The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-15

Replacement detachments Nos.
and 2 from the Thirty second Nation
al Guard division.
The British conveys did heroic
work in rescuing, as the comparative
ly small losses show Early reports
give no details of the attack and II
is regarded as probable that the ship
stumbled on the submarine rather than
the disaster was due to the first shot
of the advertised campaign against
American lives of troops and supplies.
The Twentieth Engineers was the
largest regiment in the world, but
there was only one battalion on board.
st. Paul, Mimi, February w. I.
Cox, state forester of Minnesota, esti-
mates that were about 500 Minnesota
men on board the Tuscania- He tells
how he himself gathered together
many of the men that enlisted in
the forestry service of the army, and
started off to France, and he believes
that Companies D, E and F, to which
the Official dispatch refers, were
largely made up of Minnesota men.
He thinks those referred to as Wis
consin men in the dispatch were
largely from Minnesota. Among
those whom he believes to have been
aboard the Tuscania were T. A. Don
lin of st. Cloud, L. Mathers of Fari-
bault and H. B. Philips of North
field. He says the Minnesota men
that were sent in the forestry serv-
ice of the army were largely from
the northern part of tire state.
Statement BY Baker.
UNITED Press Dispatch1
Washington, February 7.-Secre-
tary of War Baker today issued
statement for the comfort of any of
those in America who lost those Near
and dear to them in the sinking of
the Tuscania. He declared that the
cruelty of the savage, sharpened by
the knowledge of civilization, had
made it's challenge to America. The
effect ould only be to unite America
the more closely and make this coun-
try more than ever determined to
win the war The war must be won
by America and will be.
Brigadier General McIntrye of the
war department today expressed tho
hope that the list of those who lost
their lives in the sinking of this YES
sci would be still farther reduced
when the facts were all known. He
spoke of the large number of hOspit-
ais ships, war craft and other boats in
those waters, and said quite a number
might have been picked up that are
not yet reported.
Figures From London.
! UNITED Press Dispatch.1
| London, Eng, February --latest
reports thus far place the total list
of lost in the torpedoing of the Tus-
cania at 210. 1t is reported that the
| troops On board the vessel when she
sailed numbered 119 officers and g.
| 039 men, and those reported to have
been saved number seventy-six Of
ficers and 1897 men. This would mean
las Of the fighting men lost, if these
| figures are correct, the rest of the
lost being members of the crew and
certain passengers. According to these
! figures forty three officers were lost
and 102 men, The total number of the
missing is 210. The total number of
those saved is 2,1S7 thus far, accord
ing to reports.
Camp Dodge, Iowa, February IA
large number of drafted men of Min
nesota are believed to have been on
board the transport Tuscania, which
was sunk off the coast of Ireland.
London, Eng, February THE
fact that the transport Tuscania
foated for several hours after she was
sunk accounts for the saving of most
of those aboard Red Cross work is
being rushed to Ireland to rescue the
survivors
London, Eng, February 7-All of
those Americans on board the Tus-
cania were protected by government
insurance or by the war risk law,
which guarantees $4,000 to each.