River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-02-14

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rescue ships were quickly at hand
gave rise to hope that nearly every
body on board the Tuscania except
those injured by the explosion might
have been saved.
List of Units Aboard.
Because of the nature of the mill
tary organizations carried by the ship
the War department announced that
it would be impossible to say def
nitely what troops were aboard until
the list of survivors was received.
Later, however, the adjutant gen.
erals office made the list public. It
follows:
10th Engineer train; 10th Enginee
train; 10th Military police; 10th
Supply train; No. 100 Aero squadron;
158th Aaro Squadron; 213th Aero
Squadron; Replacement detachments
Nos. 1 and of the 32nd division;
Headquarters Detachment and Com
panies d, E, and F of the Goth En-
gineers; the 32nd division is COM
posed of National guard of Michigan
and Wisconsin. The division trained
at Camp Macarthur, Texas
Thus, all the soldiers are former
Wisconsin and Michigan guardsmen
except those in the aero squadron,
VINO probably were recruited from all
parts of the country
First Ship With Troops.
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rying American troops to Europe to be
sunk by German submarine, but the
American transport Antilles was tor
pedoed and sunk in the war zone
while returning to the United States
from France and IA soldiers were lost,
with 1876 other persons, including sew
eral members of the naval armed
guard.
Ship Bound for England.
Since then, however, there has been
no report of an attack on a ship car
rying American troops to Europe.
Recently the Navy department has
feared that the Germans would make
a concentrated effort to intercept
transports and the call of many of the
submarines to their bases being inter-
preted as preliminary to campaign.
The position of the Tuscania when
she was sunk is taken to indicate that
she was bound to England Her sink
ing definitely discloses that British
ships are being used to carry Ameri-
can troops abroad, supplementing
American transport tonnage.
Story of Eyewitness.
London, Feb. 8-Survivors of the
Tuscania, United States transport
ship, sunk by torpedo from a Ger
man submarine, asserted that two tor
pedoes were fired. The first passed
just astern of the vessel, while the
second struck in the vicinity of No. l
boiler
The behavior of the greater part of
the soldiers and members of the crew
was splendid.
A few of them became excited, him
dering the lowering of the boats In
some cases the entire crews were
thrown out while the boats were be-
ing lowered. Other boats were. let
down hurriedly ON men who were
swimming around the liner Many
casualties were occasioned in this
way.
Within Sight of Land.
The Tuscania, one of a convoy OF
troop and provision ships which after
a long voyage across the Atlantic, was
entering what until recently were con-
sidered comparatively safe waters, was
within sight of land, which was just
distinguished in the dusk of evening,
when the torpedo hit it amidships.
The transport steamer took a heavy
list, which made proper lowering Of
the boats impracticable. Many men
jumped into the sea. Others were
thrown into the water when the boats
were lowered.
An eyewitness-a passenger on one
of the vessels near the transport
said the captain Of the ship saw tie
wake of the torpedo and diverted the
course of his own steamer, success
fully.
The Tuscania was signalled: Tor
pedo coming. Dodge!" The transport
started to turn, but was caught broad
side. not having had time to swerve
into the clear The Tuscania was hit a
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