New-York tribune., 1900-09-03
THE BOERs ON ST. HELENA.
CAPTAIN MANN OF HOGAN LINE STEAM.
SHIP TELLS OF THEIR LIFE
As PRISONERS

Captain Alfred Mann % the Hogan Line steam
ship Maseonomo British vessel whlch rsaeh.a
port yesterday from South Africa and St Helena
hao an interesting strry 70 tel oS the voyage
me Mascono1no took out 20 South africa cargo
oL supplies for the British army from St John
n F. and for about three months ze-vss a.. =
Ieisht ooat for the English army On the return
UP she stopped az ST. Helena on July 30 and 81
because OF need OF repairs 20 her machinery. As
there were not enough machiuists on the island 20
do the work part OF rhe force OF the British pro-
tected cruiser Niobs. lying IN the har5or offered
their assistance and repaired the vessel
captain Mann received permission 70 see the zn8
Boer prisoners held on the island Their camp -
on Deadwood Pain. On the TOP OF Rupert Hin 20
the east OF Jamestown which lies IN a valley and
about hve niles from Lonswood- The Boers are
i0closed IN a stockade q about one quarter of a
mile square About them run oarbsd wire
fences, enc twelve feet within the other Ths wire
H-closure contains notices printed n Dutch and
English. which forbid under penalty OF death.
entering the outside space In the time that Car
tain Mann visited the island Boer private crossed
ne line and entered the 5Uter inclosure. From
tnere ne walked into the open A sentry chaI-
lenged him, but he only laughed The British
guard then ordered him back The Boer paid no
attention 20 the command and kept On hts way
The sentry this time shot him dead The English
solder was tried BY court martial and exonerarsd
WAR SHOULD CEASE. Ro0sE SAYS
Although the camp is only Eve niles rruu.
jamestown. in a straight line. II Is really twelve
by the winding roads over which II IL rsGchsd-
Captain Mann's permission % visit the camp al
lowed him 70 drive there in rwo wheeled trap. On
the road h met little groups % Beers They zsrs
all smoking their big pipes and he came along
they gave him military salute Al the camp h
talked with the Boer officers. all OF whom were On
parole and had the liberty OF the toVu- The cap
tain spoke with General SchieI. the German arti-
leTy officer in the Boer service He was very BIT
ter and disagreeable. Captain Mann said and
n ~a =Szd r7f--z
The others. though, appeared be pleased with
the care that they were having
Conmandant Roose. of dark complexion. six feet
high and speaking good English. as is generally
the case among the Boer officers, talked 20 ths
captain about the war Commandant Roose capt
ured Winston Churchill and fu other ways took
prominent part in the earlier occurrences OF the
struggle He said. The game Is up. 7 think.
and the fighting ought 10 stop II f only result
ing in loss Of life
One thing that struck Captain Mann forcfbly
the wide range in the ages OF the prisoners Soms
old seventy and many we're young
as fifteen or sixteen The officers we're well sdu-
Gated and very intelligent The privatss seemed
little dun.
TREATED WELL By THE BRITISH
large number were allowed &c work fer the
farmers and thus 70 make = little money. They
had the same fare as the British soldiers. and
they slept twelve IN a tent, while among the mem
bers o. the garrison the number q tent was
thirteen Though the Beers n this wzv were bet
ter or than the British, yet they were crowded.
To give them more room they we're permitted 10
CUT down bamboo trees 70 make shacks- They
hammered the tin u kerosene OIL cans into shapes
suta be for making covering for the roofs- Leu
tsnant-ColoneI Evans commanded the post The
usual garrison Is OF the West India regtnents.
br the soldiers Of ris organtZaCi ton colorsd
the English Government decided 70 EtTs them
duties that would bring them IN contact with ths
prisoners Entire charge OF the South Africans is
given 20 the 5th Gloucesrershtrs- The one draw
back in camp is The difficulty IN keeping a fuH
supply q water.
Steamers come from England every month. laden
with bullOckS- There Is sheltered harocr and
( beach The bGllocks and other parts OF rhe
cargo OF vessels loaded on hatboaCs and lcrsd
I'd along the sides Of the rocks oy A pig crane
A little club the ST Helena, posts bulletins OF
the The island printer gets them n 4
form much Ike red dodgers and sells them for
penny zpieCe the residents, the prisoners and
passengers incoming ships Recently cable
has been ConpleLs1 from ST Helena 70 South
Africa that Of late rhe news mas been up
date instead Of U.on-h late. as was the case
D when the service began
While Captain Mann vas on the island Dutch
ship dropped anchor or The port The Governor
asked the vessels captain 20 leave the roadsread
Captain Mann SAYS that vast Quantities oe uro-
visions going 20 destruction n Algoa Bay and
Cape Town. because there nor cars enough 70
Transport them the front