Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-13
III TUSCANIA
VICTIMS BURIED

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to Washington as the most accurate
and complete list obtainable. rhe
last seventeen of these bodies re-
covered = all Americans - we're
buried this afternoon, villagers again
coming many miles in a downpour
OF rain to pay their simple tribute
to the American dead. The bodies
were brought to the burial place on
big motor truck which was followed
along the route several miles iCng
| by the squad of twenty-five khaki
| clad American survivors and the
village mourners. One of the vil-
! ayers carried the Union Jack, while
an American soldier held aloft the
Stars and Stripes.
Sing "Star SpangIed Banner"
At the graveside the American
soldiers sang the Star Spanglcd
Eanner" followed by the natives
singing God Save the King" The
, Usual military salute was then fire u,
ending the ceremony.
Temporary fences have been buii;
around the graves to be replaced by
q permanent enclosure as soon as the
| materials can be brought to these
desolate shores. A British colonel
who has worked day and night since
the disaster helping the Americans
bury their dead announced to-day
| that the people of the nearby coun-
| tryside had started a public subgcrip-
tion to erect a permanent monu-
ment to the Americans.
There are eight Americans still
here too i'll to leave, several of them
still dazed by their experiences.
They are quartered in nearby farm
houses and village hotels. These
| men are e. l. Benefiel. +. L. I.ys-
truln, Wilbur c. Mutt, Boyd l.. Han
| cock, L. f. Harpham, Henry Schurt-
ing. James J. Colwell and L. A.
Gocher.
One American officer and fourteen
men are still in a hospital at Glas-
gov.
With 164 American soldiers of the
Tuscania known to be dead and bur.
led on the Scottish coast, an unoffi-
cial estimate to-day places the totaI
loss of American troops at 267. AZ
ter eliminating from the passenger
list the names of the survivors and
the identified dead and accounting
for S3 unidentified dead, 1876 SOL
dlerS still are not accounted for and
1t is believed they were lost
The partial list of the Tuscaria's
dead sent to the Associated Press
correspondent from a Scottish sea-
port to-day as having been buried
on the Scottish coast, is the first def
mite information to reach relatives of
the soldiers who have not been re-
ported in the lists of survivors.
OF the 164 American dead who
have been buried in Scotland it was
not possible to identify 33 of the
soldiers who undoubtedly were dis
figured beyond recognition and had
nothing on them by which to deter
mine who they were. OF the names
of the 131 soldiers sent from Scot
land only 122 have been definitely
located on the list compiled by the
Associated Press of men whose
names appeared on the passenger
list but who have not been reported
as survivors. Six of the l31 names
show similarity with others on the
list, but three of them show
no similarity. Only 1872 of the l31i
names therefore. have been checked
off, leaving 17S names to be defin-
itely accounted for. Deducting the 33
American soldiers and
the nine uncertain names from this
list, leaves 1876 missing, which added
TO the 131 known dead, shows the
total loss of 267 men.
Washington, Feb. 13.-Praise for
efficient cooperation by the Brit
ish war office in the rescue of sur
vivors of the Tuscania, is given byI
General Pershing in a cablegram
received at the WarDepartment The
Y. NJ. c. A. and the Red Cross also
are cited for valuable assistance.