The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-13
BRITISH
PRISONERS
AT PRETORIA.
omeers Are Well Housed in Stone
Building, With Good Beds and
Plenty to Eat.
PRISON LIFE IS PREFERABLE
TO Service In the Fisld-Provldsd
with Many Comforts Not En-
jOyed in Camp.


Nrw YORK Ian. ia dispatch to
,ho Herald from paris says:
~ Tns Fivaro DpblIshes a long letter.
..L,cb an English officer. a prisoner Of
,,"r IN pretoria has written to a
..,a,,hnr wa, q, HE family.
"Tr TSo wr,terlaav..
NV. arc comnI ,,,,y cut OF from all
,,,,r, ~ the outside world and arc not
''r" ",,a,ro5 IN 90. +bs newspapers. We
~ %"O"'S ho,v.,,or NJ Iadysmitb beinr
S"Oh, ,.s,rd.d
OC",r" M. Nc ar. nr,soners Of war and I
1--we @ w, q 10 pItIfui condition.
Sometimes I feel as III wete going
some..,'gs IN ,,.,., @ ,,ad r. bssn shot we had
n"nsS ,,,"a Az We should he exchanged or re-
,"o,cd i,o, on parole but tn, Boer author
,,,o. do not anpear to understand what
"oro,o ~ means and seem to think we
'sov,d not keen our word.
'' "Ss far as health goes we are all
,,.m and very we'll treated. we some
.,,'.. "s. rocs,y. vis,ts from those in COM
,"a.d | ,t Prstorlo-the secretary OF
,rar ssId cornets chief magistrate and
o,bsrs They are all very polite, but
oro under the firm impression that
a.. .s.,, 1n nr,.orSrs are not well treated by
~ ,' ,rd ,nov are convinced that our
ICONS "a, ~ uss .dpmdum' ballots
''"yr az Srst we were nine officers prIs-
..,a. and about 1So men. but the other
Sn,'r Sn,. our nurber WAS increased by for
uIy az w, otRoars a,,,,ost ali oflcers Of the
c,.'.o.star NV. roo,r,o,,t and Roval irish
T',a,,,ors S'"% ,,,lth Co,ore, carleton 80 that
.on, We are ahout flfty.four officers and
: nm won
"a a,od Tmss IN Military Prison.
~ 80. =, AZ, ,,u,ld,ng there "a a
:" 80 ~ ,,.,,,aL M $40 s,t ana watc;, the
ve.ano,, =. -, IN" Tho ,,1vornment gives us
peoE'u @ :, 81 80; ~ ,r.nS a and water to drink
ea',",l .,-0 80 49, - 49, - t,r,o lime iuIce
anu ltO'. .nnS S, " y. 20, ~ nots+oe. Han
onre @ 80 s,,,, w s,,o,v.5 e i tn bnv what
pHy' We ~ |,..1o ~" :. - -. hoyo been able
ever We pisaSs' ..,.ss o. ona onr MANN 70 re.
20 or Sun'ze . - -iis',' .,, .,as,,,ao ,re,orvsfI
intoreeL " 80" Sato' ,,oa+s niciles and
NtBe'aO'''' ~ P''''U
'oU1S.S' ~, a.. -. ..,,d ort orr orders
SsSH sS SIy NC -. ss ,ots- NJ course
una 'Ie .a, .ti."ss s,,.o..o., sS,',s We had only
~Ss" - a,,. aer,nr, m we had TO
,... mma, we =" 49,. W. p..sSsIt,es spcb as
purenase @ "n '"I ..e,h brrsbss hair
saS.s spO"S.s 81 sSAD, o.,,,SS ~ Tbe Transyaal
. =. us"ss 'lU Eo-'s',.r has given to
go - -" ~ iron hedstead with mat
eaen e Oh S SS I,,,.r, q" iron nstams s,,t Slip
~" ss' SaH,oI shi.t nooEet handkerchief,
,sn..r. @ .oot' ato We also received
rooSr.roda srits as our Khaki uni
80. T,oro 10 r,rch worn.
''I,D,s %Wo % oTcoro Nv ,Ivs IN a large building
4n,t mn. torr.r,y ,,sed as a school
No.. I rr.o r.oa are stiIl kent on the
49," oo,,r." ws are certainly far more
oorS,,rt.hIo .h., ,yo were ON the race
oo,,..o o.. .hI. I. stonc building.
Vii. or ,ho r,oe course are nothing
hrt S,no ,S.d, :, a however. not 80
49,, - =. ~. 80 oonrre NJ nrIson. We
~. :, -. - - - .,,,o,, onnoved bv flies but
=, -. G - - ,.1~,- 80 1ood many mos
- ~. ~. - -5oJ, r,vbt and day
Hu''VoI We 80 80 80. .it,or,b rone
~ = Ss.os 49, HSHt. 'lt..,,or ~ irving IN es-
VI 10 "HV 90 "ny +lss,'S,S ...,,n,oa Nv ,ron nai-