Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-01-22
|! !! 8! BEST Of I! CARE : !!'lE
informed German Sailors Are A.
~. lowed Many Privileges H.
Have Little Farm, Keep Poultry and
Get Beer, From city-6uy Base.
ball Equipment and Try to
~ Learn The Game. "P"Ss

personal comfort Of 500 Germans De
better, looked after than in the case
Of this number OF the kaiser's sub
jects now informed at the Norfolk,
navy yard on the auxiliary cruisers
Eitel 1 Friedrich and Kronprinz VII
tiefn. They are allowed more privt-,
leges Chan are American sai4ors. Y
ls White recent osders5of Che navy Do
partment have for the time being put
aistop to the liberty formerly granted
the crews of the two ships, they are
still accorded every courtesy to make
their stay on shipboard as pleasant as
possible. The government has even
permitted the officers to have their
wives and children on board, priv
tiiega that Is not accorded officers on
American warships nor, SO far az
AMERICAN naval officers know, to those
OF amy other nation. 3D..
Secretary Daniels some months ago
issued all order banishing wines, beer
Or any other, intoxica1its from Amer
7ican warshiE,s The sailors on the
,Eitel Friedrich andyi Ikronprinz VIII
helm are allowed beer, wines or any
thing else they want. The Germans
arc provided with the best OF things
to eat. or course they pay for it.
they appear to be plentifully supplied
with coin or the realm. wiz IL, .
Tho navy department permitted the
Germans to cultivate tract of land
near the pier where their ships are
moored, and this miniature farm Ia
really q greater attraction for visi.
tors than arc the former sea raiders
themselves. The interned Germans
are an industrious lot. When they
were allowed unrestricted liberty they
spent considerable time working their
garden and in making various little
trinkets for friends and to send home.
When they were not working they
were walking TIE streets OF Norfolk,
rowing in the harbor or swimming in
the surf at the various seaside re-
sorts. 4.r.r gr sr. .,'t.
Their garden is filled witt, potatoes,
cabbages, tomatoes and other truck 3"
They also have quite number OF
fowl--geese, chickens and a rev
ducks. Geese appear to be the ia
vorite fowl OF the Germans, and goose
dinners are on the bill OF fare on
both ships almost every Sunday.
The Germanc have provided unique
and attractive little homes for their
iowi. In America place where chick
e.ls roost is called a ''henhouse.' The
Germans call them homes" A num-
Der OF these homes" have been erect
ed on the land loaned to the Germans.
i1acn ''home" is provided with a chin.
ney and mas pathway leading to tho
door. The chimney is OF no use be-
cause there is no fire. Not more than
tour chick ems roost in one house.
The Germans Quilt the homes out of
scrap lumber, wooden boxes and bar
rel tops. They are painted red and
Them striped in white paint to repre-
sent bricks. They are clean and at
Caltain Thiericlens Of the Eitel
Friedrich and Captein Thierfelder Of
the Kronprinz Wilhelm were seen res.
Gently standing on the pier at which.
their ships were moored watching a
number Of men from both ships try-
ing 10 Iearn baseball. Over $500 was.
spent in buying baseball equipment
and several men OF the informed ships
showed every promise OF mastering
the game. '
Captain Thierichens apparently
takes moro interest in things Ameri,
can than does Captain Thierfelder,
who appears to be downhearted; ne
says ne would rather be fighting than
remain mere with nothing to do. Cap
tain Thierichens takes things as they
come, He, too, says he would like to
be able to fight for his country, but
he believes that he and his men made
a gallant record while they we're raid,
ing the sea for ships Of the enemy,
He laughs at American jokes and en-,
courages his men to enjoy life while
they can. He furnishes them with
news from the war front by pasting
brief items On bulletin board. He
permits his men to have games on the
ships. He allowed them to have en-
tertainnlentsf and to- invite friends un,
til six officers from the Kronprinz. VII,
helm violated their patrol and went to
sea In the yacht Eclipse.
Doctor Krugerneck, one of the OH,
GERS missing from the Wilhelm, is said
to have wept bitterly every time he
received letter from home or wrote
one OF his relatives.
l"He lost brothers and cousins il
the war; Captain Thierfelder told q
friend who had noticed the doctor
weeping. 4 y ~ ''a 't
Captain Thierichens, who, according
TO American naval officers, is sin,
cere and able commander, disappr0ves
Of the German officers violating their
paroles.
"A German officer never breaks hia
word,'' he said. Il gave my word for
oil my mer, and those WHO violate my
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