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REVENXXE CTJTTEE. SERVICE. 82 REVERIE. persons, is held annually under the direction of the Civil Serviee Commission. From those passing hi-rliesl, provided they reach the required stand- ard, a class is formed which is ordered to report for instruction on the practice ship Uhasc. The term on tlic luactice ship covers a period of three vears and comprehends a strict course of disci- pline and instru<tion in all matters pertaining to the professional requirements of an olKccr. A cadet receives $.500 per annum and one ration per day, and must provide himself with the pre- scril)ed uniforms. At the expiration of his pro- bationary term of three years, if his deportment and |)rogress have been satisfactory, he is re- warded with a commission as third lieutenant. (;)riginal appointments in the engineer corps are niade from civil life upon thorough examinations. The work of the Revenue Cutter Service, as de- fined by law, consists in the enforcement of about every statute bearing upon the maritime inter- ests" of the nation. Its duties embrace the pro- tection of the customs revenue; the enforcement of the laws against smuggling, those pertaining to national quarantine, the neutrality laws, the navigation laws, including vessels' documents, and all requirements in regard to the rules for preventing collisions, officers' papers, steamboat inspection, and passenger service; the laws in suppression of piracy, robbery, and nnitiny on the high seas; those for the protection of the seal fisheries and sea-otter hunting grounds in Alaska, and for the prevention of illegal trallic iu fire- arms, ammunition, etc., in that territory; the laws for the protection of wrecked property and the timber reserves of the United States; the laws for the suppression of the slave trade ; those that require necessary life-saving appliances to be kept on board merchant vessels; the laws in re- gard to the anchorage of vessels in the ports of New York and Chicago, in the Saint Marys River, Hichigan, etc., and the regulations to insure the safety of observers of and participants in re- gattas on navigable waters. During the danger- ous and inclement season, from December 1 to April 1 of each year, revenue cutters are, by direc- tion of the President, required to cruise actively along the coast to afford aid to vessels in distress. Those detailed for such duty are provided with special supplies, including extra provisions for the shipwrecked, and are instructed to extend to all requiring relief such assistance as may be adapted to their condition and necessities. The cutters on the Great Lakes are, during the period of open navigation, charged with similar impor- tant work. An important function of revenue cut- ter officers is their connection with the Life-Sav- ing Service (q.v. ). They are detailed to do the inspection work of the latter and to drill the surf- men in the use of life-saving apparatus, and to see that the equipments of the st.ations are kept in efficient condition. Several officers are also assigned to superintend repairs and the construc- tion of new stations. Besides the fixed duties of the service there are numerous others which it is called upon to perform from time to time, such as aiding the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, the Lighthouse Establishment, the Coast Survey, the Pish Commissioner, the ocean tele- graph lines, etc. Each vessel has assigned to her a certain district, within which she carries out her specified duties. The districts on the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards and the Great Lakes are contiguous and therefore cover the entire coast of the United States. REVERBERATORY FURNACE. See Iron ANU Steel; iJiAU. REVERE, re-ver'. A town, including three villages, in SutVtdk County, Mass., five miles north by east of Boston; on the Boston and Maine and the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn railroads (Map: Massachusetts, E 3). It is finely situated on the Atlantic coast, and is an attractive resi- dential place and a summer resort. Revere Beach has a bath-house built and maintained by the State, and is one of the most popular bathing resorts on the Jlassachusetts coast. It has also a splendid boulevard. There are a handsome town hall and a public library with 7000 vol- lunes. Revere was settled iu 102G and, under the name of Rumney Marsh, formed a part of Boston until 1738. Incorporated as Chelsea in 1739, it Aas set off and reincorporated as North Chelsea in 1840. and received its present name in 1871. Population, in 1890, 5668; in 1900, 10,395. REVERE, ru'va-ra, Giuseppe (1812-89). An Italian poet, born at Triest. He wrote for La Coiicurdia, a liberal journal of Turin; took part in the events of 1S4S; and afterwards lived in Turin, Genoa, and Rome. He began his career as a dramatist with a series of historical plays, iu the form made popular by Niccolini. He also wrote the historical works. La cacciata dcgli Spagnuoli da Hiena (1847) ; the poetical works, Sdegno e affetto (1845), Xuovi sonctti (1846), Persone ed omhre (1862), Osiride (1879); and two volumes of sketches, Bozzetti alpini (1857) and ilurine e pac&i (1858). REVERE', PAtiL (1735-1818). An American patriot, born in Boston, Mass. He learned from his father the trade of a goldsmith and soon became skillful as an engraver on silverware. In 1750 he served as a lieutenant in the Crown Point expedition, and, returning to Boston, estab- lished himself as a goldsmith and a copper-plate engraver. He was a member of the grand jury which in 1774 refused to serve on account of the act of Parliament making judges independent of the legislature as regards salary. He engraved the plates and printed the ]ja])er money ordered in 1775 by the Provincial Congress, and iu the same year established a powder mill in Boston. He early took an active interest in the disputes with the English Ministry, participating in the "Tea Party" (1773) and carrying the news of it to New York and Philadelphia, and in 1774 be- came a member of a society organized to watch the British in Boston. On April 1819. 1775, at the request of Joseph Warren, he made his mem- orable midnight ride to Lexington to warn Hancock and Samuel Adams of the approach of English troops, arousing the people on the way. Then, passing on toward Concord with ^ iiliam Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott to warn the peo- ple there, he was captured by a party of British soldiers and w'as brought back to Lexington, where he was released on the next day. This ride has been made the theme of a celebrated poem, The Midnifiht Ride of Paul Revere, by Longfel- low. Subsequently becoming lieutenant-colonel of State artillery. Revere accompanied the unsuc- cessful Pcnoliscot expedition in 1779. REVERIE, or REVERY (Fr. reverie, OF. rest:erie, from resver, rcver, rever, to rave, from