The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-02-14
Still Unable to Account for 345
on TuSCania.
KNOWN LOSS STILL tf3 MEN
Secretary Of War Expresses Keen APP
probation Of Work OF Rescue BY
British NaVy-Eighteen Hun
dred And Thirty-two Off
ciaIly Accounted For.

Eighteen hundred and
thirty-two names Of American soldiers
rescued from the torpedoed liner Tus-
eaHia had been reported to the War
Department, leaving 345 of the SOL
diers on board unaccounted for No
official report has reached the depart
ment to change the estimate that all
except 113 of the men We're saved, but
the names have been coming in very
slowly over the cables, and there is no
assurance as to when the list viii be
complete
The preparation of the list, even in
its incomplete form represents an ag-
greeate of 14O hours of labor The
War Department has only issued an
official roll Of those on the ship.
The Committee on Public Informa-
ton has made no effort to compile a
list CT the missing, merely issuing lists
of survivors. In order to compile a
Est Of missing and unreported, it was
necessary TO search for each name in
both lists, a laborious process in deal
ing with more than . 900 names.
Stll without official details OF the
attack, the Secretary paid high trib-
ute to the GOODNESS and discipline OF
the troops. He expressed keen appre-
citation Of the work Of rescue by the
British Navy.
His statement reads:
AT dusk on the evening Of Feb
ruary 8, off the Irish Coast a torpedo
launched from an enemy submarine
struck the conveyed liner Tuscania.
having on board American troops Our
loss at the latest report appears to be.
approximately. 113 men
THE fine discipline Of the men and
the efficient handling Of a difficult sit
uation by those in command contri-
buted to account for these relatively
slight casualties
AT the same time we must ex-
press our profound appreciation for
the splendid work OF the British Navy
in rescuing our forces.
Notwithstanding the fact that hos
tile submarines were lurking in the
vicinity, the British destroyer rem
derei every assistance and remained
on the scene, succoing our men until
all survivors Were brought safely
ashore
AT the small ports Of Ireland and
Scotland where our troops landed
they met with a most warm-hcarted
reception on the part Of the people.
who did all in their power to admin,
lister every comfort and care"
Latest reports received were that
the death list would remain at 113.
The list OF survivors, which has been
coming in slowly, has accounted for
just under 1000 Of the PITT aboard
This leaves some names still TO come
in, but 1t is firmly believed at the War
Department that they viii make up
fully the deficiency between the names
received so far and the list of 113
dead.
The failure of the British represen-
tatives to get a complete story of the
attack is fully explained, in the belief
Of officers. in Their main anxiety to
complete the list Of dead and missing
and saved, a complete detailed report
from General George T. Bartlett, mill
tary attache Of the American Embassy
in London, is expected as soon as the
immediate task of caring for the sur
viyors has been finished The Navy
Department is confident that a full
report viii be sent IN by Admiral Sims.
The Tuscania, being a British ship
under British convoy. Admiral Sims
will be supplied with a copy Of the
British Admiralty's report, which lie
viii forward as soon as received.
According to cable advices from
William Endicott, American Red Cross
commissioner TO England, special ef-
forts are being made by the American
Red Cross agents to aid in the work
Of establishing the Identification Of the
soldiers whose bodies were either
picked up or washed upon the Irish
Coast.
This work, the cable message said.
had been slow so far, because the
survivors, who are scattered in four
or five ports, have been unable to tell
the fate OF Che others.