The Yale expositor., 1918-02-14
VICTIMS OF TORPEDOED TROOPSHIP BY
COMPARING IMPRINTS WITH RECORDS.
NINETY MICHIGAN MEN ON STRICKEN LINER
Ships Roster Shows Names of Soldiers From All Sections of
State-Exact Loss Still in Doubt-Several
Wolverines Unaccounted For.

Ernest Monroe, private, Webberville.
William ]. Mccartney, corporal,
Pontiac.
Archie e. Moore. sergeant Elsie.
Fred Adolph Krey, private, Harris.
burg.
William r. Johnson, corporal, Meta.
mora.
Alpha l.. Rice private, Charlotte.
Herbert c. ]. Besner, corporal. Sag
inaw.
George E. Schwartz, private, Rich
mond.
Cosmers H. Slater, private, Munis-
ing.
Ralph T. Storey, private, Bay City.
Albert A. Crumley, 1st lieutenant,
Detroit.
William E. Boughner, sergeant, Bir-
mingham.
Mark r. Fulsher. cook. Harrisville.
Edmund F. Seymour, cook, Detroit,
Wilburn S. Adair, private, Harris
Vile.
Arthur ]. Siplon, private, Muskegon.
! Leigh A. Wright, private, Hillsdale.
Paul Carenahowski, private, Door.
/ Wilbur w. Clark, private, Lansing.
Garland e. Cove, private, Tecum-
sch.
Robert A. Mcneil private, Detroit.
Connor A. Collins, private, Battle
/ Creek.
| WIN. j. Widman, private, Detroit.
Earl Burton, private, Holland.
Merle Howe, first lieutenant, Mt.
/ Pleasant.
George Vanderlean, private, McBain.
Ralph Winkel, private, Marion.
| Ernest r. Bridges, private, Van
court.
Henry Vrondyke, private, Grand
Rapids.
Max G. Rogers. private, Flowerfield.
Ernest H. Shields, private, Lowell.
Leonard E. Read, private, Hubbards-
town.
Carle o. Rosignoli, private, Detroit.
Stanley ID. Anderson, sergeant, High
/ land Park.
Ephriam Buck, private, Detroit.
Jacob Hamstra, private, iceland.
Civilians.
Edward T. Fitzgerald. civilian, Sec
retary Mayor Oscar b. Marx. Detroit.
Abner E. Larned. civilian, Detroit.
| Wreckaee Strewn On Irish Coast.
A mass of swirling wreckage along
the Irish coast marks the grave of the
Tuscania, the first American troop
| transport sunk by a German submar-
inc.
A few bodies of the men who per-
ished have been washed ashore, and
some of the injured now in hospitals
are expected to succumb.
Survivors were quartered in hotels,
homes and hospitals along the North
Irish coast.
The ship was sunk by a torpedo on
the night of February 5.
First reports indicated that 210 men
were missing. This number included
113 American soldiers. The total mum.
Der of men on board, troops and crew,
was 1919
The Tuscania was a British vessel
!
crack vessel of the Anchor line, under
charter to the Cunard line. Her ca
pacity was $500 passengers, but with
alterations in her accommodations she
could carry many more troops.
She has had several encounters with
submarines, and one occasion rescued
40 American survivors of U-boat at
tack.
Battered Bodies Washed Ashore.
Cable press dispatches saying that
large number of bodies of American
soldiers, battered beyond recognition,
had been washed ashore Is miles from
the scene of the torpedoing dampened
hope that the troop losses would
prove very small. According to fig
ures given in earlier press dispatches
only 101 of those aboard, including
soldiers, members of the crew and pas
sengers, were missing. This had led
officials to believe that with the heavy
loss first indicated among the crew
most American soldiers had been
saved.
The report from the Irish port,
which also said that army identifica-
tion tags found on the bodies of the
soldiers washed ashore bore no names
or numbers, making Identification i'm
possible, caused considerable specula-
tion. Army regulations require identi-
fcation tags bearing name, rank, COM
pany and regiment OF the wearer.
Although there was no official con-
hrmation of this report and officials
declined to comment, it was pointed
out that the dispatches said that the
soldiers had not been assigned to def.
mite units.
Submarine Not Seen.
Survivors are agreed that no one
saw the wake of foam as the torpedo
came toward the vessel. II was
black night and no alarm came from
any one Of the is lookouts. The tor