Evening star., 1918-02-08

The committee on puolic H'ioi iiio
today made the following announce
ments:
s.The passenger list of the Tuscania
compiled by the War Department at
the port OF etnESfkation shows that the
vessel carried 2.177 military passengers
ana two civilian passengers The mill
tarv passengers consisted OF III om-
GERS and 1850 enlisted men.
Engineers Cause Confusion.
..Much concern has been occasioned
tbrouxhout the country by confusion Of
the 10th Regiment Of Engineers win
the 1Ofth Engineer Train of the so d.
neers was not listed as having saieo
on the Tuscania- The 1oIth Engineer
Train was"
Cable press dispatches from an Irish
port last night. saying that 1orty-Iou.
bodies Of American soldiers. battered
beyond recognition, had been washed
ashore fifteen miles from the scene OF
the torpedoing, dampened hope that tne
troop losses would prove very small.
According to figures given IN carrier
press dispatches only 101 OF those
aboard, including soldiers. members of
the crew and passengers, We're missing.
This had led officials to beiieve that
with the heavy loss first indicated
among the crew most American SOL
diers had been saved.
No List Prepared.
No attempt was being made thus far
to prepare list of the lost or missing.
Indications today were that names OF
the survivors would continue to come IN
slowly as they are assembled in Ireland
by representatives of the War, State
and Navy departments.
The report from the Irish port. which
hot pa
found on the bodies Of the soldiers washed
ashore bore no names or numbers. making
Identification impossible. caused consider
able speculation. Army regulations require
Identification tags bearing name, rank,
company and regiment of the wearer.
Blank Tags Puzzle officials.
War Department officials are unable to
account for the statement made in news
dispatches that blank Identification tags
were found on the bodies of forty-four
American soldiers washed ashore
Even II the men had not been definitely
assigned to an organization the Army
res1iiations require that the tag shall bear
on one side the full name of the wearer
When the soldier is assigned. the number
Of his regiment, the designation OF his
company and his individual number in
that company are supposed to be added
Immediately to the other side of the tag.
The organization commander is held
responsible by military regulations for
the completion of these tags, the pur-
pose Of which is to prevent just such
n situation as is described in the dis
patches from abroad
According to advices in the hands of
the War Department. the total miss
ing from those aboard the liner is 210,
Of which 113 are American troops.
Land 2,2e6 Persons.
Cable press dispatches say that 2,2ss
persons have been landed and are be-
ing cared for in Irish villages and cities.
No Official story of the sinking has
reached the department, and press
stories Of the cool behavior of the
boys who lined the rail singing nation
al airs, have been read with interest by
Army officers.
REPORTS that the British destroyer
which was conveying the Tuscania pur-
sued and sank the submarine also lack
confirmation and the report Of the Brit
tsh admiralty Is eagerly awaited. Navy
officials are inclined to the view that the
have no reason to change their view thai
the submarine menace has been overcome
Landed at Various Points.
Tho Navy Department announced
that latest reports of the survivors o
the Tuscania show seventy-six Off
GERS and 1.274 men Of the Army hav'
been landed at Buncrana, Ireland: tina
sixteen officers and seamen of the crev
have been landed at Larne. Ireland. ant
that approximately $50 officers and en-
listed men of the Army have been land
Cd at Islay, Scotland.
Tin addition the department an
nouncement continues. "approximatel
ninety-nine soldiers and members o
the crew are reported to be in hos
pitals.& Six members of the crew an
seyepty-two soldiers are in the Mill
tarY Hospital at Londonderry. Te
DolDiers are in Lough Foyle Hospita
atSLondonderry and nine soldiers an
Unzy ct Londonderry"
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