United States Coast guard . oreign jurisdiction; it offers to themcomfortable harborage in abundance for smuggling operations. The foregoing represent the principal duties of the Coast Guard, butstill fall short of covering the whole scope of its activities. *? It is generallyrecognized that all departments of the Government may and do call uponthe Service for any special work not specifically assigned, or for whichresources are not elsewhere obtainable. Scientific expeditions are carried,officials and mails transported to outlying points, observations of all sortsare made and data collected a
United States Coast guard . oreign jurisdiction; it offers to themcomfortable harborage in abundance for smuggling operations. The foregoing represent the principal duties of the Coast Guard, butstill fall short of covering the whole scope of its activities. *? It is generallyrecognized that all departments of the Government may and do call uponthe Service for any special work not specifically assigned, or for whichresources are not elsewhere obtainable. Scientific expeditions are carried,officials and mails transported to outlying points, observations of all sortsare made and data collected at places not accessible to commercialtransport, tests of various marine devices are made, and expert advice issought and given by the personnel on numerous varied subjects relatingto affairs of the maritime world. The term cooperation has alwaysbeen one of active application in the annals of the service; the spirit of itis ever present and continually operative, alike for the Governmentdepartments and for our citizens. 11. COAST GUARD CUTTER ALGONQUIN. OPERATIONS IN PEACE. At the close of each fiscal year the Captain Commandant of theCoast Guard submits to the head of the Department a report ofthe operations of the service during the preceding 12 months. Thereport for the year ended June 30, 1917, may be cited. It covers thelast of the pre-war activities and the months of the war between April 6and June 30 of that year. The report is an octavo volume containing 281pages of matter. Data covering the rescue and assistance work arecontained in a summary, and the results are set forth as follows: Lives saved or persons rescued from peril 2,153 Persons on board vessels assisted 13,796 Persons in distress cared for 841 Vessels boarded and papers examined 20, 317 Vessels seized or reported for violation of law 857 Fines and penalties incurred by vessels reported $205, 429 Regattas and marine parades patrolled in accordance with law 30 Instances of lives saved and vessels assisted 1, 5
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