The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-02
New Embroidered Organdies From the
Land Of the Alps.

pie In such n limited space, il was i'm
possible When II raiued We. could
not 20 out The daily food oounsted
morning at 7 o'clock small cup Of
coffee-lO o'clock. bread, sOul with
peas or beans etc, and tiny piece
" meat-afteruoons nt ( the same
soup We received enough bread
which WIS really the only edible p0r-
uon uf the meal Those prisoners
who were fortunate enough 10 have
money, could purchase sausage. but.
Ter, marmalade, cheese, etc, at the
canteen I'm the fort The prices were
outrageous but wine was offered ut the
usual price At the well where we
obtained our drinking water We found
n sign upon which was written I'm
large letters, NO drinking water ="
We were Obliged 10 drink II as we
could obtain no other The germs Of
fever influenza and eventyphold were
oftein testified to by an Austrrin ply
ician, one of our fellow prisoners.
contracted n severe cold during the
'''.'N A'''Af ''HA Nhl hllN was OhliktU
to buy my own medicines
When the imprisoned doctor was re
moved TO another place, there was alb
sOlutely no one at the fort who took
any interest In the sick. During this
time new transports were brought and
man were removed from here TO
other stations The same reports of
bad and undignifed treatment were
heard from all
On November 10. we were removed
10y tug boat from the fort to II pom.
toon anchored In the outer harbur
with us was also brought the last
transport which had come to the fort
consisting OF about 100 wounded sol
dicrs. Amongst these were many se.
Nerely wounded, who had to br car
ried by those In good health. II was
most difficult or quite impossible
to obtain any sanitary care or assist
ance from the French. The impri-un
ed civilians took UP collection for the
Red Cross, for the purpose Of procur
Ing medical supplies, necessary FOR
NV il'NNNlIk w NV uNNlAANlf NNNllilfNl
many NJ the mwith fostering wounds.
some who had lost an arm or a leg
and were exposed to bitter sea winds
on the puutOOu From man Of our
soldiers pieces " wearing apparel
were torn away by forrc Money too
was nearly all taken from them dur
lug transportation Existence on the
puntoon was simply unworthy OF m-
man beings II one wished 10 wash
he had 10 use his porringcr for this
purpose A scanl, light was admit
ted through a hole broken In the side
" the wall aud left quite without
glnss Until Q o'clock evenings
twelve oil lamps burned after q
only two very primitive stable Ian.
terms The provision made Tor MS on
board the pontoon was lust as meRgre
and insufficient ns AZ the fort There
was also n Canteen here with the dif
ference that various articles were
more expensive.
Among MS were also officers nearly
all wounded. hut they received no bet
ter treatment than the others In good
weather We were allowed to 20 on
deck In the afternoon, but only for
two hours and half As our poor
soldiers were all without clonks or
mantles, they had to walk UP and
down during the night 10 keep from
freezing to death I'm the frlghtful
draft anti piercing cold They slept
In the day time when II was slightly
warmer The severely wounded. with
bnndnges which had not been renewed
lu many DAYS had To depend upon
their fellow prisoners for care
amongst whom were some Red Cross
soldiers Bandages and medicine
we're not and could not he furnished
hv the French We took pity upon
these poor fellows and helped them
out Rs well AZ We could with our own
clothing
We five Germans who were travel
ing with English passes, nut In pro
test 10 the British and French gov
crnments against our Imprisonment
Finally. ON November g. n telegraphir
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