Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-21
MAINz WAR CAMP
HOLDS FIGHTERS
OF MANY NATIONS
VISIT TO CAMP COMPLETELY PUTS
ASIDE IMPRESSION THERE Is
HATRED AND AHTAGOHISM.
BOTH SIDES RECOGNIZE IN OTHER
HONORABLE OPPONENTS WHO
DID NOT START The WAR.
~ A.u.lutnl prnss.l

Mainz. Germany sept. 2l.-A visit I'd
The officers prison cnmr in the wonder
ful old citadel here. ana Il talk with the
| English. French. Belgian. Russian H.
well IN Gcrmam-nnicrr> completely de
StroyS The impression that personal an
tagDmisn and hate exists among the ac-
tual fighting men ia the war.
The Mainz camp. which il one IT The
best war prisons uf Germany, az pres
ent has a population of 49, officers. 90
II whom are British. The balance IL al-
most equally divided between Russians
anu French and Belgian. SOMETIMES
pycr leo common soldiers detailed az
servants are quartcrcd there in addition.
Both sides recognize i'm the other hon
oraLlc opponents who have had inli-
viiHally nothing a. du with either the
cause, or the conduct Of the war. and
whom the hii>furtUutS ot honorable con
nirt either have Stunned or hit.
Before the war the citadel Of Mainz
was a barracks. Its r,omS and it, quar-
tiers were cmpticd late last Summer and
after being gone over TN the whitcWaSh
man and he cleaner. were turned into u
camp. Its myriad rooms were fOnnd cas-
lin available for comfortable quarters
FIR officers. Many ~ the higher and Older
men have individual apartments. and ina
non are more than "a dozen men.
The buildings are wv The Y rm uf u
square about 4 huge enclosure. in Whirh
tennis courtS have been hIil;. end which
serves cyCclicntlv W. au exercise ground
irr the officers. The scene nt almost amy
time Of day il one II Kaleidoscope va
riety wv The red trouScr,d Frpnchmcn
minglc with the khaki lad Fngli>hmcn.
and the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BcleianS
Walk with the Russians.
One ~ the largest buildings has been
turned int z mess where the officers eat.
-Four meals u dav are SERVED beginning
With IN" customary continental break
fast Of bread ana coffee. d hclrtv dinner
w noon. W lighter meal late wv the aft
clnoon and "a lunch or supper before bed
time.
Until dark the men ARE allowed NE
liberty of the entire rlmp: after that
they must retire To their rlcmS but may
Keep lights burning until m. At 1:l5 in
the mornin" they must hc mn and ont.
Bv = sort If self government system two
officers in each building ARE prt I'LL con
troll or command rsh week. and u,.n
these rests The responsibility or getting
tH' 'H'ti NNl UlfFIilftlN 'tlfn CIV .lflN al
enforcing The rules regulating the life Of
the camp.
The men with whom an Associated
Press "A rrc>poudcut had opportunity I'D
speak recently agreed vijhnrt exception
that the food was good Hnd sufficient iu
QUANTITY. TwFcc y lav the men mr.. ~.
lowed half y bottle ~ wine W. of beer
with their meals. and IN addition arr
able Nj, rrt.ha>c almn.i amy variety of
catahlc>. things ~ drin and to wear.
~ well aS lUNuric~. 1t the camp r1ntcAn.
Sport figures rrrminrn1lv Inn the life
"f me men ~ Maiuz. and scarcely i week
goes hy without " football cr cricket
match. % tennis tournament nr some sim
liar event. The Fugli~hmcn. drSuitc
th"ir numerical i~nferipritv. are wv usual
the leaders i'm all games and outdoor en-
crci>cS.