New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
THOUGH PRISONERS,
 LIVE IN CASTLE
German Officers Held Under Slight
 Restraint in France
Correspondence of The Associated PressD

Correspondence of The Associated PressD
 Le Puy, Central France, Nov. 14.- German officers living in a historic chateau on the banks of the roman tic Loire, much as they would live in some castle on the Rhine, some of them with their wives and babies with German orderlies, German cooks, German menus, German war maps, German orchestras German games, German drills-these were some of the things making it ap- parent today that France was living LID to the complete letter and spirit of it's international obligation of look ing after German prisoners of war.
 The visit to this German officers camp was made by The Associated Press through the courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with two French army officers assigned from the Ministry of War to assist in showing and explaining all the de- tails of the care given to German of ficerS.
 Live in Castle.
 The ancient castle of Roche-Ar- neaud is the temporary home of q hundred or more of these German officers, gathered in from the battle of Champagne and from all along the fighting line, and even from the re- mote German islands of the South Pacific which have been taken bv French landing parties. The castle dominates a sweep of thirty miles of valleys, hills and low mountains. much like the picturesque ranges of the Blue Ridge.
 Entering the court of the castle was like passing into some vast Ger man establishment with German off, cers in smart uniforms standing in knots or stepping sharply across the court and the circle of surrounding windows crowded with smiling and good-natured faces of many other German officers. At the gate stood a \broad d-shouldered Saxon officer with an artists easel and canvas be- fore him. on which he was laying on the color of these dominating tints of the Loire Valley and mountains
 Photographs of all the imprisoned officers occupied the whole side of a wall in the reception-room as one entered the place. Each photograph bore the name and regiment of the officer. The names were typically Schneider, Major von' Erdt, Capt. Refs, Capt. Kasl. They were fine looking, big framed men each in full uniform, with cap jaurt- fly pushed back. And at the foot of tho photographs were two which stood out from among these fighters two faces of young German wom- en, and beside them two tiny ba- b1es-war babies, born on French soil, of German parents
 No Discontcnt.
 The full assemblage of German officers was seen for the first time as Inc party entered the gardens of the old chateau, for the officers seemed To have taste which drew them into these beautiful gardens, finished In exquisite French taste, with flowers and foliage at every hand, and look ing off into Vistas of the Loire. There was not sign of discontent about l them, on the contrary they were a l picture of a we'll conditioned set of l men, living a life of ease and even elegance. Their uniforms were spic and span they were we'll turned out l and well tailored, their coats fitting | ia ultlessly and their trousers tightly over their big legs; they were we'll shaved, we'll fed, we'll conditioned as 1 though they had recently stepped out l of some military club on the Will 1 h helmstrasse.
 There was a slight air of suspicion l about the Germans as the French l officers entered with the party. They | raised their heads proudly and ] strutted away in pairs and groups until soon all of them were lost in |