Show Ii 6 lOST I S JS lA LATEST TEST TUSCANIA IA I ESTIMATE ESTIMA IE I Rescued Number 2235 ri With 1 r 2030 Americans Officers f i and ud Ien Men Included Report i bv the British Admiralty J r F I PROOFS FACE DEATH i WITH CALM CALl COURAGE It I Who Tho ho Find Boats Smashed Stand in in Line to toi i 1 11 N In L J J f Lost Not Yet Known 1110 I l f New York Feb Peb 8 As S.-As As a f. f result of the sinking of the s ania th the number of volun- volun I to present the themselves s for or enlistment at the chief marine marme I corps recruiting stations here today to- to today tolay day lay was greater than that recorded rei re- re i i corded any day since the declaration declara- declara j j tion of the existence of a state of war between the United States c and Germany the officer in t charge announced J LO LONDON ONDON Feb S. S The S.-The The British British adf adt ad- ad f t tonight informed tile the Associated As- As Press Press' that the latest figures on the flue Tuscania disaster showed that 2235 persons had been II saved aved and that about were missing miss miss- ing ng of whom four are American and ond Amer American can soldiers t I. t The bc saved e a it was vas added adile included Am American rican officers ers and 1917 li men cn 10 ii officers and men en of the crew crow and G 6 j passengers F The bodies of ot IC American troops t have Jha bee been recovered reco J I Of or th liS Hg survivors or landed on the 1 Scottish coast 13 l belonged I T to to the thC States State army Including seven en cen officer Etker or these thele one officer and fhe lve men are remaining where landed to attend nd to the funeral ments for the American dead lead i It II I Is announced today that arrange arrange- are being b marie made made by hy British an and andi n n Jointly for great i m military funerals for fOl the I dea dealt dead d I Show Calm Culm Conr Courage e I I low HoW w American soldIers ol behaved when hen the they found that thal tho boats a as- as Ined lo to them had ha heen smashed is told b Vy y an American Ame officer who landed at t an ml TI 1 u Vu L VA A ald that l hi his men T behaved as at he ex expected x- x IA them to Two boatloads under lh command assembled on oil the dock leck dockin in When hen the tho torpedo struck the liner an and marched i. i to the boats a assigned them at their station they the found fh t both lh boat boals had nad b been e destroyed The PI he me ruen lined up up- upon on deck at atI at- at I said sald the officer and all preserved pre- pre served the utmost in a carne came alongside and effected L the hc transfer rom the gradually Ing ng deCk 4 Women Dt tnT ry rr I The only tw two twO women on board buard Mr Mrs rr i an anti and parsons Larsons went down own rope Into a lifeboat The former said hat when th their fr boat left lct the tho an ny of or th the troop had been thrown ut In low lowering i tho the il next bont boat I J We v We e wore were Immediately tn s surrounded od 4 Y ln In the lcy jey water wearing life life- 01 oIls she Bald We Vc h Ira tl 11 only two O tOen nn en in our out boat who could mana manage e he ne O oars oar rs Thc they did Hd their best and as 39 asli li ri came carne across a swimming or float float- a n DS' DS man we gathered him hm Into the f I oat Soon n the boat was full Cull Event Event- I all Shy any it We got ot on board a a. desti er I Ig Io g o 0 ork not remember r a harder bit of ot II 1 TA A soldier who ho heard Mrs Collins a c t tell ll the story said m Yes 8 and you did as much as th theet the theman eeL man In the world could have ha I one I was In your boat and saw you I ashington Figures 1 Show as IS ill I J ton Feb leb 8 The Tho war war de- de i has a l as yet cl had no official yer re- re r fort ort on osse to change c the estimate c. c yesterday ester that t 1 JO lO 0 persons were Continued on Page 3 t HEROISM SHOWN I ION ON TUSCANIA Continued from Page 1 missing of them being American soldiers British admiralty figures given hen to the Associated Press Presa at London to tonight tonight tonight to- to night show missing of oC them American soldiers soldier I 1 I officers officers- and 13 1 I men There were American officers and 2060 men on board the Tuscania and the tho admiralty reports among the survivors 13 officers and 1917 men In spite of the time realization that the loss of ot life lite was remarkably small considering considering con con- the number Involved o the re reVised revised re- re admiralty report caused bitter disappointment Press dispatches last nl night ht indicating that the dead might not exceed had led to the time hope that not more than fifty of or the soldiers had perished Are Tag System PI Planned aimed For Identifying Bodies Washington Feb 8 To S.-To To In insure ure I prompt identification of enlisted men who may be killed or wounded a numbered numbered num num- tag system similar to that In Inthe Inthe inthe the British and French armies has been adopted by Y the war department AdJutant Adjutant Ad Ad- McCain announced tonight that thata a number would be stamped on the metal identification tag each soldier Is required to wear and that a similar number will be placed opposite the theman's theman's mans man's name in the thc war department roster The new ne system will be bc put Into of- of c- c feet February 28 28 and thereafter all men entering the service will bp b given givena a numbered tag tag- when enrolled B. B By this arrangement the department hopes that there thero will be no possibility of officials not being able to identify soldiers soldiers' bodies because of blank tags such as were worn orn by some of ot the men who went down on th the Tuscania IQ fags on 41 D Dead ad News dispatches today saM blank tags tugS were found on the bodies of or forty four men washed ashore although army regulations require that the tho sol aol diers dier's name namo must mURt be stamped on the tag eV even thou though h K- K Kis is not 1 neto ne to an organization org When lien Ilen he is je as assigned as- as signed regiment and company designation designation nation and his individual number In that company is to be added immediately immediately immedi immedi- to tho the other othor side of ot the tag The new Identification system has been in preparation for some time tima and was carefully worked out b by tho the adjutant adjutant tant tani general Extreme care has be betaken been taken to obviate late Rn any doubt as to th the identity of a soldier who may be killed or wounded Consecutive numbers will vill not be bo given men of or tho the same surname will ot t ci- ci f Numbers Number r. r The numbers will never nC be changed and will never ne bo ho assigned to other othor men The numbers will start at one and continue without limit and no alphabetical prefix or affix will accompany accompany acom- acom pany them Blocks of ot numbers will be allotted b by tho the adjutant general to General Pershing dep department commanders comman cornman ders commanding officers of divisional camps ports of oJ embarkation and re recruit recruit re- re cruit emit depots The department thinks It Far pary Fary at present to number officers and civilians In the service but should it be deemed necessary later the process will willbe willbe be he independent of oC the enlisted men The British number neither officers nor I civilians The French number officers I but not civilians As it will take some time to number soldiers' soldiers records at the war department commanders have ha been Instructed to include in c casualty reports the tho full name grade and organization of each man reported as well vell as his number after numbers have e been assigned I Dead Will ill Not Be Known Until Survivors Listed An Irish Port Feb S. S S.-As S. As the list of or I Am Americans on board tho the Tuscania was lost when the veRs vessel l went down It will willbe willbe j b be Impossible to ascertain the names of those thoRe who ho were lost until tile the names of the tho survivors SUl have ha been cabled to the United States Captain of Tuscania Is Unwilling to Talk Tall Glasgow Scotland Feb S. S other S.-other Other survivors ors from the Tuscania including Captain McLean and a number of or American members crow crew arrived today from a Scottish port Many lallY relatives rela rela- tives thes awaited the arrival and touching scenes were witnessed when some Home learned that expected ones had hall not ar nr- nr rived ll The rhe survivors were garbed In an as assortment assortment assortment as- as of clothes which tho they thoy had picked up when landed Captain McLean looked well vell but re refused refused re- re fused to make a statement The en- en storekeeper said saIl when he found the Tuscania was like likely to float for COl some homo time he rescued some sonic cash and other othor trinkets before getting awa away Time Tho captain of ot the Tuscania was as Peter Poter McLean oot J. J L. L Henderson time the London Times sa says Captain McLean has lias been In the service of or tho the Anchor I I |