Our country and its resources; . GETTING READY A SUBMARINE MINEWITH DRY GUN COTTON ed efficiency would result from theunion of both services in one or-ganization. The result is the pres-ent Coast Guard. The duties of the Coast Guard areso many and various that its ownmost condensed report requiresthree hundred and ten closely print-ed pages. It saves life at sea andassists wrecked persons. It caresfor mariners in distress and hoardsships and examines papers for viola-tions of law. It seizes vessels violat-ing the law or makes report of suchviolation, patrols regattas, removesderelicts, saves p
Our country and its resources; . GETTING READY A SUBMARINE MINEWITH DRY GUN COTTON ed efficiency would result from theunion of both services in one or-ganization. The result is the pres-ent Coast Guard. The duties of the Coast Guard areso many and various that its ownmost condensed report requiresthree hundred and ten closely print-ed pages. It saves life at sea andassists wrecked persons. It caresfor mariners in distress and hoardsships and examines papers for viola-tions of law. It seizes vessels violat-ing the law or makes report of suchviolation, patrols regattas, removesderelicts, saves property, enforcesneutrality, patrols for ice and pro-tects seals. It warns vessels of dan-ger, recovers and buries bodies castup, fights forest tires, and tires inwharves and shipping. It belpsmaintain public order, apprehendslaw breakers and prevents recovers stolen property, restores 140 OUR COUNTRY AND ITS RESOURCES. CUTTERS PUMPING OUT A WATERLOGGED BARK STRANDED AT LOST HARBOR ALASKA lost children t parents, furnishestransportation to other branches ofthe public service and acts as pilotin eases of emergency. So activeis (his splendid service that duringthe year just passed there were butfive days when some unit of the ser-vice whs aot actively engaged inwreck or rescue work and the aver-age days work w:is the rendering ofassistance of some variety in morethan six cases. All that a marine police patrolcan do, the Coast (Jnard does: allthat a Life Saving Service can do,the Coast Guard does. The Coast Guard possesses 24cruising cutters, 18 harbor cutters,and 270 coast stations. The activ-ities of the year resulted in the sav-ing of 1,507 lives, and the saving ofvessels and cargoes valued at $11,-088,730, as well as 556 cases of as-sistance rendered not catalogable asof either life or property. The total expenditures for bothbranches of the Coast Guard totaled$5,027, Other Government
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