The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-20

a a s,nce that date the awful situation
:" worse as shown by the few lines
'as nress dispatches at intervals giving
u -. ,rtcr Of dead women aud children.
ue article was written Mr.. Bleu had
- & tour of Mr. Joe Chamber
n '9son Family Observation-Disclosures,
1'No IN. md children's camps at Irene,
t'n7s andlem and Bloemfontein. all OF
IDvdeadA that Of Pretoria, were found
|kshso,st hospitals with cemetery an
i S
H. notsre IS no hospital in the world
4 a'snto ntslde Of the time of great cpl
hS 60 many patients die The Joe
l. .hsrlon hospital. so-cal!ed, at Bloom
Lti, for instance, is now yielding eight
IN corpses day, AT Potschefstroem
I u r,,bers and little ones were carried out
month. while Irene saw its population
,n,risoned women lessened by 1871 The
! I'M records show the prevalence OF the
~ hospital and prison diseases, typhoid,
-,.,ss malaria, infantile slcknesses but
4 Y, show more In a good many cases
4 s.,v,,ion or "broben heart" are named as
. 4. Cause Of death.
vm, correspondent saw no cases Of
4 IA staryation. the British sub-lieuten-
&. who conducted him through the va
III ssmps spared him that awful sight,
i !. vbether at Pretoria Blocmfontein or
e.sshsdstroem he was always followed by
4 .cirr children who quickly devoured the
,.,l store Of bscuit bread and preserves
4 5 hsd TO give As TO the elder women and
4 raa girls they sat silent, defiant, their
4 l,r,s wrapped in aprons as II afraid that.
4 ,svts their high sense Of honor and dig
\ his and honor they might stretch them
4 tath iE application.
Your correspondent thinks the women and
Children of Irene are worse off There
\ isnea stalks abroad in open daylight and
A " people are so weakened by long con
q trud lack of the necessares of life as
70 fall like flies before changes of temporal
4 tue and Incidental illnesses that under
4 ordinary circumstances they wouldn't mind
n It sl The matrons and girls are sallow-
4 hcd and haggard. the children listless or
Yhmpefing. all their Unborn sturdlness and
tostelousness gone. Your correspondent
4 til occasion to talk to some of the older
h women in their own language. 1t had to
A b done on the quiet as the governor of
tie camp had instructed the guard not to
permit any conversation save in English
n Starvation isn't the right word" said
4 DE Beer matronS, just even toward their
n aN cruel prosecutors, for twice week
We get food enough for day. But by
making It last three days and a half, our
tloEance is cut down so fine as to keep
4 Is hungry from Sunday to Saturday ana
iNn Saturday till Sunday. Thus we are
I'D down to the last extremity, our
strength slowly Gibbs away until we die of
\ lhauston,'
\ With the children it's different" said
inotAer Bocr woman. "unhumpered by
n lide end dlsregardlng past conditions they
beg bite or two, but at the same time
hunger frequently compels them to indulge
ioci entirely unfit for consumption That
one Of the reasons why so many die of
rlAoid and measles, sicknesses we weren't
much sfraid of when living on our farms.
A things are now, the little ones have not
a 's the strength to withstand the attack
q The fever"
All the camps arc arranged and governed
lAofding 10 i.A slime plans and regula-
u'Es but your correspondent found those
II SGaied near popu.ous cities in better con
a'on than the rcst--if the term better
Permissible to designate something ut
NY impossible and hopeless. The women
lo@ners Of Pretoria. Bloemfontcin aud
.ii''ermarlizburg are less hungry and des
Aye because the townfoks can visit them
'A distribute gifts. But the townfolkS
'elg mostly English, and prices of food
al clothing very high. their donations are
s'e and far between. To mention but
@ ming There are only two chairs In
ae camp situated near the capital-two
lens nearly a thousand women and chill
gn
me British government furnishes its pris.
Ego with tents measuring four square
YIN tameter at the bottom. This must
'nice for from eight 10 twelve heads, wo-
- and children, Sometimes two or three
.4lles are lodged together TO make up
aupioer' The writer counted seven beds
" PRETORIA camp and thirty, or thirty
az told' in the thrce other camps Wis
y In excavation The British officers
y -'aat the kings female prisoners of
were permitted ia bring from their
i " zones as much as they liked.
I correspondent repeated this to n
3 a OIL Edward Wis lady captives, and
A 'aeN got this reply; I'VE couldn't
mqeh besides what we had on be,
Tue carts that brought us to he
4 ''u s'aion-often hundred or more
ustsnt-were so ovcrcrowded that
% us could not EVEN sit down. Many
" sand mp, and even the big chill
4-l 70 make the journey sitting on
''ueI lap, There were no ac-
i ~, .u4llohs for baggage. on very rare
Sons Only did some captive succeed
n Isl. the soldiers to permit them to
rHnk' There are forty-niue
boxes In the camp at Pretoria.
1u tents, With the exception of the
tulaaed with chairs and beds, con-
q .grh. 0.u'ely nothing save the regulation
fasls. O''HAe'S ana uloto COOKING
b., correspondent questioned over a
,ss women and girls how they were
F'sonerS This was their stereO-
M. response In nine out of ten cases:
I'll N, we're living quietly in BapbertOn
. ~, a'efsrandl district, father and
Oyilg in the field Tor away as prIs-
M, VAR when all of sudden a band
~, appeared at our farm" (some-
3 arts. midday, or early in the morning,
:. w.. az ghp. They surrounded
f. . ana stables. allowing none to es-