The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-02-15
AMERICAN SOLDf|
VICTIMS OF U-BI|
STEAMER CARRYING wlseo,
AND MICHIGAN SoLDIEne
SUNK OFF IRISH coAsr
Hundred Lives Lost When suhn.
Sneaks Between Conveys and \.
Torpedo at British Vessel e.
rying Men to Francs.

WashingtOn.-The British =.
Tuscania was torpedoed off tha 4
coast on February 6, at least
dred lives being lost, many ~ n
who persisted being American 800
The Tuscania was under tha !
ton of the British admiralty when
and was under convoy of thel,
stroyers. The excellent work /, H
destroyers is declared to have
directly responsible for the coma
lively small casualty list.
Such details as have come fran
rope indicate that the Tuscania \
torpedoed by a single submarine n
slipped under the advance scree'
destroyers leading the CONVOY u
There is no evidence of an attse
force, and the U-boat probably poi
the path of the liner largely by IN
Sometimes as many as forty ye
make up conveyed feet.
The Tuscania carried a total of N
The saved number 2296, as folls
Troops, 2106; crew, 100; Total
101.
Among the American survivors
seventy-six officers. There are els
one American troops in hospitals
The bodies of forty-four of the \
Ing 1O1 victims of the Tuscania dis,
were washed up Thursday on the n
fifteen miles from the scene Of the
pedOing. All were Americans and rs
bodies were mutilated beyond reCOs
ton. A pathetic feature is that
though all the victims wore TAGS
identification numbers had been I'M
them because these Americans had
as yet been assigned to definite y
units. Therefore there is no wal
identify them and they will be bu
in one grave.
Most of the Americans were
through the Tuscania's sudden Id
list after being torpedoed, vi
caused faulty launching of the
boats.
Units Aboard Vessel.
The war department announces
the following troops were aboard
Inflated vessel:
Headquarters detachment and {.
panies d, e and f of the Goth &
neerS.
10th engineer train. y
10th engineer train.
10th military police.
10th supply train.
No. 100 aero squadron.
15Sth aero squadron.
213th aero squadron.
Displacement detachment Nos.
2 of the 32d division.
Fifty-One casual officers.
The 32d division is composed
tiOnal guard troops from Michigan =
Wisconsin. The division trainet
Camp Macarthur, Texas.
the 10th engineers was conn
of the First battalion of MichigaE
gineers; the 10th military police
made up from the Fourth and "
Wisconsin infantry, and the 107th4i
ply train from the Fourth, Fifth
Sixth Wisconsin infantry.
Most of Men Guardsmen.
Thus, most of the soldiers are 81
mer Wisconsin and Michigan sd
men, except those in the aero 81.
ron, who probably were recruited 81
all parts of the country.
The Tuscania was the first Shil
rying American troops to Europe
sunk by German submarines, bu
American transport Antilles was III
pedeed and sunk in the war zone a.
returning to the United States
France and fourteen soldiers werehl
with 1856 other persons, including
eral members of the naval ifil
guard. Il
American warships conveying
ports to France last June twice ri
off submarine attacks. Since
however, there has been no rep
an attack on ship carrying AMI
troops to Europe. ~
Recently the navy departmea q
feared that the Germans would ~
concerted effort to intercept ~
ports, the recall of many of the
! marines to their bases being tri
pretcd as preliminary to such
paign. nl
Navy officials have insisted % tn
spite the most careful plans and
to safeguard transports. there ~
ways a chance that a troop ship eol
stumble upon a lurking U-boa
the general belief expressed Ws
this is what happened in this nS
The same regulations as 10 2
Ing apparatus govern the move.
American troops on "A British Ye'sl
would govern their pass e g
American craft. Those regu
I which are rigidly enforced. prot
sufficient lifebOat and liferaft
/ for every man aboard the ship hs
/ one-half of the boats are render 81
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