Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-02-07

ion Of those in the Rainbow division
which are safe In France, are still
in camp In the United States,
There have been no large recent
transportation of Iowans abroad
Any Iowans on the sunken vessel
would be those who have enlisted In
the regular army and there ls little
possibility that any enlisted during
the recruiting drive in November and
December are included.
,s..--,W Washington. y. C.-Nineteen hun.
dred and twelve Of the 1.179 Ameri
can officers afI4 men on board the
4Cunard liner TuscSnia torpedoed and
sank In tho war zone. were reported
discounted for in dispatch to the
state department last night from the
American embassy at London. X
The war department announced
that its records showed the following
xwere on board the Tuscania:
Headquarters detachment and the
companies d. e and F Of the twen-
tieth engineers.
One Hundred SEVENTEEN engineer
train.
One Hundred Seventh engineer
train.
One Hundred Seventh Military po-
lice.
One Hundred Seventh Supply train
No. 100 Aero squadron.
One Hundred Fifty-eighth Aero
squadron.
Two Hundred Thirteenth Aero
Squadron.
Replacement detachments Nos. !
and 20 of the Thirty-second division.
Fifty-one casual officers.
The Thirty-second division is COM
posed of national guard troops from
Michigan and Wisconsin. The divis-
ion trained at Camp>McArthur, Tex.
The One Hundred Seventh engi-
neers was composed Of the First ba.
tallion of Michigan engineers, the
One Hundred Seventh military police
was made up from the Fourth and
Sixth Wisconsin infantry and the
One Hundred Seventh Supply train
from the Fourth. Fifth and Sixth
Wisconsin infantry.
Washington, d. C.,--The Cunard
liner Tuscania. carrying 2.179 Amer
sunk off the Irish coast.
News of the first great disaster
in the war to Americas armed forces
came in brief dispatch to the war
department from London. 1t did not
mention the possibility of further
survivors, but hope here was built
upon the fact that all of the LOO
were landed at two widely separated
Irish ports and indicated that relief
vessels were at hand quickly
The soldiers on board the Tuscania
were small attachments from al.
most every section of the country.
There was no distinctive military
unit from any state. and for this
reason war department officials an.
nounced that 1t would be impossible
to announce list of those on board
until complete reports had been re-
ceived.
no Forward Details
Instructions were sent by wireless
and cable by the war, navy and state
departments to their representatives
in England and Ireland directing
that every detail be forwarded ct
the earliest possible moment.
The disaster was announced IN the
following statement: "a !.
''The war, department has been ad-
vised that the steamship Tuscanis
was torpedoed and sunk and that
survivors numbering 100 as far as
could be ascertained, we're landed at
Buncranna and Larne in Ireland. A
total of 2.179 United States troops
were on this vessel. No names OF
persons lost have been reported to
the war department and no names OF
survivors were reported.s Additional
particulars are promised as soon as
received"
At first officials Of the department
thought Il would be unwise to pub
lish the list of soldiers on the ship
until the names Of, the survivors
could be given. fearing 1t would
cause unnecessary anxiety on the
part of the families Of the men
saved.
No. Records
Later, when 1t was pointed out
that delay in giving out the list
would give heartbreaking hours to
nearly every family in the country
with boy In the service. Major Cen.
eral Mcintyre. chief censor. announc.
ed that 1t had developed that II
would be impossible to give the
names from the departments records
because there was no distinctive mil
itary unit on board.
The Tuscania was British pas.
senger and freight steamer OF IA
348 tons gross register. She was
built at Glasgow in 1914 and wal
owned by the Anchor line.
The last report of the Tuscanis
was her arrival at an Atlantic port
January II last.
- The Tuscania during her days Al
a passenger liner was one of the
best equipped vessels In the trans
Atlantic service. She made hel
maiden voyage in February, 1915
and for a time was in the service o.
the British Admiralty. but later-wa
restored to her owners for regular
service.
She was 567 feet long with 81
foot beam and was equipped to carr!
$500 passengers In cabin and steer
age accommodations. The ship hat
twin screws and speed of about II
knots. On several occasions sine
the war began abe was the object o
torpedo attack hut managed to -
cape through her speed assisted b
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