The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-02-10
SURYIVORS0F
TUSCANIA,ONLY
PARTLY KNOWN
War Department Publishes
Names Of the Rescued as6
They Are Received. : (.
DETAILS COME SLOWLY
Finger Prints. to Be Taken
Of Bodies Which Were
Washed Ashore. II
ALARM ON SECOND SHIP
Blasts From Whistle After
Midnight Brought All to
Decks With Life Belts On.
DETAILS COME SLOWLY
ALARM ON SECOND SHIP

WAsHrNcToN. Feb. Sat midnieht,
ninety-six hours after the troopship rus
cania had been &ospedosd and sunk BY =
German submarine. little more than
1000 names Of the survivors had bssr
announced here by the COMMITTEES Sn
Public Information. "A few more names
were in possession Of the War Depart
ment. but will not be arranged for puS-
lication before tomorrow. by which time
1t 10 expected the rest Of the survivors,
list will have come over the cables from
England. 3
All day long steady stream Of namSs
Of the saved flowed in over the cables
and telegraph wires. and had the right
Of way over all except the most urgent
business. Despite The preference given
to the list. moro than $50 names out oe
the nrst 1000 arrived in such jumbisd
and incorrect form that they meaat
practically nothing to the War Dspart-
ment. and It will be necessary to check,
hack over the cables before thAy can W.
Strengthened out.
Extra Clerks Pat at Task.
Tho large force of clerks will be put
at work again tomorrow morning. and
after the names continue to come IN
by Sunday night 1t ID expected fuil
list Of the missing will he available By
checking the list Of survivors aeAinet
the official list of all those who sailed
on the Tuscania.
Partial lists OF the survivors wets
autographed to many parts Of the coun-
try to-day and were anxiously scanned
BY thousands. who hoped to flnd the
name of relative or friend. Those who
faoed to and the name they sought In
the partial list may BE- reaa6ured to the
extent Of knowing that the lists Eivei,
out to-day were Incomplete. and the
fact that q name does not appear In the
list Of more than thousand available
in Washington tonight does not neces-
yarily indicate a loss.
There we're no new ofYicial figures on
the losses available Tonight and the
War Departments figures continued TO
differ from those Of the British Admi-
ralty. The War Department estimates
210 persons missing. 1l3 Of them Amer
lean soldiers. while the British Adrni-
ralty's figures put the lost at 166 miss
ing. 147 OF them American officers and
enlisted men.
Navy IL without News.
In an effort to identify the unrscoe-
nizable bodies Of those washed ashore
which bore no positive Identification tag
the War Department ordered to-day that
finger prints be made where possible
These will be compared with the records
here and by that means It is believed
that many bodies will be identified.
Tho Navy Department was still with
out Information to-day confirming the
report that an American destroyer was
on the scene and participated in the
chase of the submarine. Secretary
Daniels said that such information a.
was at hand led to the conclusion that
tho report was erroneous. but reiterated
his statement that one Of Vice-Admirsl
Sims's force easily might have been
present. Be-
a copy Of the official report made BY
the commanding officer of the British
convoy will be sent TO the Navy Depart.
ment AZ soon as that document h&1
been approved by the British Admiralty
Navy officials do not expect to get this
report for at least two weeks.