Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15
III TUSCANIA VICTIMS
BURIED IN SCOTLAND
Include t3t Identified and 33
Unidentified Americans
and Seven of Crew

a SCOTCH SEAPORT. Tuesday. Feb.
12.-CBy the Associated Press. up to
Tuesday night. a week after the dis
aster. IL victims OF the ill-fated Tus-
cania had been laid to rest at different
points on the Scottish coast. These were
divided as follows:
American. 1s1 identified and SS I'M
identified; crew. four identified and three
unidentified
The associated Press correspondent
co-operated with the American army Of
hciaIs N obtaining these figures. which
so forward to Washington as the most
accurate and complete list obtainable.
The last seventeen of these bodies re-
covered-alI Americans-were buried
this afternoon. villagers again coming
many miles in a downpour Of rain TO
pay their simple tribute to the American
dead The bodies were brought to the
burial place on one big motor truck
which was followed along the route sew
eral miles long by the squad of twenty
five khaki-clad American survivors and
the village mourners. One of the vii
layers carried the Union Jack, while
an American soldier held aloft the Stars
and Stripes.
At the graveside the American soldiers
sang the star Spangled Banner" fol-
lowed by the natives singing God Save
the King" The usual military salute
was then fired, ending the ceremony.
Fence Around Graves
Temporary fences have been built
around the graves to be replaced by a
II. ne ne 10 ms =
terials can be brought to these desc
late shores. a British colonel who has
worked day and night since the disaster
helping the Americans bury their dead
announced today that the people of the
nearby countryside had started a pub
lie subscription to erect a permanent
monument TO the Americans.
There are eight Americans still here
too i'll to leave, several Of them still
dazed by their experiences. They are
ouartered in nearby farm houses and
village hotels. These men are +. 1. Ben
fei. f. L. Lystrom, Wilbur c. Mutt,
BOYD F. Hancock, Z. +. Harpham. Henry
Schurting, James j. Colwell and F. A.
Gocher.
one American officer and fourteen men
are still in a hospital at Glasgow.
The following is the first complete
list of Americans now buried on the
Scottish coast Each body, whether
identified or not. was given. a number
Thus. at a phoint where rs victims
were buried side by side in a long trench
the numbers run from 1 to IS in the
following orders:
List of Dead
T w Herman. L. B. Reeder, William
c. Keown, L. Roberts, Orville Casper
E. RI. Duffy, Paul John c. Wood, w. r
Johnson, II. r. Page, c. B. West, T. Tut
tie Walter Brown, Clarence w. Snort
II. Stewart. fireman, member of Crew
RAYMOND Butler. state of Wisconsin
James Logan, member of crew, G.
Zimmerman, j. Edwards Buttemont
George H. Reinhardt, Walter Crelline
William Z. Bennett, G. E. Swanson. un
identified private; William P. Moran, @
]. Jenkins. Charles Mcmillan, crew
RAYMOND T. Hurst, T. +. Lawton, T.
Dawson, W. Harley. C. H. Bresner 3
L. Weeks. Henry F. Spidel, David @
Renton. Julius d. Wagner, William j
Tragesser, Alfio LicarL
Percy A. Stevens. W. ". Wright, Mar
Gus b. Cook. G. n. Biork. John
c. johnson, T. T. St Clair, Ar
thur w. Collins, G. Lankenan'
L. Cheshire. Gerald X Grover, Frank
Burns, Milton Tully. Edwin r. Berkey'
unidentified soldier. Philip E. Leigand
I
crew. Frederick Allen, W. Raines, Homer
[. Anderson, Fred NJ Linthon, ]. B.
/ Guerney. j. L. Pearce, Elmer r. l..
Cowan. william T. McMurray, Samuel
/ A. Pentecost, Russell f. Bennett, Robert
I F Warren, l. W. Ozment, William I.
/ Gregs 1. Sims, J., p. Hawley, w.
Mathews. unidentified soldier. Samuel
p. Riggs, Norman c. Crucker. P. A.
Agrien. ]. ]. Byerg, Fred w. Rudolph,
Milwaukee. Wis; unidentified private,
| Herman Rupp.
Forty-nins In Another Grave
At another point in a long grave are
| forty-nine bodies. They are all in collins
and are numbered from one to forty.
nine in the following order:
| Unidentified private, Jesse NJ. Rhol-
/ les. Captain Leo +. Lebron, John Jenk-
/ ms. wireless operator; James A. Price
Boise; two unidentified privates; Claude
W. Walker, Los Angeles; f. o. Peca
/ George W. Tomlins. Ethan Allen White
unidentified private, Oscar Lee Smith
/ Winters, Edgar f. Burns. unidentified
member of crew, George Mems, uniden'
| titled private, lula B. Thompson, Del
Walter Leonard, Wilmington Sherman
/ Lieutenant F.. Philip Lightall. w. r
Wilson, unidentified private, Daniel Tro
/ bridge Bryant, unidentified private, Will
Il liam o. williams. Fletcher Odell Plede
/ ger. three unidentified privates, W. Z
/ Bickers, unidentified private, J. J. Buck
/ ley, ]. B. Bishop, two unidentified pri
Yates, +. T. Young, Gilmore Enge
1 Percy. three unidentified privates, Cap
/ tain Philip V. sherman. unidentified pri
/ waite, unidentified member of crew, thre,
/ unidentified privates, William Arthur
Moore, Oris Z. Hutchins.
At a third place forty-four victim:
/ are in three trenches, the largest hold.
/ eighteen bodies, another sixteen and
/ third ten. In the first named the bodies
/ have been numbered from one {,
/ eighteen in this order:
Harry Carpenter, two unidentified pri
| Yates. John a. Laakko, Rocco Calarese
AIDE Mccoy. two unidentified privates
| Stanley a. Anspurger, Z. A. Houston
Stanley L. Collins, Joseph g. Maxstruck
| Otto Ray Martin. Columbus Hill, Clar
| Metzenbaumer, William Clark Jackson
John Eichammer, Ben Barker.
Those in the next grave are numbers
from nineteen to thirty-four as follows
Unidentified private, Wesley w. Hyatt
Anstad Gunder, Van Smith Peters, viii
liam H Raisner. Fred N Unger, Fran
DrahOta, John o. Robinson, Edgar Cul
len. J. p. WATSON. +. r. Church, Henri
A Stemmer. y. B. Short. three unidentl
fed privates.
In the third grave only ten men wer,
buried. tagged from one to ten, as fol
lows: