaT with Great 



Britain, which treaty l;ii; : the quota 



be taken on the PribUof I-lati 



7.500. The nithless slaughter of th^ 4 - creatures by 

 speculators had aroused in.th nat ions to a recogni- 

 tion that something must be done to prevent the 



:ioii of the herd. The award of the Tribunal 

 of Arbitration held in I';. ."' l^'.i-J. prohib- 



ited the hunting and ki anytime 



within ><> miles of the I'nbilof Islands, the 

 seal report of the world, or <iurin^ r the months (l f 

 .Ma\. June, and July in other Alaskan \\ 



CAPTAIN CHAaUES F. SHOEMAKER. 



various legislative acts OoD^ra 



thi-awani: an-l each year ^im-i- a pmclainai : 

 issued by the President warning all vesseN entering 

 the-e wa'tei-s against violating any of the i 

 for the protection of fur-bearine; animals. An olli- 

 cer of the navy was placed in command of a joint. 

 11, -et composed of naval vessels ami revenue eniter> 

 and dispatched to patrol lierin^ Sen. In is'.J'i much 

 apprehension was felt le>t the an-a of the award 

 mitfht not be thoroughly .ins,- 1 his patrol 



duly was committed entirely to the charge of five 

 <-utt'ers. ('apt. C. L. Hoop. ;. i; i - ni IB com- 

 mand. T; _-:lant little Meet 



extends OVer ')() decrees of longitude aild 



of latitude, making an aggregate of 77. i<; I n, 



crui-ini;. The last annual report of operations 

 shows a total of 94 \ irdeil and examined, 



54 of which were enjra^ed in the fur-seal trad- 

 ascertaiti whether t; : !yin^ with the 



conditions of their UoMU -al -kin- 



actually counted and can-fully scrutini/dl. 

 Vessels, three of which were P.ritish and one Ameri- 



'1 for violation of th- 



Incidental to t he commission of patrol lint: Bering 

 Sea and standing guard be-jdi- the Pribilof I- 

 the ilbi'juitous cult. .; plies to (he various 



mission stations, afford relief to the whaling fleet, 

 give medical attendance to American and i 



-uppn-fcs the illicit sale of liquor 



and ' .HIM. and . n t he 



watch tor ssed seamen \\ ! - have 



been crushed by ice or driven on the inhospitable 



::. Kaeh year the cutters 



returned from Point Barrow bringing back to 

 civilization 40 to M persons who would oth- 

 have |K-rished on the barren c..a-t of norths- 

 Alaska. During the past five years the cutter * I 

 which originally formed one of the Greely relief 



