Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-08
MOST OF MISSING
MEMBERS OF CREW.
LONDON REPORTS
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and had been swimming about for two
hours before being rescued.
Process of Conveys
The process Of conveying has become
almost routine through practice in both
the British and American navies.
\ screen Of dcstroyers or other swift
craft travels ahead OF a conveyed fleet
The destroyers are spread out over
considerable area. 1t is known that vir-
tualIy all Of the German U-boats are
equipped with listening devices OF con-
siderable range so the approach of the
destroyers became known to the U-boat
commander even before the vessels
themSelve were sighted. Fear of depth
bombs would drive the U-boat below, to
Turk motionless at some depth until
the sound OF the propellers had faded
out showing that they had passed. The
U-hoat probably would come to the sur
face then TO explore.
Navy officials say that the one chance
against which absolute precaution will
not guard. is that the submarine will
come up in the path of the approaching
transport, obtain a sight that will per-
nit her 10 train her torpedo tubes by
compass and again submerge.
While the loss indicated was fully APP
preciated by officials here, there was
a general air of relief about the war
and navy departments that the loss of
life was not larger.
Heroic Work of Convoy
There is every hope that the lower
number will prove to be correct British
conveys close to the torpedoed ship
closed in quickly and did heroic work
as the comparatively small number of
losses shows. The position of the Tus-
cania of the north coast of Ireland,
evidently headed for England. also was
such that numbers of British patrol
ships and other vessels rushed to her
side. and in that way the losses were
minimized.
such reports as were at hand early
today gave no details of how the trans
port, supposedly heavily conveyed. fell
IN with the submarine, but il was re-
garded as more probable that the ship
stumbled on the submersible, rather
than that the disaster was the first
shot in the much-advertised German
offensive against the line of American
troops and supplies.
The war departments message saying
that 'I,1OO survivors" had been put
ashore at Buncrana and Larne indicat-
ed that the convoy vessels got alongside
the sinking transport quickly and relief
ships made the scene Of the disaster
within few hours.
Survivors cared For
The war department issued the fol-
lowing statement:
"Britis,. authorities have wired in
structions to their commands in Scot
land and Ireland TO afford our troops
from the Tuscania every possible as
sistance and TO furnish them with cloth
ing requirements. Officers have been dis
Il Ice a
London to points in Ireland where sur
v.vors Low are and they will wire
names Immediately. American consul at
Belfast reports 600 survivors at Larne.
As soon as they are properly QUILTED
they will be brought to Winchester"
Buncrana is on Tough Swilly on the
north coast of Donegal not far from
Londonderry, while Larne is north
channel port on the east coast of An
trim near Belfast. The landing points
indicate that the Tuscania was taking
the northern route around Ireland to
England and the distance between Bun
crana and Larne leads officials to be-
lieve the number of rescue ships search
ing the vicinity is large.
The Tuscania was torpedoed Tuesday
night.
List Of Survivors Coming
4 coded list of=surVivors was coming
into the war department early today. but
officials declined to give out the names
already received. The troops aboard the
Tuscania were mainly former Michigan
and Wisconsin national guardsmen now
to the Thirty-second division,
trained at Camp Macarthur, Texas Sew
eral aero Squadrons and several compa-
MES of the Twentieth engineers. a for
estry regiment. were aboard. The list
of units as made public by the adjutant
generals office last night, is as follows:
One Hundred and Seventh Engineer
train.
one Hundred and Seventh Military
police.
Number 100 Aero squadron.
One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Aero
squadron.
Two Hundred and Thirteenth Aero
squadron.
Replacement detachments numbers
one and two of the Thirty-second di-
vision.
Fifty-one casual officers.
The One Hundred and Seventh engi-
neers was composed of the first battal-
ion OF Michigan engineers; the one
Hundred and Seventh military police
was made up from the Fourth and Sixth
Wisconsin infantry. and the One Hun
dred and Seventh supply train from the
Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Wisconsin in
fantry.
The Tewentieth engineers. a forestry
regiment, and the aero squadrons prob
ably were recruited from various sec
tons and the place they trained was not
mentioned by the war department
The One Hundred and Seventh regi-
ment was the one referred to. 1t IS
composed OF the First Michigan battal-
ion signal corps; First Wisconsin bat
talon signal corps. and men from the
Fourth. Fifth and Sixth Wisconsin in
fantry.
President at Theater
President Wilson, who was attend
ing the theater when the news of the
sinking was received; Secretary Baker