Mr. NUGENTasked the Under-Secretary of State for War which regiment supplied the firing party that gave a salute over the grave of American soldiers who perished in the transport "Otranto?"
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe Port Ellen Company of the National Guard furnished the firing party at the burial on the 11th instant of soldiers of the United States Army who perished on the "Otranto," and at a further burial on the 17th instant the firing party was provided by His Majesty's yacht "Seafly." The Hampshire Regiment supplied a firing party at the burial at Belfast of a United States soldier who died at sea on the "Otranto," and whose body was brought to Belfast after the disaster.