Mr. Uhl to Sir Julian Pauncefote .
Washington , May 14, 1895 .
Excellency: In connection with the Department’s No. 95, addressed to you under date of the 7th instant, regarding the vessels of the United States Revenue-Cutter Service comprising the Bering Sea fleet for the present season, I have the honor to inform you that the names of the officers attached to the revenue steamers Wolcott and Grant and the Fish Commission steamer Albatross are as follows:
- Revenue steamer Wolcott.—Capt. M. L. Phillips, First Lieut. W. E. Reynolds, Second Lieut. H. B. West, Second Lieut. John L. Davis, Third Lieut. W. W. Jaynes, First Asst. Engineer W. J. Phillips, Second Asst. Engineer R. W. Champlain, Second Asst. Engineer H. N. Wood.
- Revenue steamer Grant.—Capt. D. F. Tozier, Second Lieut. K. W. Perry, Second Lieut. F. H. Dimock, Third Lieut. John Y. Berry, First Asst. Engineer E. A. Jack, Second Asst. Engineer L. T. Jones, Second Asst. Engineer Wm. E. Maccoun, Acting Watch Officer H. F. Beecher.
- Fish Commission steamer Albatross.—Lieut. Commander F. J. Drake, U. S. N., commander; Lieut. F. S. Carter, U. S. N., executive officer; Ensign W. G. Miller, U. S. N.; Ensign Benj. Wright, U. S. N.; P. A. Surg. E. S. Bogert, U. S. N.; Asst. Paymaster E. D. Ryan, U. S. N.
It is probable that in the near future there will be detailed an executive officer in place of Lieutenant Carter, and two additional ensigns as watch officers. P. A., Engineer Emil Theiss, U. S. N., has been ordered to report as engineer officer of the Albatross upon his discharge from treatment at the Naval Hospital, Mare Island, California. As soon as the Department is advised of these proposed changes you will promptly be informed.
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