United States Coast Guard Academy - Tide Rips Yearbook (New London, CT)

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M{ k . KNOX Seen i. (ix ..i the .iv x MY DEP.IRTME T I hi transit i ..I 1 1 • 1-1 I puard to the ai } l . pai t- mm ni placed the entire personnel and material I thi Service undei the authority ol Frank Kim. IU hit ilirection the various ' ...i-i .11.11 c f units have been .li-- Irihutcd among the .i .il Districts. I nited Stales I lects, Sea I 1. mil. 1 1 .hmI-. and • ...i-i Guard Districts to 1I1. end thai ihe mosl . Hi 1 use In made of .ill men .,.,.1 diips. Idmiral Ernesl .1. Kim . .1- • ommander-in-l In. 1 I mi. .1 States Fleet, and « liiel • ■! ai .il Operations 1- 111 direct 1 . .111111. in. I nl .ill Navj unit- ll In- authority certain • ...1-1 Guard vessels liav« been assigm .1 In .i Mini mi. null 1-. ..1I1. 1- havi remained undei ' oasl i.ii. 11. 1 iim.iimI I., perform il nissioni enlrusteil In V.lniii.il King 1.. tin ommandanl ..I I lit oasl 1 .M.n.l l M IK I ERNES! ( ■ MMIII.IM.il I -m- llM ' l. I lllll. I N.iv.il « Operations |. MM. States I I-. 1 .ni.l In. 1 ..1

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FRANKLIN DELWO ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE AHMED FORCES Outstanding among the duties conferred upon him by the Constitution, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the Com- mander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States. By authority granted him, the President may direct the Coast Guard to operate under the Navy. Although con- ceived to perform ei il duties, the military organization of the Coast Guard has prepared it to carry out the opera- tions of war. On November 1. 19 11. President Roosevelt transferred the Coast Guard to the Navy Department. Thus the Coast Guard, while maintaining its corps identity, became an integral part of the Nav) to perform those duties assigned in the fulfillment of the war strategy of our nation. As in war and peace of the past, traditions of the Coast Guard assure the execution of those missions entrusted to Us the Commander-in-Chief.

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HENRY MORGENTHAU, JR. Secretary of ilic Treasure TREASURY DEPARTMENT Since its establishment in 1790. the United States Coast Guard has performed its peace time duties under the Secretaries of the Treasury from Alexander Hamil- ton to Henry Morganthau. The history of the service demonstrates the practicahility of our serving under the Treasury Department in times of peace, thereby providing a flexibility that allows ns to perform duties for all other departments of the Federal Government. However, the military status of the Coast Guard has provided a trained and efficient military unit ready to function as a part of the av of our country in time of war. On Novemher 1, 1941. the President transferred the Coast Guard from the Treasury Department to the Navy Department. HERRERT E. GASTON Assistant Secretarj of the Treasury