1846-Secretary of Treasury Walker assigned Revenue Captain John A. Webster to control movements of vessels assigned to Army and to cooperate with the Navy in the War with Mexico. 1896-Congress authorized the Secretary of Treasury to patrol regattas. (Source: USCG Historian’s Office)
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