William Claggett, Benjamin Stickney... John Swasey.................................. Leonard M. Parker..... Isaac Burdick..... Samuel Brown.......... Enos T. Throop................ John Pemberton....... Dabney S. Carr...... Thomas Gatewood...... John D. Jones.... Charles J. Steedman.... Thos. S. Wayne........ Peter K. Wagner....... VOL. XIII. South Carolina. Charleston....... Georgia. ...... Punchartrain.............. ................ Natchez...... Ohio. Cincinnati...... Tennessee. Nashville...... Missouri. St. Louis...... NAVAL OFFICERS. April 3, 1834 Dec'r 24, 1834 Jan'y 24, 1834 Jan'y 13, 1832 Jau'y 13, 1832 Portsmouth.......N. H. Dec'r 17, 1834 ... Savanuab..........Geo New Orleans........La 24 March 23, 1834 1 The revenue cutters of the United States are at present nineteen in number They are under the general direct on of the Treasury Department, and are employed for securing the collection of the duties imposed upon goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels. But whenever the President shall so direct they are required to co-operate with the Navy, and they are then under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, Each cutter has one captain, not more than three lieutenants, and not more than seventy men, including warrant officers, gunners and seamen. The act of March 2, 1799, provides that the officers of revenue cutters shall, respectively, be deemed officers of the customs, and shall be subject to the direction of such collectors of the revenue, or other officers thereof, as, from time to time, shall be designated for that purpose; they shall have power and authority, and are required and directed, to go on board all ships or vessels which shall arrive within the United States, or within four leagues of the coast thereof, if bound for the United States, and to search and examine the same, and every part thereof, and to demand, receive and certify, the manifests required to be on board certain ships or vessels, and to affix and put proper fastenings on the hatches and other communications with the hold of any ship or vessel, and to remain on board the said ships and vessels, until they arrive at the port or place of their destination. It shall, likewise, be the du y of the master, or other person having at any time the command of any of the said revenue cutters, to make a weekly return to the collector, or other officer of the district under whose direction they are placed, of the transactions of the cutter under their command, specifying therein the vessels that have been boarded, their names and descriptions, the names of the masters, and from what port or place they last sailed, whether laden or in ballast, whether ships or vessels of the United States, or to what other nation belonging, and whether they have the necessary manifest or manifests of their cargoes on board, and generally, all such matters as it may be necessa ry for the collectors, or other officers of the customs, to be made acquainted with; and the officers of the said cutters shall, likewise, execute and perform such other duties, for the collection and security of the revenue, as, from time to time, shall be enjoined and directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not contrary to law. The same art further directs that the cutters and boats, employed in the service of the revenue, shall be distinguished from other vessels by an ensign and pennant, with such marks thereon as shall be prescribed and directed by the President of the United States,* and, in case any ship or vessel, liable to seizure or examination, shall not bring to, on being required, or being chased by any cutter or boat, having displayed the pennant and ensign prescribed for vessels in the revenue service, it shall be lawful for the captain, master, or other person having command of such cutter or boat, to fire at or into, such vessel which shall not bring to, after such pennant and ensign shall be hoisted, and a gun shall have been fired by such cutter or boat as a signal; and such ca, tain, master or other person, as aforesaid, and all persons acting by or under his direction, shall be indemnified from any peualties, or actions for damages, for so doing; and if any person shall be killed or wounded by such firing, and the captain, master, or other person aforesaid, shall be prosecuted, or arrested therefor, such captain, master or other person, shall be forthwith admitted to bail. And if any ship, vessel, or boat, not employed in the service of the revenue, shall, within the jurisdiction of the United States, carry or hoist any pennant or ensign prescribed for vessels in the service aforesaid, the master, or commander, of the ship or vessel, so offending, shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars. The uniform established to distinguish the officers of the revenue cutier service from o hers, is that prescribed by a circular from the Treasury Department, of July 21, 1834, viz: CAPTAIN'S DRESS-Dark grey cloth coat, with rolling collar, double breasted, lined with black silk; nine buttons on each lapel, and one on each side of the collar; four buttons on the cuffs; four on the pocket flaps; one on each hip; two on the middle of the skirt-fold; and one at the xtremity of each skirt; a strip of black braid, one inch wide, to be worn around the sleeve immediately above the cuff; two plain gold epaulets; plain cooked hat; small sword, with black glazed leather belt, and gilt mounting; black silk cravat or stock; buff vest, single breasted, with nine buttons in front, and four under the pocket flaps; grey pantaloons, to have a strip of black braid, one inch in breadth, on the outer seams, extending from the hip to the bottom; short boots, worn under pantaloons; or shoes, with stockings to corespond with pantaloons, as the officer may elect. Undress.-Dark grey cloth fock coat, with standing braided collar, single breasted, with nine buttons in front, and four on each cuff FIRST LIEUTENANT'S DRESS-Same as Captain's, with the exception of one button less on each pocket flap; and, also, with the omission of the epaulet on the left shoulder. Undress.-The same as the Captain's, with the same exceptions. SECOND LIEUTENANT'S.-Dress and undress, same as First Lieutenant's, with the exception that the epaulet is to be worn on the left shoulder. THIRD LIEUTENANTS.-Dress and undress, same as Second Lieutenant's, with the omission of braid on coat. The flags for the cutters as prescribed by authority of the President, and was communicated to the officers of the Customs, on the 1st of August, 1789, described thus-" An ensign and pennant consisting of sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, the union of the ensign to be the arms of the United States, in dark blue on a white field. The button established for the service, will be impressed with the shield of the Treasury arms, surmounted by a foul anchor, according to a pattern furnished from the manufactory of L. Kenrick. PETTY OFFICERS.—Blue cloth jackets, with five revenue buttons on each lapel, one on each side of the collar, and one on each cuff; white frocks, with collar and breast facing of blue, and worsted star on each side of the collar, and two on each side of the breast; white or blue trowsers, according to the season, wi h blue belt. SEAMEN-Same as Petty Officers, omitting the buttons on collar and cuffs. OFFICERS OF the Revenue Cutters. Names, rank, and date of commission. CAPTAINS. John Cahoon..........................Jan'y 25, 1812 Cutter and station. John Jackson............ April 24, 1818 Jefferson........ Charleston, S. C ...... Michael Conner........Sept r 25, 1828 Erie..........................Lake Erie. Samuel P. Scott.........Jan'y 3, 1833 Hamilton.......Boston. H. N. Tracy............June 2, 1834 Vigilant.......... Newport. John Little..............July 11, 1834 Dexter..... SECOND LIEUTENANTS. ......... .......... Baltimore. Stephen Thacher........Jan'y 18, 1831 Wolcott............New Haven. W. M. A. Moore........May 30, 1832 Washington........Key West. Gay Moore.............June 1, 1832 Taney................................... Norfolk. ..Newbern. ............ Alexander V. Frazer....June 4, 1832 Alert........ 14, .Mobile. Blyden Hedge..........Jau'y 4, 1833 Rush..............New York. 1st Lieutenants........................................................................................... 712 00 per annum. 2d Lieutenants.... .......... 652 00 per annum. 3d Lieutenants.................................................................... 542 00 per aunum. |