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iJ?niB?Hdated Aug. 2,1 tfrf iff ' Ii ' mm PEACE REPLY. face it is AX outright AcciaerAtfc*; op presi dent wilson's con ditions. Signed by Foreign Minister instead of the Chance] lor, Mabrmilian?Note is Viewed Suspicion. . :,By Associated Press~ WaS^n^'ton, Oct. 12.?A wireless &^t|h ;sent' out from Nauen, the ifce?i German wireless station picked id^ forwarded to . official diplo sources here tonight, purports the text of Germany's an swe? to President Wilson's inquiry to Ch&eellor Maiimillian on. Germany's peace proposal. Oh its face it seems ar Complete acceptance of President Ifjg*n*s. terms, .1 t^? text of the note as received Wrt says Germany accepts the pres ident's terms as laid down; accepts Valuation of invaded territory as preliminary to an armistice asks for a mixed commission to the arrangements; declares k the chancellor speaks "in the Of the. German government and ^;lhe "German people'* and that its object in entering into discus &cri3 is to agree on the practical de t?ilii, vfer caj^ying out the terms I!resident Wllsoh has laid down. _ v';Th> text of the note follows: reply to the questions of the tr^deiit of the United States of iSr'erica the German government pretty declares: .German government has ac *t?d. the terms laid down by Pres tVilson in his address of January d in his subsequent address on K^oundation of a permanent peace .Consequently its object in into discussions would be ly; to ?kree .upon practical details the application of these terms. The in.: government believes that rermhenfs of the .powers asso with the government of the fed States -also take the position n by President Wilson in his ad German government in ac XCe with the Austr?-Kungarian lent for the purpose of bring itf an armistice,-declares itself to .comply, with the . provisions >?^fe''president in re^ard: to evacua ^^tfi^ v .German, government sug 'p?Ks'; that the president' may occa t|an' Uje meeting of a mixed ccm I^^Wn for making the necessary ar wi^emeiit concerning the evacua x!^^^e^ present' German government T^i$chT ha'a-junqertaken _.the^ responsi Wtty for this step toward neace, has ggWtformed by- conferences and' in' ?rfeme.nt^with the great majority if t reichstag. . .The chancellor, ?p^prted in all actions by the will jJrMaisn^^rity, speaks; in the name. ??l~?&e\. German government and of f^^-rnan people. ^Jpiined) Solfv -State ? Secretary of ?|8^^bieign. OJftcV* <1?^rHn, Otcober 12, 1918.. ~&':.z,'. ? - j'j. ? - ". *?:^*:'4li8tial Washington , was at a leta loss to.understand the text d^the note becoming public in' thh ^either the State department :^i|rS;W^ -tefotion, which is look the' Getinan interests, had the reply and it was very ij^that~ it had been made pub ; through a " faux pas. ?Jft?a4e no attempt to dispute it; ^Kificit^ and the diplomats to the dispatch had been sent f only, express regret that the dis Jj ;had been made public. Jrj8$?iy' this evening the newpsapet ??sp?n dents - were summoned by phone to the officers ot the diplo taticf mission, where many diplo dispatches arc - received every tf.Jto. attache there gave out copie* oY^lie dispatch in the regular way ^eirrihg *-?&e usual distinguishing iri?ijksu: It? was at once flashed to the ci&fctry: ;?> 'f.when the high officials of' the of ijMjk; leaded that the dispatch had bWn made- public their distress was afrnbst boundless, much as they were 5f^fte3"by its'apparent contents. i}&L&contents of the dispatch were Ar^in^e*. communicated to Secretary ing-and other officials of the mt President Wilson was in x*ork and the contents of the . itbh were communicated to him '^?^very probable that the text of the official communication may dif ^?v0rvsome respects as to verbiage jyoinVthe unofficial copy given out to Tp$ht\ btjt it' is regarded as highly im w^jwb^that" it will show any sub stantial difference. m - HUNDRED LOST LIVES. Report of Casualties in Porto Rican Earthquake. San Juan, Sunday, Oct. 13.?With all bodies not recovered, it i3 prob able that a hundred or more lost their lives at Mayaguese, a seaport Oh the western coast of Porto Rico in Friday's, earthquake. Many in- j habitants are homeless and the Red CrbSs is sending surgical supplies and j food. STATE OF SIEGE DECLARED. Strong Measures Adopted in Portugal to Maintain Order. Lisbon, Oct. 14.?The Portuguese government has declared a state of siese for all Portuguese territory The president. as commander ir chief of all military and naval units, h?s taken direct command of the forces. Tranquility reigns in the country.. liked April, 1850. "Er 881. ~sl NO PEIOE WITH K?ISE8ISW. AUTOCRACY MUST GO DECLARES PRESIDENT. Wilson's Answer Fulfills Expectations - of Supporters and Doubters?Ar-1 mistice Can Not be Thought of While Germans Contin '.troeities on Land and Sea?If M . 0 is to Re j Made Terms of Cessation Will .be j Dictated by Soldiers. Washington, Oct. 14.?President Wilson lias answered Germany's peace proposal with a decision which not only fulfills the expectations of sup- j porters of his diplomacy but also dis-1 pels the fears of those who predicted; he would substitute victories at arms j with feats at diplomacy. No peace with kaisecism, autocracy must go, no armistice can ever be thought of while Germany continues her atrocities oh land and sea, one can not be considered unless it is fully dictated by the allied commanders in the field in such terms as absolutely provide safeguards and guarantees that~ Germany's part will not be a scrap of paper. * This in a few words is the presi dent's answer. If it does not bring a capitulation which may be more than an uncondi tional surrender, allied diplomats and American officials believe it may cause a revolution in Germany. Beyond question it speaks for the entente allies as well as the United States. The dispatch of the president's re ply was followed by the issue of this ?formal statement at the White House bv Secretary Tumulty: 'The government will continue to send over 250,000 men with their sup plies every month and there will be no relaxation of any kind." Quite outside of the formal phrases of a diplomatic document, that was President Wilson's words to the world that he had no thought of stopping the fighting at this stage. [ The senate chamber rang with the j applause of senators as the presi dent's answer was read a few min utes after it had been announced at the State department. Senator Lodge, the president's chief critic in his course, until today, issued a statement expressing his gratification at the president's decision. Opinion at the capitbl and throughput official Wash ington was unanimously in approval. The official note which will convey the president's answer to the Ger man government and more import ant, the German people, was deliver ed today by Secretary Lansing to the charge of the Swiss legation who has been acting as the, intermediary, it was giyen out_ publicly by Mr. Lan sing af lfie" State o!epartment at ( o'clock this afternoon in full. It fol lows: "Sir: In reply to the communica tion of the German government dat ed the 12th instant, which you hand ed 'me today, I have the honor to re ? quest you to transmit the following answer: f "The unqualified acceptance by the present German government and by j. large majority of the reichstag o: the terms laid down by the president of the United States of America in his address to the congress-of the United States on the 8th of January, 1918. and in his subsequent addresses justi fies the president in making a frank and direct statement of his decision with regard to the communications of the German government of the 8th and 12th of October, 1918. "It must be clearly understood that the process of evacuation and the conditions of an armistice are matters which must be left to th? judgment and advice of the military advisers of the government of the United States and the allies' govern ments and the president feels it his duty to say that no arrangements can be accepted by the government of the United States which does not provide absolutely satisfactory safeguard and guarantees of the maintenance of the present military supremacy of the armies of the United Sttaes and the allies in the field. "He feels confident that he can safely assume that this will also be the judgment and decision of the al lies' governments. f~ "The president feels that it is also his duty to add that neither the gov ernment of the United States nor, he is quite sure the governments with which the government of the United States is associated as a belligerent, will consent to consider an armistice so long as the armed forces of Ger many continue the illegal and inhu mane practices which they still per sist in. I "At the very time that the Ger man government approaches the gov ernment of the United States with proposals of peace its submarines are i engaged in sin King passenger ships at i sea and not the ships alone, but the 1 very boats in which their passengers ! and crews seek to make their way to safety, and in their present enforced withdrawal from Flanders and France the German armies are pur suing a course of wanton destruc tion which has always been regarded as in direct violation of the rules and practices of civilized warfare. Cities and villages, if not destroyed, are be-j ing stripped of all they contain, not! only, but often of their very inhabi- J (tants. "The nations associated against Germany can not be expected to agre * to a cessation of war while acts of inhumanity, spoliation and desolation j are being continued which they just-! ly look upon with horror and with burning hearts. "It is necessary, also in order that' ad Fear not?Let all the sad? Thon Als JMTER, S. C, WEDNES TURKEY'S PLEA FOR PE?BE. I APPEAL TO WILSON RECEIVED AT STATE DEPARTMENT. Long Delayed Note Asking for Restor- j ation oi Peace at Last Reached j Washington. Washington, Oct. 14.?Turkey's long delayed note asking, like Aus tria and Germany, that President Wilson take in hand the restoration of peace, was received today at the State department. there may be no possibility of mis [ undertsanding that the president j should very solemnly call the atteri | tion of the government of Germany j to the language and plain intent of one of the terms of peace which the J I German government has now accept - j ed. It is contained in the address of. the president delivered at Mount j I Vernon on the Fourth of July, last. ' "It is as follows: " 'The destruction of every arbi tary power anywhere that can separ ately, secretly and of its single choice, disturb the peace of the world, or it' it can not be presently destroyed, at| least its reduction to virtual impo tency/ 7 "The power which has hitherto con trolled the German nation is of the sort here described. It is within the choice of the German nation to alter it The president's words just quot ed naturally constitute a condition; precedent to peace, if peace is to come by the action of the German people themselves. The president feels bound to say that the whole process of peace will, in his judgment, depend upon the definiteness and the satisfactory character of the guaran tees which can be given in this fiin J damental matter. It is indispensable j that the governments associate." against Germany should know beyond a peradventure with whom they are dealing. "The president will maksaeep bQ "The president will make a sepa rate reply to the royal and imperial government of Austria-Hungary. "Accept, sir, the renewed assur ances of my high consideration." (Signed) "Robert Lansing." j Frederick Odelin, - - . Charge d'Affaires, ad interim, in charge of German interests in the United States. - ? One outstanding point which does not appear irt the president's note, a point- on which the world has beop asking questions, can be answered to night. . . * ? ? ? When the president declared that the wrong done to - France when Germany took Alsace-Lorraine should be righted he meant that Alsace-Lor raine should be returned to France. * Those who - contend that the 'presi den's decision arranges the "situation for . something more than an uncon ditional surrender base it on the ar gument that he has now passed the stage where he might have accepted a surrender of the German military and naval forces and left the Hohen zollern autocracy on its throne. Mr. Wilson, according to this view, now finally has informed the German people that if they want peace the:* can only attain it by getting rid oi the kaiser and his system. An armistice, it is true, might come tirst a.nd the details of the downfall of the Germar- autocratic govern ment might be arranged later. ? But this is what an armistice would' entail: First, a stop to the atrocities on land and sea and the systematic de struction and devastation in the wake of the retreating German armies ' then, the disarmament of all the Ger man forces and the deposit of their arms and munitions at points-to be chosen by the allied military com manders. Then the occupation by allied forces of certain German cities or strongholds of strategic import ance. Probably also the occupation of all the submarine bases and a turning over of the German fleet, m short, it will entail a taking from Germany of everything with which she might break her word to an ar mistice. From that point the United Stater and the allies might proceed to dis pose of what remained of kaiserism if jthe German people have not' done it j before, as President Wilson in his : note plainly invites them to do. { While nowhere in the note does i the president join openly with the j entente statesmen in the demand that j "the chief criminals must be deliver j ed up for trial," the president's con fidants point out that he plainly sub scribes to the doctrine that the guilt of bringing on the world war is per sonal. It will be noted that the president completely rejects the German sug i gestion for a mixed commission to j arrange an evacuation and reminds the militarists that they will accept the terms laid down by Marshal Fccfc jand the associated commanders; that they, will have no part in framing them.' He makes it plain that he doe? not accept <he new German govern ment headed by Chancellor Maxi milian as anything less autocratic, an vi hing less a creature of German militarism than its predecessors and warns the German people that unless they destroy it the allied armies will do co. j One of the most- important points of his note is that in wifntfv he ac knowledges the present Gernkyi gov ernment's unqualified acceptancV of his peace terms and then goes oY to show that those terms provide speci fically for the substitution of a go\\ eminent wholly responsible to the! Germans themselves for th?> present1 sst at be thy Country's* Thy God7* ?a iDAY, OCTOBER 16, 193 RAWLIXSOX CONGATULATES oOTH!1 DIVISION OX VICTORY. | Roches Said to Have Run Like Rab bits Before the Thirtieth Division. With the Anglo Forces on the Va lenciennes Front, Oct. 12.? (By the Associated Press.)?Gen. Sir Henry RawJinson, commanding the British Fourth army, with which an Ameri can .division is operating, has sent to the general commanding the division, comprising troops from Tennessee and the Carolinas, the following tele gram: "On this occasion I desire to convey to you and all the members of the staff, as well as all other ranks of divisions my heartiest congratulations on your victory. The gallantry of your infantry and the precision with which the staff arrangements worked lill me with admiration and it has given me great pleasure to report your unqualified success to Field Mar shal Sir Douglas Haig. The Thirtieth division, composed of North Carolina and South Carolina and Tennessee National Guardsmen has been mentioned frequently of late in British official statements and dispatches from the front as taking a prominent part in the fighting in the Valenciennes area. This division captured St. Souplet, Premont and several other towns, and one occa sion, Associated Press dispatches from the front, said the Boches ran away like rabbits before the Thirtieth. The division trained at Camp Sevier, Greenville. S. C. Americans and British troops cap tured in the Bohain region what was probably the largest enemy ammuni tion dump ever taken. The shells, piled high, covered a large area. This capture will greatly reduce the quan tity of ammunition available to the Germans on this section of the front. RESCUED FROM SERVITUDE. French Liberate 6,500 Civilians When They Occupied La on. > Paris, Sunday, Oct. 13.?Six thou sand, five hundred civilians were lib era ted when the French entered Laon, it is officially stated : tonight. The - French Have passed -far beyond ^the town along the whole front be tween" the Oise and Ailette rivers. Statcbnrg War Savings Society. ^ The Stateburg War Savings So feisty- during September increased it< .purchase?, from $169.25 to $200.50. i ?.. ' - x ? * ; one dominated by the German mili * .?' Quoting- his Mount Vernon speed: of July. 4, the president reminds Ger many that his terms call for "th< destruction of every arbitrary powe; anywhere, that can secretly and of its single choice disturb the peace O; world; or if it can not be presently destroyed at least its reduction tc virtual impotency." Here then follows the words which ?proclaim with finality that the auto cratic government of Germany, mus! go and plainly invites the Germar people to make the change which wil bring them peace. "The power which hitherto ha^ controlled the German nation," sayj the president's reply, "is of the son here described." It is within tht ctoice of the German people to alter it. The president's words just quot ed naturally constitute a . conditior precedent to peace, if peace is to com? by the action of the German peopl; themselves. The president feeb bound to say that the whole procesi of peace will, in his judgment, de pend upon the definiteness and th* satisfactory character of the guaran tees which can be given in this fun damental matter. It is indispensabi that the governments associates against Germany should know be 3rond peradventure with whom they ire dealing. This pronouncement, the president's friends say, fulfills the predictions o those who declared that when he asked Prince Maximilian if he merelj represented the military leaders whe had been conducting the war, he war: laying the foundation to show thai the new government of Germany ii no less autocratic than 'the others anc for a final statement to the Germar people themselves that nothing bui their autocratic government standi between them and the peace whicr. they so fervently desire. This, the president's friends say has been th whole theory of his diplomacy. When the president decided to say that if an armistice should be thought of it could not be considered without imposing- terms to guaran tee the good faith of Germany ant provide for the maintenance of th< military supremacy of the armies oi the United States and the entente al lies, he undoubtedly knew that the al lied war council acting on the rec ommendation of Marshal Foch hac decided upon necessary guarantees. These now are understood to include the occupation of Metz and Stras burg and Coblenz, the strategic keys to Germany. The next move in the great inter national drama is now expected U take place in Germany while the armies of the cobelligerents thund<v at her gates. Diplomatists are agreed that what must come from Germany now is action, not words. She may offer to comply with the terms and give up the guarantees which would pc-rmit an armistice. From that point the disposition of the autocracy migh; be considered in connection with the tei*ms of peace. Otherwise the opin ion is unanimous thai the victorious rmies of the United States and the te allies must march on. id IMfa." THE TRUE t 18. TUNSmi'KKED. THREE HUNDRED AND SEVEN TY-TWO AMERICANS UN ACCOUNTED FOR. Only One Vessel Able to Make At tempt at Rescue, British Destroyer Taking off Three Hundred, and Sev enteen Men Picked up Alive on Scotch Coast. If* o B t! v a A British Port, Oct. 10.?A large number of American troops have been lost as the result cf the sinking of the transport Otranto in the North Channel between the Scottish and Irish coasts in a collision with the steamer Kashmir. The Otranto after the collision was' dashed to pieces, on the rocks off the! south Scottish coast with a probable I fc loss of 372 American soldiers. t Ihree hundred and one men were I ^ taken to Belfast by the British de- j f stroyer Mounsey, the only vessel t which made an attempt at rescue .in L 'the terrific gale when the Kashmir,} another vessel in the convoy with the Otranto rammed the Otranto amid ship. Seventeen men were picked up alive on the Scottish coast. Of the 699 American soldiers on board the Otranto, 310 were landed. Seventeen were rescued alive at Islay, leaving 372 unaccounted for. The Otranto and the other vessels of the convoy were battling with the heavy seas and high winds Sunday morning. The storm was so severe1 and the visibility so bad that the Kashmir, a former Peninsular & Ori ental liner, crashed into the Otranto .squarely amidships. The Kashmir backed away badly damaged but was able to make port. As the bows of the Kashmir were pulled from the great hole in the side of the Otranto, the water rushed in but for a time it did not serve to stop the engines. The Otranto tried to proceed but made no headway against the gale in her crippled con dition. Within a shoTt time the water put out her fires and the Otranto drift ed helplessly toward the rocky coast of Islay Island where. most of the Tuscania victims met their deahs. The Otranto struck the rocks Sun aay night south of Saligo Bay, Islay Island, an uninhabited section where the coast line in many places rise's straight out of. the water to the rocky peaks many feet above. Thirty minutes after the crash the! British destroyed Mounsey, herself damaged by the heavy rseas, appeared out of the haze in answer to the dis tress caln* on the . Otranto. When the destroyed maneuvered to get along side Captain Davidson- of the Otranto warned Dieuteaaais-- Craven, com manding the ?estroyef, hot" to make the attempt. T When it w?s seen that Craven would make tiie attempt auy,vay the men were or?|ered to remov?.NtHelr shoes and heayy clothing and try to .save themselves as best they cou'.d. The destroy or stood off about 100 feet and then gradually came nearer, against the great odds of high waves and the wind, v.thich threatened mp mentarily to carry her entirely away from the OtrantoV or dash her to pieces against the -side of the wound ed vessel. ^ -*v As the destroyer ia^^v'?*%le^ slde^of the Otranto the men Began to jump 1 from 30 to 40 feet from her decks. The more experienced sailors of th? crew of the steamer had better suc cess than the soldiers, many of whom had never seen the sea until this trip. As the destroyer steered toward the side of the steamer many of the men leaped too quickly and missed their reckoning and dropped between , the boats. Some of these disappeared in the water, but others of them were caught' and crushed to death between the boats and the life/ boats "which had been lowered to act as buffers. The destroyer was badly shattered. The captain of the destroyer, each time it was brushed away from the side of the Otranto, again would push near enough for many more men to jump to the deck of his vessel. He described as veritable rain the num ber of men landing on the destroyer. Many of those who reached the decks of the vessel suffered broken bones or otherwise were hurt. Those who missed the deck of the destroyer went to almost instant death. Four times the battered* destroyer" came along side, and each time the previous scenes were repeated. At the end of the fourth trip she had 310 Americans, 23C of the crew, 30 French sailors and one British officer on board. The boat was full and, hav ing done all possible she started for port. The survivors saw the Otranto drifting helplessly towards rocks as they pulled toward the Irish coast. The destroyer barely had time to send a brief message when her wireless was carried away. The little over loaded vessel had a rough trip to port. One of the American troopers on board the Otranto pictured the scene when the vessels collided. Soldiers lined the decks as though on parade, and at the word of command stood at'attention like statues. They never wavered, remaining there in military formation, exemplifying during the crisis the noblest tradiions of the army for heroism and discipline. The same thing, said the soldier, applied to the seamen. Numbers of bodies today were being washed up rapidly on the shore. It was reported that 175 had been counted at noon and nearly all of them had been iden tified. A seaman on the Otranto described j the most tragic moment of -the disas ter as that when the order came for; the men to jump and save themselves, j The destroyer looked like a very small | boat alongside the former Orient j liner and many landsmen among the! VoLXLVII. No, 18. ma flee. EEKING SOME PLACE OF SAFETY NOT YET RE VEALED. 'urther Reports Heard That Turkey and Austria-Hungary Have In formed Germany That They Will Accept President Wilson's Terms?? News Should Boost Sale of Liberty Bonds. On the wings of necessity the Ger lans are flying eastward from their Id battle positions from Douai to La 'ere and northward from LaFere to. be Meuse River. Their flight is to ward some haven of safety from the alons of the allied hawks which re everywhere menacing them. Meanwhile t3iere have been sent troadcast further reports that Aus-' ria-Hungary and Turkey, seeing that he trend of events spells ultimate de eat, have informed Germany that hey will accept President Wilson's )eace terms. > Notwithstanding the advantages hat are being achieved over the com-. non enemy on the battle fronts and he peace feelers in the air, President fVilson, Secretary of State Lansing; Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo ind in fact, all the high officials of :he government are warning the . American citizenry that the situation still is critical and that every one should rally to the support of the. Fourth Liberty Loan. All along the battle front the al-' lied troops are advancing. From the south of Douai to. the east of Laon the enemy everywhere is giving ground eastward. The famous Chem in-des-Dames, the ridge which- tho.r. Germans had believed to be an in*-, superable barrier to an advance north* ward from Soissons, is being evacuat ed, while in the Champagne and along the Meuse River farther east ward the French and American troops. are pushing forward, northward and their lines in the great- converging movement which is fast driving the , enemy from Belgium and the great er portion of invaded France toward his own borders. Douai now is completely outflanked^ by the latest operations of the- .Brit- , ish, while between Cambrai and St Quentin the British and Americans are-still chasing the, enemy. To the; I south of St. Quentin the French over, a wide front have crossed the Qiso/ ; River, and in conjunction with the re- : tirement of the enemy from * the , Chernin-des-Dames, are, forcing the Germans to give up the great St. Go bian forest, the bastion at the bend. ? of the line where it turns eastward ^ and also the stronghold of Loan, the % keystone of the entire southern Ger?. ^ man line.. While from the war maps>ffcw^gldV appear to the"casual' observer that the Germans in this bend of the el bow are likely to be cut off, jt seems more probable that they will be able to use the railways and high roads-V. leading in all directions of a spider's^ web and effect their escape without great losses in prisoners. N-everttie-* less the retrograde movement here of necessity mat have, a strong bearing'/ on the stability of whatever new- line the Germans may choose to stand up- ! on, and on their still telatively strong fronts in Belgium ancKftom the Swiss border. ting a great e enemy from es. <" the Siuppe River been crossed by the French at, numerous places. West' of the; Ar-, { gonne forest, which now is held by the French and Americans* the Ger mans are in retreat and a number of additional towns and villages have been taken by the Franco-American forces. Eaet of the Argonne and along the Meuse -valley the Americans are still progressing satisfactorily.' The retreat of the enemy along ' the 85 miles of the Western line from Douai to the southeast of St. Quentin is still too fast, except on iso lated sectors, for the foot troops of the British, American and French to keep in contact with them. ThpJ cavalry and tanks on the plains and.' through the wooded sectors, howev er, are .taking a terrible toll from, the rear guards, while still farther hack . allied airmen^ark cutting to pieces the .;, columns of the ^bewildered foe' as.^ they try to make \heir way to their next defense line. \Virtually no in fantry opposition is b?^g encounter ed. The machine gun j^gmingly -As being- chiefly depended tr?? by the Germans to hold back tK^foe a3 their main forces retire. Earthquake Shock Recorded Washington, Oct. 11.?A very se vere earthquake was recorded at 10.30 this morning. The Georgetown Uni versity seismographs looked like it might have centered west of Wash ington, but there is no indicat^oij where it was located. Mayor of Anderson Dead. Anderson, Oct. 11.?J. H. Godfrey, mayor of Anderson, S. C, died at 11.15 :" o'clock tonight. He contracted , in fluenza several days ago,_' ''American troops thought themselves,: safer aboard the larger vessel. Thi*;< was fatal to many of them. J The victims are to be collected at j the most suitable place and buried j there. A boat left Liverpool today j with material for coffins, 50 laborers and carpenters and chaplains to con duct the funerals. The grave of ev ery man will be marked and chart ed. There were few cases among the;* dead where identification was delay- - ed. Every man had worn an identi fication tag: on his wrist or neck but in some instances these were torn off and it was necessary to take finger prints of the men.