Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-02-23
AMERICAN DEAD Are
BURIEDIN SCOTLAND
BODIES OF TWENTY-oNE TEXAS
SOLDIERS REST UNDER SOIL
OF BONNIE SCOTLAND.
TO FENCE The GRAVES
There Were III Bodies Of Soldiers
Buried; t3f Were Identified and 80
UnidensifSed; Crews, Identified
aRd Unidentified.

4 Scotch Seaport-Up to this
week, two weeks after the disaster,
III victims of the nLfated Tuscania
had been ladd 10 rest at different
points on the Scottish coast. These
were divided as fo8lows:
Americans, bS1 identified and S3 un-
identified; crew, identified and 3 un-
identified.
AT the gravesids the American sol.
diezs sang "Ths Star-Spangled Ban
nez," followed by the natives singing
God Save the King" The usual mill
tary salute was then fired, ending the
ceremony.
Temporary fences have been built
around the graves, 10 be replaced by
permanent Enclosure as soon as the
materials can be brought to these des-
oBate shores
Names Of Those Buried.
The following is the first complete
list OF Americans now buried on the
Scottish coast Each body, whether
identified or not, was given number.
Thus at a point where seVenty-eight
victims were buried side by side in
long trench the numbers run from
to rs in the following orders
T. w. Herman, L. B. Reeder, VIII
liam C. Keown, L. Roberts, Orville
Casper, E. H. Duffy, Paul John G..
Wood, w. R. Johnson, H. e. Page, G.
B. West, T. Tuttle, Walter Brown,
Clarence w. Short, III. Stewart, fire
man, member of crew; Raymond But
Ter, Wisconsin; James Logan, crew;
G. V. Zimmerman, J. Edwards, Butte,
Mont: George H. Heinhardt, Walter
Crellfne, William E. Bennett, G. E..
Swanson. unidentified private; Will
liam P. Moran, c. J. Jenkins. Charles
Mcmillan, crew; Raymond T. Hurst,
T. E. Lawson, T. e. Dawson, w.
Hardy, C. H. Besner, B. L. Weeks,
Henry F. Spidel, David G. Renton,
Julius D. Wagner, William j. Trages-
ser, Alto Licari, Percy A. Stevens, w.
w. Wright, Marcus B. Cook, G. N.
Bjork, Johnson G. Johnson, T. I. st.
Clair, Arthur w. Collins, G. Lanken-
an, J. q. Cheshire, Gerald K. Grover,
Frank Burns, Milton Tuf1y, Edwin r.
Berkey, unidentified soldier; Philip E.
Leigan, Curtiss Willard Wilson, un-
identified member OF crew; Frederick
Allen, w. Raines, Homer L. Anderson,
Fred M. Linton, J. B. Guerney, j. L.
Pearce, Elmer r. L. Cowan, William
T. McMurray, Samuel A. Pentecost,
Russell f. Bennett, Robert F. War
rem, L. w. 0zment, William I. Gregs,
/. Sims, j. P Hawley, w. Matthews,
unidentified soldier; Samuel P. Rig
gis, Norman C. Crucker, P. A. Agrien,
J. J. Byrge, Fred w. Rudolph, Milwau-
kee, Wis; unidentified private, Her
man Rupp.
AT another point, In long grave,
are forty-nine bodies. They are all In
coffins and are numbered from to 49
in the following order:
Unidentified private, Jesse M. Rhol-
les. Captain Leo P. Lebron. John Jen-
kins. wireless operator; James A.
Price, Boise; two unidentified pri.
Yates; Claude w. Walker, Los An.
geles: E. o. Peca, George w. Tomlins,
Ethan Allen White, unidentified pri-
vate, Oscar Lee Smith Winters, Ed
gard E. Burma, unidentified member of
crew, George Merns, unidentified pri-
vate, Tula B. Thompson, Dell Walter
Leonard, Wilmington Sherman, Lieu
tenant E. Philip Lightall, W. e. VIII
son, unidentified private, Daniel Tro-
bridge Bryant, unidentified private,
William o. Williams, Fletcher Odell
Pledeger, three unidentified priyates,
w. E. Bickers, unidentified private, ].
J. Buckley, ]. B. Bishop, two unidenti-
fled privates. E. F. Young, Gilmore,
Engel Percy, three unidentified pri-
Yates. Captain Philip v. Sherman, un.
identified private, unidentified mem
Der of crew, three unidentified pri-
Yates, William Arthur Moore, Oris e.
Hutchins.
At a third place forty-four victims
are buried in three trenches, the larg
est holds IS bodies. another is and
third 10. In the first named the bodies
have been numbered from to is in
this order:
Harry Carpenter, two unidentified
priVafes, John A. Laakko, Rocco Gala
rese. Ade Mccoy, two unidentified pri
Yates, Stanley A. Anspurger, e. A.
Houston, Stanley L. Collins, Joseph G.
Otto Ray Martin. CoIum-
bus Hill, Clare Metzenbaumer. Wilbur
Clark Jackson. John Eichammer, Ben
Barker.