The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-19
in A BAD PLIGHT.
The British Are Treating The Beer
Prisoners In a Harsh Manner.
THE CAMPS IN BERMUDA
Described by Men Who Have Made
an Investigation Of Conditions.
NARROWING STORIES ARE TOLD
OF the Suffering Which Is Being Under.
gone Near The American Coast,
THE BAREST OF NECESSITIES DENIED
The Men and Boys Who Have Been
ENpatristed ard the s;ristes, Of
Regulations Arc Enforced.
NARROWING STORIES ARE TOLD
Of the Suffering Which Is Being Under.
gone Near The American Coast,
rHR BAUEsr OF NECESSITIES DENIED
Especial to The Pos.1

New York, January rS,--Iohr NJ. Has
sell, a mechanical engineer, who had A
commission in the Beer army has sue
eete>d IN making tour OF the eoncentra.
ton camps az Bermuda. They are on hve
small Islands. IN the southern paYt Of
Great Sound. near the hasbor OF Hamil-
ton. These islands are Marshslps. Oar
rellS, Bvrtt's MorEaus and fuckers while
fur.hei TO the aurth 3 ljttl. strip called
Ports island is used for hoslita, purposes
Mr. HaSsell in summing rp h;s investi
cation Of the camps. said sodsy
-Four thousand persons with more than
20 per cent OF old men ard children. hud-
died toee,her on Insufficient ground. ALSO
lutely excluded from al communication
iusutljcienty housed. seautily led. left
without clothing 60 face raw winter and
tortured by lack OF employment such is
tho condition Of the men saw. Can there
b. another name used tor these eauns
than q al OF the notorious inferno created
in Ctha by WeyieT and called by the
euphemistic tile of rsconeeutrsdo camps 2"
Both Mr. hasSell and Charles y. Pierce.
The trnsul general in this city tor ,he
Orange Free State declare that the prison
ers are in a pitishle s,as tor want Of
elethias Consul Pierce SAYS he IS &C.
sewing letters by every steamer ireIa Der
mpca aSkiag Tor aid
Here is a le,tef thar came e me to
day, he said, Il, tells What IS mos, nsed-
Cd, They asked Tor ostmeS an l,ads OF
ceresls, condensed railk, rice c,spors,ed
arpes. sugar, coffee. tea, bears ard corn
meat Il seems they &c, nothing in the
etIesl lire TO est They Sisc asked for
sosp aud tnweis These are tuxur,es IN the
camps. Water also is S.r sea- az al
The water used IS eonde Ss,i ftc7, he sea.
Practically every rrtsoner Is wearing to-
day practically tks same eicthinx in which
he vas captured The men arc told they
can no; bring any articles into The eanns
because the British government has ist the
Exclusive privilege to sell to the prisoners
20 man OF the name OF James
They tell TIC that many OF those bis
fellows. used &c good whelesonss tood.
don get bali enough 10 cat There a.,
cot tents enough tor al. So that the raen
sre forced 10 sleep aud live exposed 70
rains and all kinds OF weather. They.
Q, course, arc afraid 20 complain too bit
! terly, fer every letter they write is scr,i-
,isised. But still they manage to let Us
know how they are farjug,"
Mr.. HsSSell IN his description of what
/ he saw on the island, said that each is
surrounded by high wire fence known as
I the dead line. The prisoners are cautioned
not 10 touch these fences under penalty
@, death
! Hassei tells Of vouns Boer. Philip
| Cronje. who, while conducting PRAYER
/ meeting slipped hack and uaInieniienally
touched the wire fence, lie fell dead, a
/ hplls, from a sentry's rife crashing into
/ hts head.
Scattered among the islands are bun
/ dreds Of beyS whose ages range from 20
"a years They were nnu.eenbStsnts. SAYS
I Ionsul Pierce bu; nevertheless they are
! held as prisoners ot war.
-, makes ones heart bleed" said Mr..
| Hassell TO hear these mites asking again
and again when they shall return 20 their
mothers There arc Jgi beys under g6
| years Of age on Dsrre'l's island alone
Mr Hasseil tells 81 two men who tried
I 20 escape from fuckers island Their
tents now" he said arc ineiosed in sep
srsts wirr fences and their uinde 81 iiv-
] ing somewhat resembles the notorious
| trestment accorded Captain Dseyfas on
Devils island.
Isolated on Georges island are ;hirty-
seven men serving HE sentences in the
military cells, They arr termed "rshsls -
and wear the prison garh They were
either natives Of Cspe Colony or had
| signed the peace psFeS
These thirty-ssvea unfortunstcs. eiSh,
/ Of them married SAYS Mr. Hssseii. "srs
I shut SD IN solitary. damp cells IN a high
I walled dunseen They are allowed 70
/ communicate witA No enc nor 10 receive
ssy donations tsndsrei TO thea BY
/ frieads."