The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-22
Survivors Landed in France Say the Transport Went Down at Early Morn
 ing Hour
THOSE WHO WERE IN BUNKS BELOW
 HAD SMALL CHANGE
Captain and Gun Crew Stuck to Reinforcement In- surance Automati-
 cally Applies

A French Port, October 21.-Survivors of the United States transport Antilles, which was sunk by a Ger man submarine last week while being conveyed on her
 homeward trip by Ameri- can warships, were landed
 here today by auxiliary yes sels and are being cared for
 by the American consulate. Some of the men have been
 lodged in local hotels and a few have left for Paris.
 The torpedo struck the ship at 6:45 o'clock Wednesday morning.
 Many of those on board were killed in their berths and others while dress ing. The explosion killed the engi- neers, oilers and mechanics and those of the crew who were in the hunks below.
 ANTILLES CAPTAIN AND
 GUN CREW PRAISED
 All survivors praise the captain of the
 Antilles and the members of the gu,
 crew who stuck to their posts while tl,s officers searched with field glasSes for the submarine until She waves closed over the ship.
 When the Antilles sank, 40 or 50 men were at the stern. Most of them leaped
 50 feet or more into the sea as the
 stern rose to perpendicular position
 and some were drawn down by the sue
 ton of the sinking vessel.
 The submarine was not sighted either
 before or after the expiosion. The sea
 was running high at the time, making it difficult to save the crew and passen- gers. Some survivors, clinging to debris. were in the water an hour before they were sighted by the lifeboats. LIVES OF ALL MEN LOST AUTOMATICALLY INSURED Washington, October 21.--All hands in the military and navy service who per ished with the lost American transport Antilles, torpedoed and sunk by q Ger nan submarine October F, came within, the scope of the new war insurance law, the treasury department announced to- night, and therepy automatically carried insurance to the amount of $6t00 each. This sum will be paid the families of 1 the dead soldiers and sailors in monthly l instaliments of S25 each over a period of z0 years. 1t is in addition to compen- sations which will be paid to widows, children and dependent mothers or the
 men. A widow, for example. will be paid $25 insurance and so compensation, { total of $50 White the 20 insurance is a fixed maximum in cases where ITO application for insurance was made, the additional compensation varies from x.U 1or motherless dependent child to < maximum of $75 for all dependents. The insurance of $25 month will be paid under the section of the law pro- viding for automatic insurance Of all American soldiers, sailors and marines. without application. for 1oU days after the publication of regulations providing for the issuance of policies. These regu- lations were published early in October and the time limit prescribed by law
 will not expire until February F. next APPROXIMATELY 70 MEN WENT DOWN WITH SHIP
 Approximately 70 persons went down established definitely at It. but lIae status of many of the remaining desssl as yet is unknown by officials here. How many of the remainder are sailors i in the naval service yet has to be de- terinined.
 Not only will the families of the deaa receive insurance and compensation ui.- with the Antilles. What percentage oi 1 this total is affected by the law at 1 present is unknown, but will be deter
 mined upon receipt of advices estab- fishing the identity of those who per- 1 ished The number of soldiers has been der the law, but those who were in 1 jured. if any. while in the military or 1 naval service, also will share in it's pro- visions for indemnities
 Applications of the new law to the All- titles, the first case where any large number of casualties was involved, was pointed to tonight by treasury officials as one Of the many vital reasons why 1 all persons who can should buy liberty bonds.
 The money to pay both compensa- ! tion and insurance" 1t was stated. fs