The state herald., 1918-02-15
TORPEDO DESTROYS TuscANIA
OFF NORTHERN COAST OF
IRELAND.
1855 OF 1886 MISSING
TROOPS ON cuNARDER PRlNci.
PALLY WISCONSIN AND MICH.
ioAN oUARpsMEN.

AOuuOu, rtU. c.-l ne tTlllbu 1uulT
atty last night stated that the lates
figures available on the Tuscania dis
aster showed that 2.235 persons hat
been saved and that about 1866 were
missing. The saved, 1t was added, in
cluded 1873 American officers and 1917
American men. sixteen officers and
1873 men Of the crew and six passen
gers. The bodies of 1876 American
troops have been recovered.
or the 14S survivors landed on the
Scottish coast 1874 belonged to the
United States army. including seven
officers. OF these one officer and
twenty-five men are remaining where
they landed to attend to the funeral
arrangements for the dead.
That Germany had information of
the coming Of the transport Tuscanla
and other vessels with important per.
sonages aboard, was the belief ex-
pressed by passengers on ships which
accompanied the torpedoed ship.
That German submarine endeav.
ored to attack the destroyers while
the latter were engaged in rescue
work, is the statement made by an
American officer at an Irish port,
where large number were landed.
THE U-boat which sank the Tus-
cania did bad days work for Ger
many" said the London Express.
Americas mind was in the war be-
fore. Now her soul is enlisted against
the kaiser. Remember the Tuscania, :
will be an irresistible call to the col.
ors and battle cry"
An Irish Port. Feb. "a mass OF
swirling wreckage on the calm neck of
the sea along the Irish coast marks
the grave OF the Tuscania. A few
bodies Of the hundred or more men
who perished have been washed
ashore, and some OF the injured now
In hospitals are expected. to succumb.
The survivors, numbering about 1896.
are quartered In hotels. homes and
hospitals along the north Irish coast.
Washington. Feb. THE first
American troop transport bound
abroad has been sunk by German
submarine. Approximately 101 Amer.
lean soldiers perished when the ship
went down, while 1896 or more were
rescued.
The transport sunk was the Tus-
cania, Cunard liner lent to the
United States by the British govern.
ment, which carried 2.179 American
soldiers as passengers. but was con.
voyed like regular transport.
The scene Of the disaster was off
the northern coast OF Ireland. the sur
vivors being landed by the vessels Of
the convoy at two neighboring Irish
ports. fifty miles apart.
The military units aboard the trans.
port were:
Headquarters detachment and COM
panies d. E and r OF the Twentieth On.
gineers.
One Hundred and Seventh engineer
train composed OF men from the First
battalion OF Michigan engineers and
the First battalion Of Wisconsin engi-
neers.
One Hundred and Seventh military
police from tho Fourth and Sixth Wis
consin National Guard infantry.
One Hundred and Seventh supply
train. formerly from the Fourth. Fifth
and Sixth Wisconsin infantry.
One Hundred and Fifty.eigh,h aero
squadron.
Replacement dctachments No. l and
No. OF tho Thirty-second division
tMichisnn' wisconsin, with fifty.one
casual officers.
The Information so far received does
rot Indicate what members OF these
units wero lost and what members
saved