El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-02-14
FIRST DEFINITE DATA
TO REACH RELATIVES

washington, Feb. 13.-The partial
list of the T~uscania's dead, sent by
the Associated Press correspondent
from a Scottish seaport today as hav-
ing been buried on the Scottish
coast, is, the first definite informa-
ton to reach relatives of the sol
diers who have not been reported in
the lists Of survivors.
War department officials have been
helpless to answer appeals for infor-
nation regarding soldiers unreport-
ed. OF the 1874 American dead who
have been buried in Scotland it was
not possible to identify 80 of the sol
diers who undoubtedly were disfig-
ured beyond recognition and had
nothing on them by which to deter
mine their identity.
OF the names of 131 soldier sent
from Scotland only 1872 have been
definitely located on the list com
piled by the Associated Press of
men whose names appeared on the
passenger list but who have not been
reported as survivors. Six of the 13l
names show similarity with others
on the missing list out three of them
show no similarity. Only 1872 of the
131 names therefore, have been
checked off, leaving ITS names to be
definitely accounted for. Deducting
the SO unidentified American soldiers
and the nine uncertain names from
this list leaves 1876 missing which adj
ded to the 131 known dead shows
total loss of 267 men
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A Scotch Seaport, Tuesday, Feb. H..
up to Tuesday night, a week after
the disaster, I'll victims of the ill-fated
Tuscania had been laid to rest at diff
ferent points on the Scottish coast.
These were divided as follows:
Americans: 131 identified and 80
unidentified; crew, four identified and
three unidentified. The Associated
Press correspondent ~co-operated with
the American army officers in obtain
ing the figures, which go forward to
Washington as the most accurate and
complete list obtainable.
The last II of these bodies recovered
were Americans and were buried this
afternoon, Villagers again coming
many miles in a downpour OF rain to
pay their simple tribute to the Aperi-
can dead. The bodies were brought
to the burial place on one big motor
truck which was followed along the
route several miles long by the squad
of rs khaki-clad American survivors
and the village mourners. One Of the
villagers carried the Union Jack, while
an American soldier held aloft the
Stars and Stripes.
At the ~graveside the American sol
diers sang @The Star Spangled Ban.
ner," followed by the natives singing
God Save the King" The usual mill
tary salute was then fired, ending the
ceremony. 1t was announced today
that the people of the nearby country
side had started a public subscription
to erect a permanent monument to
the Americans. There are eight Ameri-
cans still here too i'll to leave. They
are quartered in nearby farm houses
and village hotels. These men are:
r. /. Benefiel, E. L. LIstrom, Wilhur
C. Mutt, Boyd Hancock, {. E. Harpham,
Henry Schurtlng, James j. Colwell and
r. A. Gocner.
One American officer and IA men
are still in a hospital at Glasgow.
Each American body, whether iden-
titled or not, was given a number.
Thus, at a point where s~eventy-eight
victims were buried side by side in q
long trench the Numbers run from 1
to rs. At another point in a long
grave are 40 bodies. At a third place
IA victims are buried in three trenches,
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