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u .... Elizabeth City Is Now Headquarters For The 7th Division Coast Guard Captain Edgar Chadwick In Charge of this Important Branch of Coast Guardsmen head- men of war. with captains, lien- tenants ' engiuwr lieutenants, cadets, boatswains, w Jttrinists t-arj. tenters, jainnerx, masters-at-arms, coxswains, oilers, wa ter te-'dcvs. flmiiCii, sfocLeis, buglers, s.mium' aide bodied tid ordinal' M"v;:in1s, niess atund ants, and the like of men. In war these ships would be tun.cd over to the Navy Department to comprise a mosquito fleet aul do patrol duty and that of guu boats in general The surfuiun is primarily a lifesaver in stead of a guardian of the cus toms and a navul auxiliary, however. lie works in groups of eight in isolated "banks" stations, a "keeiier" or captain and seven men comprising each outfit. Elizabeth City is the quarters of the Seventh Divi sion of the Coast Guard. Capt. Edgar Chadwick, the superin teudent, has recently removed his office here. This city not many months ago entertained the national convention of the surfmen, and it was a great assemblajje of heroes. No where else in the worLi is the Ooast Guardsman so much in evidence an along this almost barren North Carolina beach. He patrols in the night seasou and keeps a vigilant watch all the day long from his cupola lookout, " constantly on the alert and observing; everything within sight and hearing". He is a rioh character, the surf man and the bravest of the brave. The reieords of his service contain no item of any craven deed, and in the ser; vice failure even to be prompt or failure to do w;hat was necessary in the face of condi tions which would make suc cess seem to the uninitiated incredible, would bring humil iatiug censure. The Coast Guardsman never fails to do his duty. He thinks in every waking moment, and he is awake a plenty, that his lilt' isn't to count when the oc casion arises for him to risk it. The C ni ted States Coasl Guard is a new service. I; mil a few months ago it was the United States Life Saving Hon-ice and the United States Revenue Cutter Servw. Tlie two were combined by an act of Congress. Both were for merly under the supervision of the Treasury Department, and now as the combined service are still under that depart ment's orders. The Con gressional act, however changed the life saving corps, when it combined it with the revenue cutter service, into a semi military instead of a mm combatant force. There are several scores of, the now Coast Guard cut ten's, stationed in tlx principal harbors all along tin Atlanti'V Taciti. Gulf and Alas kan ciiasts and in territorial waters. They are well clas siticil in first, second anl third classes, and are in reality gnu boats, the lartrer ones of consul i,,n.MH Tlicif crews' is ; substantial; rooniv. rattier nuM t are similar to those of small I imposing building, of a !' The surf guards patrol prac tic-ally every mile of the beach at night. Imagine a winter's night with a cold gale, the surf pounding up on the de sert shingle and in lower places, frequently washing clear across the beach to the sounds;, and these fellows, miles apart, re quired to stumble along in the teeth of the wind. Sure, they are warmly clad, but their tramp may be many miles and uiitler difficulties which an or dinary man could not survive. The coast guardsman is not an ordinary man. He stands the stillest physical examination in the world: must be a sailer of unusual ability to start with, and his physical icourage must not be in question. His spi: it ii si I courage eoine's in time if he does not have it at the beginning. Stare your God's most awesome works in the face every nigjht and day and the realization will come in a remarkably short period. He who marks the nparrow's fall holds the life of these men in His hand, teaches them to walk aright, and pre serves them that they may succor the victims of storm nd shoal and darkness. They are a smiling, healthy, good-natured, religious lot. ami the bro id est minded of their race. Their vision is limited to nothing short of the horizon. and this is conducive to broad mind edncss . ; sign' uniform from one end of me couov 10 ums ULuerf . erecieu to withstand wind and tide. It I jiffolHl him -tx-ltnn tha ninrVi-- mf day is done, warmth, the cheer of congenial companionship, light and such amusements as he cares for. He needs these things, lMH'ause a day's work with him is . day of thorough effort; the day is inevitably well spent. He drills in everything, that he is apt to find useful. down to the first aid to the injured. He is a genius at resuscitation. And a night's work is a marvel. The Coast Guard stations along the Carolina coast are thick as bee hives in an apiary. They are necessary, because this deceiving shore is among the aptly termed the "Graveyard of the ; Atiatic,?-any! on that Cape is a cluster of the stations. Ocracoke has two, Bogne and Core banks have their's, and further to the South and North of Hatteras to the Vir-i ginia Capes they are numerous. Their equipment in ludes fast boats, many of them propelled by motors and all of the self righting, nonsinkable type; life rope guns, which shoots weights. at the end of the light lines over the distressed craft close enough in shore, the light line being 1 used to draw substantial ropes aboard with ; breeches-buoys, which slide along the ropes from ship to shore and vi'-e versa, and all other practicable de most inhospitable of the whole j vices so fir invented for ship Western world. Hatteras is wreck rescue. f,. -' IT We are still buying junk of every description MILES JENNINGS The Coast viiardsman' iaT re The Jackson Marble Company 203 North Poindexter Street ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. A large stock of Monuments, Gravestones and Mark ers on hand and a thousand designs to choose from. We represent the Stuart Iron Works Company. 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The Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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