Washington, July 1.
IGHT United States Marines and six American Red Cross nurses have been rescued from a ship which was torpedoed early last week while en route to London, the Navy Department announced yesterday.
Three Marines and 11 nurses in ad-to have been a former Dutch vessel dition to those already rescued were now in the trans-Atlantic service believed to have been saved from North America to England, though definite reports have not yet The Navy announced last Saturday been received, that three Marine offers and 60_men No Marines or nurses were believed had been sent to London to facilitate to be missing, the Navy said, Other communications in various United Passengers aboard the vessel also States offices there but how they were believed to have been rescued, travellell was not revealed, it was said, Who Navy department said it also The rescued Marines were Major understood that three other Marines Walter Jordan, Edward MeAilister, also. aboard the vessel had been res-Knox Jr, George E, Clark, cued, but that rescue of the men oF John" Kench; Willis Ss," Smith, their presence aboard the vessel was Augustus Eden, William Miller, not yet definitely known for certain, The torpedoed ship was understood United Press,
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