Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-07
2.17o AMERICAN
TROOPS ABOARD.
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n ETuscania, conveyed by British
warships. has been torpedoed and
of the northI coast of Ireland,
Nineteen hundred and twelve ofS-
GERS and men. according to the state
department dispatches from London
have been landed and officials today
%anxiously await further details Of the
first disaster to American soldiers on
route to France, believing that most
of the 267 missing have been saves,
First news Of the sinking cane n
q report to the war department early
last night announcing that LOO SUR
vivors had been landed at Buncrana
and Larne, two widely separated
Irish ports. This was made public
about 10 O'Clock and until the arxIva,
OF the state department dispatch two
hours later it al feared that more
than 1.400,@ including the Cunarders
crew, had pei shed. The state d.
partment message said 2.l73 troops
We're aboard the Tuscania.
NO MENTION OF
CREW IN MESSAGE.
No mention Of the fate Of the crew
was made. in the state, department
advices nor vas the landing points
Gated, but the war departments mes
sage saying that II, 100 survivors
had beel1+put ashore at Buncrana and
Larne indicated that the convoy ves-
sells got alongside the sinking trans
port quickly and relief ships made
the scene of the disaster within ..
few hours.
Buncrana is on Tough Swilly on
the north coast of Donegal not far
from Londonderry, while Larne.. is -
north channel port on the east coast
of Antrim naor- polfac CT TshA lao6i~~
points indicate that the Tuscania was
taking the northern route around
ireland to England and the distance
between Runcrana and L4arne leads
officials to believe the number of res
cue ships searching the vicinity is
large. 81,
No mention of the time of the sink
ing was made in either of the official
messages but news was received in
London at 3 p. IN. yesterday.
A coded list OF. survivors, was COM
ing into the war department early to
day but officials declined. to give out
the names already received. The Of
fetal list was expected tbday as soon
as it is decoded. , Y
FORMER MICHIGAN
GUARDS ABOARD.
The troops aboard the Tuscania
were mainly former Michigan and
Wisconsin National Guardsmen now
attached to the Thirty-second div
sion trained at Camp MacArthur,
Tex. Several araero squadrons ant
several companies of the Twentieth
Engineers, a forestry regiment were
aboard. The list of units as made
public by the adjutant generals Of
fee, last night is as follows:
Headquarters detachment an
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tieth Engineers. n,
10th Military police.
10th Supply train.
Number 100 Aero Squadron.
15Sth Aero Squadron.
213th Aero Squadron.
requirements attachments Nos. !
and 2 of the s2d division.
Eifty-one casual officers.
The 10TH Military police was
made UP from the Fourth and Sixth
Wisconsin infantry, and the :07th
supply train from the Fourth. Fifth
and Sixth Wisconsin infantry.
! The Twentieth Engineers, a for
estry regiment, and the aero squad
IONS probably we're recruited from
various sections and the place they
trained was not mentioned by the
war department.
At first there was some confusion
at the war department as to whether
the Goth engineers or the 10th en-
gineers were aboard the Tuscania.
1t finally was established that the
107th engineer regiment was not on
board. lThis is a separate organiza-
ton from tho 107th engineer train
which was-on board.) ls&f.
"A headquarters company and COM
panies d, e and F of the Goth engi-
neerss were on board. These units
the sixth battalion of the
10th, which is a forestry regiment,
not attached to the S32nd division. 1t
is n of the forestry regiments spc-
WILSON AT THE
THEATER AT TIME.
President Wilson, who was attend
ing the theater when the news OF the
sinking was received, Secretary Bak-
er and many other officials remained
Eup>late for more details but only the
sages came through until the list of
survivors began to arrive from the
American army headquarters, in Lon
don early today.
The state departments dispatch
said Ambassador Page had sent two
army ofticers to$ Belfast and repre-
~sentatives of the American Red Cross
and. the II M. SC. al. had gone with
lsfnils power to spend all the money
NEEDED in the relief.
Although the American ira nsport
EAntilles was t~orpedoedt and sunk In
the war zone while returning from
France and IA soldiers and 1856 9th
E i lost. the Tuscanias is the frst
ship carrying American troops to- Eu--
rope to. be sunk by a submarine.
|sAmerican. warships. conveying trans
ports last June, twice fought Off slpp--
marine attacks and since then there
have been no reports OF attacks ION
ships carrying American troop 70
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ThessTuscania until last fall hA4
EbSens III thu sfrans-AtiaIti tradestaS
the sinking iMdtcates4sthat b recents
had been entgaxsd in transporttp4
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