The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-09
OFFICERS PROUD OF SOLDIERS CONDUCT
FEELS CONFIDENT OF OUTCOME IN FRANCE AFTER EXPERl-
 ENCE ON THE TUSCANlA.
Remarkable Experience of One of the Men Suffering With Pneumonia Was That When lie Reached Shore He Felt So Much Better He Would Not Go to the Hospital.

An Irish Port, Feb S-A major from Washington, D. C., who was in command of American soldiers on the Tuscania. spent the last few hours ing messages of thanks and farewell to the townspeople, including the mayor, local department stores and firms of tobacco dealers who donated consignments of tobacco to the troops
 The major was downcast by the catastrophe, but was proud of his troops,
 of they behave as well fin France as they did on the Tuscania," he said, there is no doubt about the outcome of this war"
 Too much praise cannot be heaped upon them for their calmness dur , ing the disaster.
 One marked result of the disaster which was noticed by the officelf was the improved discipline of the men. Before the disaster they were lax in saluting but after the torpedo struck the ship groups of privates asked the officers what to do and then did it like highly trained SOL diers. It was as if the disaster had made them realize that discipline is important in war.
 Throughout their party on shore here the officers displayed a fine spirit by giving up their rooms in the hotels to poorly clad priyates. The 1 behavior of the men here has been exemplary. One of the first acts by l the authorities after consulting with | the American officers was to close 1 III saloons while the men were here. l lt was thought best to remove all l temptation from the tired dazed men. The town council provided amuse- ment in special moving picture shows and last night gave a concert. A remarkable experience Tn the dis aster was had by a Georgia private who was confined to bed with pneu- monia when the torpedo struck the Tuscania The Georgian rushed on 1 deck, clad only in union suit. An 1 other soldier gave up his coat to cover the sick man who was lowered , into life boat and soon found him. 1 self on a trawler where he sat on a
 wind swept deck for hours. When he was landed here he felt so fully re- covered from his illness that he could
 not be induced to go to the hospital There is little hope that additional
 survivors of the Tuscania will be
 found. Trawlers which cruised about
 the scene and along the coast re-
 ported today that they had discovered
 no additional bodies.
 Figures compiled by the Tuscania
 survivors bureau here still place the number of Americans missing at 101 | American soldiers to the number oi
 $50 left by rail today for a temper
 sry camp in northern Ireland. They
 left behind hospital cases, the ma.
 iority suffering serious injuries The
 townspeople gave the Americans {
 flattering sendoff
 The Americans marched one mil,
 to the harbor. while hundreds O.
 townspeople cheered. A brass banC of British blueiackets headed tn, Iproces sion, playing Yankee Doodle | and Dixie to the delight of tho
 Americans who presented a strange appearance in their misfit clothing,
 Many of the Americans wore tn,
 uniform of British soldiers which tn. authorities had rushed from various
 army barracks The headgear of tn, Americans ranged from jockey caps tt
 sou westers.
 Last night 1,200 Americans wh, were landed at larger city hun dred miles from here had recoveret f sufficiently from the shock of thei experience 10 leave by train for ! concentration camp to the eastward In two hospitals they left behind 6 , sick and injured