The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-08

'-~s s'0A tUS H9uTeS Supptfe0 TO
The embassy evidently did not in
slude the missing, of which there
are still many.
It was announced today that
arrangements were being made by
British and American officials
jointly for great military funerals
for the Tuscania's dead.
Washington, Feb. b. Early today
no additional list Of the Tuscania sur
vivors had become available at the
war or navy departments. The only
partial list received was that contain
ing thirty names announced yester-
day. Advices to the war department
accounting for all except 113 of the
2,156 American soldiers remained un-
changed today. Officials anxiousIy
awaited additional details expected to
clear up the conflict with foreign fig.
ures on the losses.
Cable press dispatches from an Irish
port last night saying the forty four
bodies of American soldiers, battered
beyond recognition, had been washed
ashore fifteen miles from the scene of
the torpedoing dampened hope that
the troop losses would prove very
small. According to figures given in
the earlier press dispatches only 101
OF those aboard. Including soldiers,
members of the crew and passengers,
were missing. This had led officials
to believe that with the heavy loss
first indicated among the crew most
American soldiers had been saved.
Identification impossible.
No attempt is being made thus
far to prepare a list of the lost or
missing. Only the names of new sur
vivors have been received and indica-
tions today were that names of the
survivors would continue, to come in
slowly. The report from the Irish
port which also said that army iden-
tification tags found on the bodies of
the soldiers washed ashore bore no
names or numbers making identifca-
tion impossible caused considerable
speculation. Army regulations require
Identification tags bearing name, rank,
company and regiment of the wearer.
Although there was no official con-
firmation of this report and officials
declined to comment it was pointed
out that the dispatch said the soldiers
had not been assigned to definite
units.
According to advices in the hands
of the war department the total miss
ing from, the 1873 souls aboard the
liner is 210, of which 113 are Ameri- |
can troops.
Cable press dispatches say that |
1926 persons have been landed and |
are being cared for in Irish villages
and cities.
Optimism Unshaken.
No official story of the sinking has
reached the department and press
stories of the cool behavior of the
troops, some of them partially trained
boys, who lined the rail singing ma
tional airs, have been read with inter-
est by army officers.
Reports that the British destroyer
which was conveying the Tuscania
pursued and sank the submarine also
lack confirmation, and the report or
the British admiralty is eagerly
awaited Navy officials are inclined TO
the view that the Tuscania incident is
an isolated case and have no reason to
change their view that the submarine
menace has been overcome.
1850 Landed Safely.
Washington, Feb. S--The navy de-
oartment announced that latest re-
ports of the survivors Of the Tus-
,ania show seventy-six officers and
.274 men of the army have been land
ID at Buncrana, Ireland; that sixteen
,fficers and seamen of the crew have
been landed at Larne, Ireland; and |
hat approximately $40 officers and
enlisted men of the army have been
anded at Islay. Scotland.
an addition" the department an |
continues, Approximately I
ninety nine soldiers and members of
he crew are reported to be in hos
,itals. Six members of the crew and
seventy two soldiers are in the mill
ary hospital at Londonderry. Ten
oldiers are in Lough Foye hospital
It Londonderry and nine soldiers and {
wo of the crew are in the county ins /
irmary at Londonderry. {
Committee Gives Facts. Ia
The committee on public informa- !
ion today made this announcement: !,
1.-The passenger list of the Tus- s
cania compiled by the war de- /
partment at the port of embarka- \
ton shows that the vessel car 4
ried z,177 military passengers and e
two civilian passengers. The In
military passengers consisted of $
III officers md 1000 enlisted men.
much concern has been occa-'
stoned throughout the country by
confusion of the 107th regiment of
engineers with the 107th engineer
train of the Thirty second divi-
sion. The 107th regiment of en- n
gineers was not listed as having lie
sailed on the Tuscania. The 10th Io
engineer train was" Il