The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-07
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500 survivors in Larne. AS soon as
they are QUILTED properly they VIII
be brought to Winchester"
The following official communlca-
ton was given out early at Lonooh
! this afternoon:
1.-THE Anchor liner Tuscania, capt
]. L. Henderson, was torpedoeo on
| the night of the fifth of February on
the Irish coast while carrying United
States troops.
Following are the approximate
number saved:
| United States military officers,
| 76; men, 1875.
Screw: officers, 16; men, l25.
| Passengers, 8.
mot specified, 30.
1.-THE total number aboard, 2,SS1.
Total saved, 2,1S7.
1.-THE foregoing are approximate
| figures, but as correct as can be given
at present
Among those arriving in Fort Ellen,
Islay, Scotland, were:
Second Lieut.. Frank i. Maker, en-
gineers.
Il
battalion, 10th engineers:
First Lieut.. Schweissinger, Sergeant
Harry A. Kelly, Corporal Howard E.
Bullock, Corporal William A. Cherry,
Privates Alva Bowman, Dale c. Haz-
lett, William A. Hickring, Charles IL
meek, Harry A Keller, Lloyd Ledbet-
ter, James r. Moss, Walter Maczarek'
David Foe, Edward B. Peterson, j.
ID T
zia, Ralph Uphus. A. Van Den Dries
sche, Goldman White, John S. Will
liams, Edward L. Anderson, Tom A
Ashby, Frank S. Broz, James BaSye'
Alexander M. Bush.
From the 10th supply train: Phi
waite H. K1eist; 15Sth aero squadron
Privates John B. Fleming and Ed
ward F. Klingman.
The goth engineers, (foresters) Is
the largest regiment in the world, al
though only one battalion was on the
Tuscania. The aggregate strength OF
the regiment is 1900 officers and
men, Some of the units are still IN
training in a camp near here. Col. W.
A. Mitchell of the regular army COM
mands the regiment and Henry s.
Graves, chief forester of the United
States department of agriculture, is
lieutenant colonel. Neither however
was with the battalion on the Tus-
CANA.
The work of the goth regiment
which was raised with the active CO.
operation of the American forestry as
ISOLATION, is to cut timber IN the
French forests for military uses at the
! fighting front; for hospitals, Y. M. Z
A. buildings and other purposes.
t First news of the sinking came in
report to the war department earl!
last night announcing that LOO sur
vivors had been landed in Buncrans
E end Larne, two widely separated Irlsf
ports, This was made public abou
e 10 o'clock and until the arrival O
t the state department dispatch tw'
D hours later it was feared that NOR
4 than 1,4OO, including the Cunarder'
6 crew, had persisted. The state depart
= ment message said 2,719 troop
o were aboard the Tuscania.
= No mention of the fate of tn
crew was made in the state depart
ment advices, nor was the landing
points of the rescued American troop
indicated, but the war department
! message saying "1,1O0 survivors hat
been put ashore at Buncrana ant
Iarne indicated the convoy vessels go
i alongside the sinking transport quick
d " and relief ships made the scene o
f the disaster within a few hours.
: Buncrana is on Tough Swilly on tn
e north coast of Donegal, not far iron
y Londonderry, while Larne is a Nortl
channel port on the east coast of An
s trim, near Belfast. The landin
t points indicate the Tuscania was tax
: ing the northern route around Irelan
r to England and the distance betwee
lBuncrana and Larne leads officials t
e believe the number of rescue ship
l. searching the vicinity is large.
q No mention of the time of the sink
g ing was made in either of the Off
q cial messages, but news was receiv
ed in London at p. m. yesterday.
A coded list of survivors was com
ing into the war department early to
day. The Official list was expected to
| day as soon as it is decided.
The troops aboard the Tuscani
were mainly former Michigan an
= Wisconsin national guardsmen no
s. attached to the 32nd division, traine
e in Camp Macarthur, Tex. Severe
: aero squadrons and several companie
e of the 10th engineers, a forestry reg
e ment were aboard. The list of uni
10 as made public by the adjutant ger
1t erals office last night is as follow:
IL 10Th engineer train.
n 10th military police.
ne 10Th supply train.
t. No. 100 aero squadron.
15Sth aero squadron.
213th aero squadron.
Replacement attachments Nos
and of the 32nd division.
q Fifty one casual officers.
The 10Th military police We
made up from the Fourth an
ry Sixth Wisconsin infantry; and II
y, 10Th supply train from the Fourt
Or Fifth and Sixth Wisconsin infantry.
r A headquarters company and Co
at D E and F of the goth Engineer
he were on board. These units con
m prise the Sixth battalion of the cot
il which is a forestry regiment, not a
tached to the 32nd division. It
one of the forestry regiments spec
ally organized for work in France.
ne The aero squadrons probably we
ok constructed from forest sections al
es the place they trained was not mel
toned by the war department.
- President Wilson, who was atten
ing the theatre when news of the sinl
ing was received, Secretary Baker al
many other officials remained up la
for more details but only the ter
war and state department messag
came through until the lst Of su
iu vivors began to arrive from the Anne
OF lean army headquarters in Londt