The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-02-14
Steamer was sunk ~ war zone
While Being Conveyed BY British
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Landed Al
Irish Ports-Preeident Hears
News At Theatre.

Irish Ports-Preeident Hears
News At Theatre.
Washington.-Th British steamship
Tuscania, with 2,179 United States
soldiers on board. has been torpedoed
and sunk in the war zone. No esti.
mate of the loss of life Is available,
but 1912 survivors have been landed
at Buncranna and Larne, Ireland.
It was announced that the Tuscania
was manned by British sailors, with
q British naval guard and was con.
voyed by British warships.
The War Department announced
that its records showed the following
we're on board the Tuscania:
THE UNITS ON BOARD.
Headquarters detachments and Com.
panies d, E and + of the goth Engi.
neers.
107th engineer train.
107th military police.
10th supply train.
Number 100 aero squadron.
15Sth aero squadron.
213 aero squadron.
Replacement detachment numbers
and of the 32nd division.
Fifty-one casual officers.
FROM THE WEST.
The 32nd Division is composed OF
National Guard troops from Michigan
and Wisconsin. The division trained
at Camp Macarthur, Texas.
The 10th Engineers was composed
OF the First Battalion of Michigan En-
gineers; the 1O7th Military Police was
made up from the 4th and 9th Wis
consin Infantry and the l07th Supply
Train from the 4th, 9Th and 9th Wis
consin Infantry.
Although Still hoping for more fay'
orable news, officials feared that the
report meant that all except 1872
landed had been lost.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
The disaster was officially an.
nounced by the War Department.
The department issued this state
ment:
"The War Department has been Off
cially advised that the steamship Tus'
cania was torpedoed and sunk and
that survivors numbering LOO as far
as could be ascertained were landed
at Buncranna and Larne, in Ireland
There was total of 2,179 United
States troops on this vessel"
Later II was announced that 1872
OF the officers and men on board the
Tuscania were reported accounted for
in dispatch to the State Department
from the American Embassy at Lon
don.
The soldiers aboard the Tuscania
belonged to no distinctive military
units from any state and were largely
small detachments from all parts Of
the country being forwarded TO joir
the forces in France.
The War Department announced
that because OF the fact that there
was no distinctive unit, 1t would bC
impossible to say definitely who wal
on the steamer until complete report!
had been received from the other side
President Wilson was at the theatre
when the official announcement wal
made.
Thus, all the soldiers are forme
Wisconsin and Michigan GuardsmeI
except those in the aero squadrons
who probably were recruited from al
parts of the country.
Neither the dispatch to the War De
partment nor that to the State DE
partment referred to the fate Of th'
members of the Tuscania's crew. I'm
doubtedly many of them were saved
and when all reports are in official
hope that the loss Of life will be re
markably small.
The liner, which is not a regula
transport, was under convoy and tn
warships apparently were quickl
along side for rescue work when tn
torpedo struck.
Red Cross And Y. M. c. a. There.
"The Ambassador at London ha
sent an assistant military attache an
another army officer to Belfast, Ire
land. Representatives of the Amei
lean Red Cross and the Y NJ c. a
also have gone, with full power
spend all the money needed and al
thorizations from the. British Re
Cross to use their equipment at BE
fast. The Ambassador further report
that the Lord Mayor at Belfast is gi'
ing all the aid possible"
The Tuscanla was the first shi
carrying American troops to Europ
to be sunk by German submarines, bt
the American transport Antilles wa
torpedoed and sunk in the war zon
while returning to the United State
from France and IA soldiers were los
with 156 other persons, including Sc
eral members of the naval arme
guard.