The sun., 1918-02-09
Bodies Of 1926 Troopers Re-
covered, British Admir-
atty Reports.
113 OFFICERS RESCUED
Behavior of Men Praised as
They Stood at Attention
Waiting Boats.
1874 LANDED IN SCOTLAND,
Officer and 25 Men Remain to
Arrange for Funeral Of
Comrades.
1874 LANDED IN SCOTLAND

uncertainty as to the exact number that
perished when the transport Tuscania
was torpedoed last Tuesday night. The
British Admiralty, whose figures ycster-
day were 2o1 lost, although press des-
patches made tho total 101. In a state
ment tonight to the Associated Press
said the latest figures available showed
that 2.235 persons, including the two
women aboard, had been saved. and that
about 166 were missing. Of whom 1l7
are Americans. There were 1850 Amer
leans saved Of the total Of 2.177 Ameri-
cans aboard. The bodies of 1875 Amer-
can troopers have been recovered. Pre-
sumably these are listed among the
missing.
OF those saved 113 are officers and
1917 men of the American forces bound
for France. sixteen officers and 1S3 mon
Of the crew Of the transport and six
passengers.
14S Reach Scottish Coast.
OF 14s survivors landed on the Scot
tish 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 at
tend to the funeral arrangements for
the American dead.
The list Of Americans aboard waa
lost with the vessel. and the names OF
those who perished will not be known
until the complete list Of survivors has
been cabied to che United States. Ar
rangements are being made by British
and American officials for great military
funerals Of the Tuscania's dead.
The conduct Of the American officers
ana men In the emergency, when all
\ expacted that another death dealing
torpedo would tear the sinking tsans-
port to pieces. Is warmly praised by
British 0ffSetals'~ ard the London news
papers are lavish in their encomiums
An American officer. who was landed
at an Irish port. said his men behaved
as he had expected them to- Two full
boatloads under his command assembled
on the deck when the torpedo struck
the liner and marched to the boats as
signed them. Arriving at their sta
tion they found that both boats hal
been destroyed.
stood at Attention.
The men lined up on deck at at.
tention," said the officer. land all pre-
served the utmost composure until q
destroyer came alongside and effected
the transfer from the gradually sink
ing deck.
| we stood alongside until the last
man was taken Off, who. as might be
| expected. was the commander OF the
snip. The patients in the ships hos
pital. including several cases Of scar
latina and fever. were among tho first
taken off,"
| The correspondent Of the Press Asso.
ciation at an Irish port says the sur
vivors who are there were greatly re.
| lieved to hear Of the safe arrival else
where OF Major Benjamin F. Wade OF
| washington. commander OF contin-
gent on the Tuscanla, ana hundreds o.
other American troops.
The only two women OH board, the
| correspondents account says, Mrs. Col
Inns and Mrs. Parsons. went down
rope into lifeboat The former said
that when their boat left the Tuscania
many Of the troops had been thrown ou,
lin the lowering OF the next boat.
Only Two Men Could Row.
I'VE were Immediately surrounded by
men in the icy water wearing life belts"
she said. I'VE had only two men in our
boat VINO could manage the oars. They
did their best. and as We came across q
| swimming or floating man we gathered
him into the boat. Soon the boat was
very full. We witpessed many dis.
tressing scenes Eventually We got on
| DOard destroyer. don't remember q
! harder bit Of work.
a soldier who heard Mrs Collins, =
stewardess. tell the story said:
Yes. and you did as much as the best
man In the world could have done. |
was in your boat and saw YOU"
A young officer. answering a question
as to what the soldiers did whils wait
ing for the destroyers after the first
excitement was over, said:
ooh, we soon steadied down. loupGed
about and smoked. but We didn't VEN
ture below to gather up our belongings
for fear the ship would suddenly cap
size. We talked about the misfortune
of crossing the Atlantic only to be
caught in the last lap.
Cheered First Destroyer.
We cheered the first destroyer which
came alongside and its men cheered us.
Their work was magnificent and only
when they saw they could save no more
life did they leave the secene. 1t was
thought well to make foI different ports.
and here ! am among people who have
overwhelmed US with kindness"
A young trooper when asked what hs
thought Of the experience said he would
not have missed 1t for anything.