Evening star., 1914-11-14
PRINCE IS BARRED
BY CAMP GUARD
Fails to See "Tommies" Held
by Germans at
Doberitz.
CAPTIVES POKE FUN
AT TEUTON "JAILORS"
About 800 English Soldiers and
$50 Marines Are Housed
in Tents.
CORRESPONDENCE Of the Associated Press.

BERLIN, October o7.-Prince Joachim
of Prussia, youngest son Of the emperor.
went to visit the camp Of the British
prisoners of war at -Doberitz,- near Berlin,
the day before his departure for the front.
He was accompanied by the Princess Au-
gust Wilhelm and lady of the court
AT the entrance to the camp they were
met by the sergeant of the guard.
Every sorry. Sir, but our orders are to
admit no one to the camp without spe-
cial pass from the commandant, Gen.
Won Loebell."
But you know who 1 am?'
"Oh, yes. your royal highness, but our
orders apply also to you.''
Royal Party Returns.
The royal party returned to Berlin with
out having seen the "Tommies." The
guard. it turned out, were quite within
their orders. for Gen. Won Loebeil, vet
eran of 1870, in instructing the landsturm
battalion guarding the camp as to their
duties, had ordered them to admit no
body without his explicit order. mot even
his majesty himself"
The order. which has removed Dober-
itz from the sightseeing tours of the
Berliners, was relaxed for party of
foreign newspaper correspondents, VINO
were taken through the entire camp in
order to see just how the prisoners
are treated.
Captives Housed in Tents.
The captives, of whom there were
about 3.100 soldiers and some $50 men,
bers of the marine brigade taken at
Antwerp, were housed in large tents,
each accommodating about fifty men
in charge of British non-commis-
stoned officer. They sleep on sack mat
tresseS flied with straw, and are now
provided with two blankets apiece, the
American ambassador, Mr.. Gerard, hav-
ing succeeded In securing the second
blanket upon representation that the
men were suffering from cold during
the chilly autumn nights
They have also been provided with
warm underclotning. which many o.
them lacked wien captured. They COM
plain that the food is not adequate, a
complaint perhaps due to the difference
between the English diet, composed
largely of meat, and that of the Ger
kmans in which vegetables and rye
bread play so large a role, but seem
otherwise fairly contented.
Praised as Soldiers.
They are soldiers and good ones, all
right" said one of the German officers
attached to the camp. You can see
that from their bearing"
Many of them were indeed long serv-
ice men, particularly the nom commits
stoned officers, one of whom could have
been retired for age five days after the
day of his capture near Mons Not
withstanding their training, however,
| they do not quite conform to German
| standards, as one landsturm man, de-
tailed as interpreter. complained to the
correspondent They will keep their
1 Ho
said in despair. only II a commits
stoned officer addresses them directly
do they behave properly"
He was not quite without hope, how
ever. for he proudly explained how he
was breaking them of the habit OF
smoking during the prohibited hour OF
roll call in the morning.
Pipes Taken Away.
| They have all the rest of the day to
smoke" he said, but order and threat
en- as 1 would. their pipes were always
going Just at that time, so just gath
cred in every pipe 1 found alight and
turned it over to the non-commissioned
| officer In charge of the tent to keep
| il until 6 o'clock Now you should
see the pipes go out Of sight when
come around in the morning" Perhaps
he may cope with his other difficulty
by sewing up tnc poShctS-
| Tommy" in fact, seems to have con-
siderable fun at the expense of his
guards and delights to go as near the
limit of teasing as he can without in
curing punishment
| The officer in charge said the dis.
cipline on the whole was good. tina
there were very few bad cases" ant
there had been very little trouble will
prisoners except on one occasion. A
brigade of new troops was then en-
gagged in rifle practice on the range
nearby and the prisoners. who had lef
England imbued with the idea tina
Russians were almost at the gates o
Berlin jumped at the conclusion tina
a battle was on in that vicinity ant
the invaders would soon set them a
liberty.
Building. Winter Camp.
A permanent winter camp will
frame buildings is approaching com
pletion and the prisoners are to b.
transferred to it when the weathe
makes the tents uninhabitable.
The camp, which represents an ex
penditure of about $25O, ,00O consists o
ten units each with ten barracks &C
commodating 100 men. Each unit ha
is own kitchen. and guardhouse &C
cessories.
The buildings are well and perma
nently constructed. proper attention