Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
SOLDIERS DEATH LIST GROWS.
Now Figured that 207 U. S. Soldiers
Lost Their Lives OH Tuscania.

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Scottish coast, an unofficial estimate
to-day places the total loss of Amer
lean troops at 267. After eliminat-
ing from the passenger list the
names of the survivors and the iden-
tilted 'ead and accounting for 33 un-
identified dead, 1876 soldiers still are
not accounted for, and 1t Is believed
they were lost
The partial list of the Tuscania's
dead, sent by the Associated Press
correspondent from Scottish sea-
port to-day, as having been buried OIL
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.
war Department officials have
been helpless to answer appeals for
Information regarding soldiers unre-
ported.
or the 1914 American dead who
have been buried in Scotland it was
not possible to identify 33 Of the SOL
diers, who undoubtedly were disfg-
ured beyond recognition and had
nothing on them by which to deter
mine who they we're.
OF the names of the 131 soldiers
sent from Scotland, only 1872 have
yet been definitely located on the
list complied by the Associated
Press OF men whose names appeared
on the passenger list, but who have
not been reported as survivors. Six
of the 131 names show similarity
with Others on the missing list, but
three Of them show no similarity.
Only 1922 OF the 131 names therefore
| nave been checked off, leaving IT'S
names to be definitely accounted for.
Deducting the 33 unidentified Amer
lean soldiers and the nine uncertain
| names from this list leaves I SO miss
ing, which, added to the 1871 known
dead, shows the total loss 267 men.
III Tuscania Victims Buried.
Scotch Seaport. Feb. 13.-Up to
Tuesday night, a week after the dis
aster, III victims Of the ill-fated
Tuscania had been laid to rest at diff
ferent points on the Scottish coast.
These were divided as follows:
American, 131 identified and 33
unidentified; crew, four identified
and three unidentified.
Sang 'Star Spangled Banner"
The Associated Press correspond
ent co-operated with the American
army officers in obtaining these fig
| ures, which go forward to Washing
| ton as the most accurate and COM
plete list obtainable. The last sew
enteen Of these bodies recovered
all Americans--were buried Tuesday
afternoon, villagers again coming
many miles in a down-pour of rain
| to pay their simple tribute to the
| American dead. The bodies were
brought to the burial place on one
big motor truck, which was follow
ed along the route several miles long
by the squad Of 25 khaki-clad Amer
lean survivors and the village mourn
ers. One Of the villagers carried the
Union Jack, while an American SOL
dier held aloft the Stars and Stripes.
At the graveside the American
soldiers sang the "Star Spangled
Banner followed by the natives
singing God Save the King" The
usual military salute was then fred,
ending the ceremony
Temporary fences have been built
around the graves to be replaced by
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-
trysfde had started a public subscrip-
ton to erect permanent monument
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. One American
officer and IA men are still in hos
pital at Glasgow
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