Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

camp. $50 have died. Most of the lat
ter came to the camp sick or infected.
They are buried in pine grove.
Graves are marked with n black. wood
en- cross. bearing number. The cross
Is later replaced by a maidstone cast of
concrete. This headstone is given the
number formerly carried by the cross.
In the mortuary chapel erected on the
cemetery book Is kept in which by
means Of this number the name of the
dead prisoner may be found.
The cemetery at this camp shows. in
cldentally, to what extent enmity may
cease once a man has been taken pris-
oner. For ornamental purposes there
has Just been completed a small struc-
ture 300 feet away from the chapel
Between the two buildings runs an. ar
cade supported on its open side on
arches and closed in on the other side
by wall. On this wall will be placed
tablets bearing the names Of the Rus
slams who have died in the camp. The
bronze tablets commemora ting thus the
fate of these unfortunates are now be-
ing cast. The dedtcatory inscription on
each tablet will be: Here died for his
fatherland and lies buried"-then will
come the names
How They Are Fed.
The food of the Russian prisoners
consists of soup and bread in the
morning, soup and a meat dish at noon,
and another soup and bread at night
Three times a week a sort of pudding is
added to the noon meal. Each man is
allowed 17h ounces of bread a day.
No tea or coffee are issued, but the
prisoners may buy these at a price of
two hellers. or about one-third Amer
lean cent quart Tobacco is obtain
able In the same way. Since no money
from Russia or elsewhere has vet
reached any OF the Russian prisoners
at n-Muenchen, the men nav for
these things with the pay given them
by the Austrian government, "a hellers
DAY. II the man is employed at work
requiring no skill, and from 40 hellers
TO a crown. If he works at a trade.
January IL the first shipment of cloth
ing for the prisoners reached the camp
from Russia; seven boxes Of mostly
warm underwear and socks.
me prisoners work eight hours a day.
rise at in the morning and go to bed
at In the evening. Spare hours are
many, therefore, and since but few of
the men can read, the problem of pass
Ing time more agreeably than thinking
OF the family at home has been a great
at their disposal.
Efforts made by the Austrian officers
10 get the 'intelligents" to read to their
IelIow prisoners, or entertain them
with talks on this or that. have failed.
Instead, the Austrian officers have now
established a German school in each
group. Conversation with them estab-
!ished that the Russian peasant is eager
to learn, and nothing seems to delight
MN SO much than to hear German fairy
eai ,e Many OF the bearded pupils MEM
orfze these little stories. One of them
was asked to repeat one. He did it
with all the embarrassment of the
schoolboy.
Enlargement of the camp and tho
constant improvement of its wide
streets and many gardens keep many
or the prisoners employed. Several
hundred men work in the shoe factory
and repair shop. large overshoe.
made OF straw rope. held in shape by
ordinary wire. is made in one of the
shops. The shoe is said to have proven
Its value In the trenches. In addition
to protecting the shoe of the soldier. it
keeps the snow away from the leather.
and in so doing prevents many cases of
frozen feet.
Some Prisoners Make Furniture,
There is a carpenter shop The crude
furniture needed by the prisoners is
made in this. A wood turning and cut
ting shop produces such articles as in
laid wooden cigar and cigarette cases.
jewelry boxes. hand-mirror backs and
frames. and toys. Much of this is we'll
done. 1t is sold in the open market,
One-third of the money realized goes
TO fund with which the prisoners buy
the expensive woods needed for this
sort of work, new tools and other ac-
cessories. Another third the prisoners
may spend as they think fit, while the
remainder goes to the Austro-Hungar-
ian war providence" fund. and is then
devoted to any of the various cha rita BILE
purposes this organization has.
Much labor is needed to manage the
camp. Several hundred Russians at
tend to the wounded and sick in the
hospitals and convalescent barracks.
as were willing to become
nurses. The orderlies, too, are Rus
SLAMS.
Efforts on the part Of the Austrian
officers to find something to do for the
men leads often to ludicrous situa-
another prison camp such a dearth of
la Dor had resulted at one time that ii
became necessary to M e large
quantity of brick several Thousand
yards piece by piece. each prisoner car
rying one brick at time. 1t seems
that the men could not be induced to
take exercise. 1t was procured for them
in this manner.
Many of the prisoners of war were
asked how they Jared in the camp. All
of them complained. Some said the
food was always the same. Others in
sisted that there was not enough of it.
definite could be learned of
this highly debatable question. Aus
trian officers said that the Russians
ate as well as did the Austrian soldier
when in garrison.
More Bread Than Civilians.