New-York tribune., 1918-02-08

liner was 2lo. The latest dispatch gave
this recaptulation:
Survivors-United States troops,
2,o43; crew and passengers, 14l;
total, 2,lS4.
On board United States troops
Z'lo6; crew and passengers, 241;
Missing - United States troops,
1l3; crew and passengers, 81; total,
210.
Officials assumed that an error in
transmission accounted for the dis
crepancy in this dispatchs figures on
crew and passengers. The total num-
ber OF missing among all persons on
board, 2l0. accords with statement of
the British Admiralty issued early in
the day, so the number of passenger
and crew survivors probably should
have been 144 instead of 141
Virtually no story of the sinking Of
the Tuscania has reached the govern
ment through official channels. Dis
patches from the embassy at London
and other sources SO far have been con-
lined to terSe statements and announce
mcnts of the number saved.
Dress accounts consequently have
been read with more than ordinary in
terest by every one. Officers are proud
of the way the troops behaved, and
point to the story of how the partially
| trained boys lined up on deck singing
national airs to await their turns in
the boats as evidence of what may be
expected of American soldiers.
To this absence of confusion and the
fact that the vessel remained aho.at for
about two hours IN q calm sea is at
tributed the small loss of life The
Tuscania was part of a large convoy
and Immediately the relief was at hand.
Doubt U-Boat Sinking
There was no mention in official mes
sages tonight OF a report that a con-
voying destroyer sighted and pursued
the submarine that made the attack.
The destroyer probably was British.
and British Admiralty reports on the
incident will be awaited with The keen
est interest.
On board the liner were engineers,
military police and replacement detach-
ments, composed Of former Michigan
and Wisconsin National Guardsmen ana
three aero SQuardons, one OF Whlch was
recruited almost entirely in and around
New York City. Members Of the other
two squadrons came from nearly every
section of the country
Dispatches reached the War Depart
ment to- day saying that some 500 sur
vivors are at Larne, Ireland, and that
27 are at Islay, Scotland. The dis
patches said the British authorities
were doing everything to make the sur
vivors as comfortable as possible and
were sending supplies to the places
where they landed.
Among those arriving at Fort Ellen,
Islav, Scotland. we're Second Lieuten-
ant Frank L. Maker, Engineers, and the
following, belonging to Company +,
9th Battalion, goth Engineers:
Lieut.. Schweissingcr Edward 3. Peterson
Scrgt Harry A. Kelly J. ". Redd
Corpl II F. Bullock l.. H. Roberts
Corpl. W. A. Cherry Lee +. Ierzla
Prvates Alva Bowman Ralph Uphus
Dale c. uazlett A. Van den Dreissche
William A. Hickring Goliman White
| Charles H. Ineck John ,. Wnilams
Harry A. Keeler edward l.. Anderson
Lloyd Ledbetter lom "A. Ashby
James r. Moss Frank S. Broz
Walter Mac2arek James Basye
| David Foe Alexander NJ. Bush
From the 10th Supply Train:
Private II. Kleist. 158th Aero Squadron
Privates j. b. Fleming Edward +. kingman
War Department Statement
The War Department issued the fol-
/ lowing statement:
"Hritish authorities have wired in
structions to their commands in
Scotland and Ireland to afford our
troops from the uSCd1la every pos
! sible assistance and to furnish them
with clothing requirements. Officers
have been dispatched from Liverpool
and Glasgow and London to points in
Ireland, where survivors now are,
and they Will wire names Immediate
ly. American consul at Belfast re-
ports six hundred survivors at Larne.
AS soon as they are properly out
fitted they will be brought to Win
chester"
The troops aboard the Tuscania were
mainly former Michigan and Wiscon-
SIN National Guardsmen now attached
TO the Thlrty-second Division, trained
at Camp Macarthur, Texas. Several
aero squadrons and several companies
OF the Twentieth Engineers, forestry
regiment, were aboard. The list Of
units as made public by the adiutant
/ generals office last night is as fol-
/ lows:
Headquarters detachment and Com
panies d, 4 and f of the goth En-
glneers.
1o7th Engineer Train.
107th Military Police.
l07th Supply Train.
Tooth Aero Squadron.
loSth Aero Squadron.
18th Aero Squadron.
and of the 32d Division.
Fifty one casual officers.
Goth Engineers Big Unit
OF the goth Engineers (foresters
only one battalion was on the Tuscania
Inc aggregate strength of the regi.
ment is 1900 officers and men. Some
OF the units are still in training in a
+ camp near here. Colonel W. A,
Mitchell, Of the regular army. com
mands the regiment, and Henry S
/ Graves, chief forester of the United
States Department of Agriculture, is
lieutenant colonel. Neither, however
was with the battalion on the Tuscania
The work of the Goth Regiment
which was raised with the active CO.
operation Of the American Forestry
ASSOCIATION, is to cut timber in the
French forests for military uses at the
! tightng front, tor hospitals, Y. NJ. c.
A. buildings and other purposes.
At first there was some confusion
at the War Department as to whether
the goth Engineers or the 1O7th Engi-
neers were aboard the Tuscania.
1t finally was established that the
loHh Engineer Regiment was not on
board. tThis is separate organiza-