Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-07
.lcentinu.d from Paae onel

when the news was received and he was not told until he returned to the White House. In the meantime the war, navy and state departments had sent urgent messages by wireless and cable instructing their representatives in England and Ireland to forward ev- cry available fact immediately. a 4 Because -of-4the4 slature of the nin- tary organizations carried by the, ship, the war department announced that it would be impossible to say definitely what troops were aboard until the list of survivors was received. Later, how ever, the adjutant generals office made the list public. It follows:
 Detachnnents Aboard.
 The war department announced that its records show the following were on board the Tuscania:
 Headquarters Detachment and Com panies D. E and of the Twentieth Engineers.
 forth Engineer Train.
 107th Military Police
 107th Supply Train
 Number 100 Aero Squadron.
 15Sth Aero Squadron
 213th Aero Squadron.
 Replacement Detachments Numbers and of the 32nd Division.
 F1tty -0ne casual OTncerS. .sr
 The Thirty Second Division is com posed of national guard troops from Michigan and Wisconsin. The divis ion trained at Camp MeArthur. Texas
 Thus. all the soldiers are former Wisconsin and Michigan guardsmen except those in the aero squadron, who probably were recruited from all parts of the country. Neither the despatch to the war department nor that ta the state department referred to the fate of the members of the Tuscania's crew Undoubtedly many of them were, saved and when all reports are in officials hope that, the loss of life will be re- narkably small The liner; which is not regular transport, was under convoy and the warships apparently were quickly alongside for rescue work when the torpedo struck. The first news was given here in this terse an- 1 nouncement from the war department: I Official Announcement. | "The war department has been off, l cially advised that the steamship Tus- cania was torpedoed and sunk and that survivors numbering HOO, as far as could be ascertained, were landed at Buncranna and Larne in Ireland. 1 There was total of 2.179 United States troops on this vessel. No name of persons lost has been reported to the war department and no name of survivors was reported Additional particulars are promised as soon as received
 The state departments announce ment gave the number of soldiers or 1 board as 2,173, six less than the wal I departments report. It told of plans promptly made for caring for the sur. vivors The state department issued this statement
 'sThe latest advices received by the state department from the embassy at London regarding the Tuscania is | that at Il D. m. Feb. s the latest ln- forma tion was that 1912 officers ant men on tine Tuscania were accounted for, out of 2,173.
 The ambassador has sent an as sistant military attache and another army officer to Belfast. Ireland. Rep resentatives of the. American Ret Cross and the Y. M. c. A. also h9s4' gone, with full power to spend all th'
 money needed and authorizations iron the British Red Cross to use thei
 equipment at Belfast. The ambassa
 dor further reports T that the lort
 mayor at Belfast is giving all the ait
 possible
 First Ship With Troops to Be Sunk The Tuscania was the first ship car
 rying American troops to Europe t
 be sunk by, German submarines, nu
 the American transport Antilles wa torpedoed and sunk in the war zon
 while returning to the; United State l from France and Ii soldiers were lost !, with. 1o6 other persons including sev eral members of the naval arme guard. -..
 American warshipS. conveying traAS
 ports to France last June twice tough } off submarine attacks. Since thel however, there has been no report 0 an attack on a ship carrying Ameri can troops to Europe. -.
 Recently the navy department ha feared that the Germans would mak , a concerted effort to- intercept trans ports, the recall of many of the sub marines to their bases being inter preted as preliminary to such cam paign.
 Was Bound to England. The position of the Tuscania whe she was sunk is taken to indicate tha ing definitely diseloses that Britis !. ships are being used to. carry Ameri can troops abroad, supplemental
 American transport tonnage. Thi
 fact has been intimated before an
 probably arises from the decision ( 5 i the supreme war council to nalae ev
 cry effort to augment General Per a shing's army during the present yea
 Navy officials have insisted that de l spite the most careful plans and ei , forts to safeguard transports, the1 :. was always a chance that a troop shi II would stumble upon a lurking sut - marine and, the general belief tonigf e l was that this is what had happened : this case. 9 f The same regulations as to life say n ing apparatus govern the movemel Q of American troops on a a British ves Il sel as would govern their passage C n an American craft. These regulation : which are rigidly enforced, provideSf,
 sufficient. life boats and life raft e
 pacity for every man; aboard the shi
 even if one-half or the boats are rer : dered useless through the listing {
 the ship when it is struck. @
 The TuScania was 6 British paSse1 e ger and freight steamship of s14,3 4 tens gross register She was built !;
 Glasgow in 1914 and was owned l
 the Anchor Line. The last report Il the Tuscania was her arrival at g is Atlantic port January 17 last.
 The Tuscanias during her days as
 passengef liner was one of the be 1T equipped vessels Sin the trans tlant d service. She made her maiden voya.
 in February. 1915.l and for a time W;
 in the service of the British admiralt is but later was restored to her owne 1t for regular service.
 She was 567 feet long with 66 fo
 beam and, was equipped to carry. 2,5 le passengers in cabin and .steerage a le commodations The ship had tw
 screws. and speed of about IS ,knot
 On several occasions since. the war b ; gan she was the object of, torpedo a t. tack but managed to escape throul