The sun., 1918-06-04
THREE OFFICERS
LOST ON LINCOLN
Another Taken Prisoner by u
Boat, Which Fired Three
Torpedocs.
% OF THE CREW MISSING
Vice-Admiral Sims Reports
Submarine Was Not of
the Cruiser Type.
3 OF THE CREW MISSING
Special Deapnteh to The SrN.

SQeC10t DedpntCH W An" Se''
WASHINGTON. June 3.-First details
Of the u-boat attack on the army trans
port President Lincoln. received by the
Navy Department to-day from Vice-Ad-
mira, Sims, shows that the transport
was struck ny three torpedoes and re-
mained afioat only eighteen minutes IN
stead Of from half to one hour. as vari'
ously reported.
The list Of missing cabled by Vice-Ad-
niral Sims, show that the transport
twenty-three Of the crew were missing
when the destroyers gave UP tne'r
search. Admiral Sims also reported
that Lieut.. Edouard V. NJ. lsaacs had
been picked UP By the submarine ana
was a prisoner Lieut.. Isaacs is from
Fort Huachuca, Ar!z.
1t Is the belief In naval circles tha'
the submarine commander picked him
up in the hope Of getting Information
regarding other transports and to ascer-
tain what was aboard the President
Lincoln. This has been frequently done
by submarine commanders.
Tho good work done by the American
destroyers Is testified to IN the iac'
that all Of the passengers on the LIN
coin, many Of whom were sick ana
wounded soldiers. were saved and none
seriously injured
Was Not of Cruiser Type.
Following is the statement issued to-
day by the Navy Department:
Tho latest dispatches received by
the Navy Department state that all
the passengers. including the s'ck'
aboard the President Loncoln. were
sayed. None Of the survivors was
seriously injured. The transport was
attacked by a submarine at 1888 A.
NJ. on May 81, was struck by three
torpedoes and sank In eighteen MIN
utes. The submarine was not seen
until after two torpedoes were sighted.
The command to abandon snip was
carried out in excellent order.
The. attacking submarine was about
200 feet long and was not of the
cruiser type.
American destroyers went to the
rescue, As they were returning to
port with the survivors a submarine
was sighted at noon Saturday and
attacked BY a destroyer.
The small loss Of life on the Pres!-
dent Lincoln was due to the thorough
discipline Of the ships company and
the excellent seamanship Of the COM
mandsrs and officers Of the vessels
concerned. particularly the command
or of the transport. Vice-Admiral Sims
says In his report.
List Of the Missing.
Following are the officers missing In
addition to lieut.. Isaacs:
ARpsroN. J. r.. assistant paymastsr. "a,
Sress moi given. tNavy record does MOI
contain name OF Ardston: ana ~ Ts'
teved that there Is an error !" 'A"S"'''
Mo%xr. oiSn,r ANDREW. assistant payma''er
wAiTEslDE: AiTRsa'Di : LINDSAY C. surgeon 1'
Following Is a list Of the enlisted men
HIMMELwRIGHT. HOWARD a. Man
xutlasiNERr. III VICTOR j.. sss Montsomer,
as6wS s,5Ss!; hESsk!SyAnRp hSskSyARp NJ, Philadelphia.
R.,iEhLt RR..1,iEhLtsFPS FPTASRI ScRIAkEScE Nj SsE''S % Akron
xowAscKr. JACOB J. C.. % Orange street
JoHSsoN. O. D. Decatur. Tenn,
SHNETTi glh1jEa a1HaE s'it.'R e. Ridley IL Park. v.
JENKINS, JOHN A., Eugene: me: Mo: ~,
TMhSMaA TTSEEMAS. KosERT j.. oiiDh;n. Fur
wfsS 1AsasDssIeR HI ss'Tss' w.. IT, '"t D...n
yEHr:FFERsoN. IF ARTHUR T.. jacksonville
WILLIAMS, HAROLD H., iu7 Berger
vSooDAED. FRANK H.. no address.
WALKER. ROBERT 81 Cha''ahooss
Tenn.