Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-19
GERMAN SOLDIERS
 IN ENGLAND UNDER CHANGED CONDITIONS
Former Visit when German Troops were Friendly Guests of Honor Recalled By Prison at Dorchester.


 LONrON-For the second time with in-one hundred and fifty years German soldiers are occupying the historic old horse artillery barracks at Dorchester, but while the first occupants, an Han overian regiment, came welcomed as q guard of honor for King George 1, the fortunes of war have made the present occuriers the enforced guests of the British government Another striking instance of the whilrigig of history was the discovery by the Ger man prisoners. while excavating roads for an addition to their camp. of the bones of French prisoners who died in the barracks during the Napoleonic vars
 Over three thousand German prison. err row occupy the camp. and addition eI hIts arc being built for more. The "a t0-Tccks are inadequate to house ~l of he prisoners and streets of huts c--e,ding over both slopes of little valley form small town for their ac- carrodation. The whole camp is sur -o~nded by a wooden and wire fence
 -'So of which barb wire entangle- --c1ts form a barrier dominated by
 o7try boxes from which a squad of
 rards armed with rifles overlook ev-
 " possible avenue of escape. These
 tries are the only visible evidence of human restraint for except a few commissioned officers assisted by four sergeants and a small squad of Red Cross orderlies there is not a single British soldier inside the compound.
 For the first time since German war prisoners have been brought to Eng land unofficial neutrals were allowed to inspect one of their camps and an Associated Press correspondent was conducted over the place by the commandant, Major w C. Bulke- ley, D. s. O., who not only allowed him to see everything in the place, but per, mitted him to talk freely in private with the prisoners.
 The visit was made under the worst possible weather conditions, heavy cold rain having flooded the lowlands near Dorchester The camp, located on sloping hillsides. escaped the actu- al floods. but the mud of the unpaved streets was deep and sticky. The pri soners. paid two pence an hour for such work. were busy digging paved drainage ditches which will soon make progress about the place much more Several of the huts were leaking. but the occupants, who do not care to be separated from their units, preferred to await their repair rather than move into other huts in the new portion of the camp.
 Many of the prisoners occupy the old artillery barracks. long row of brick buildings with stables on the round floors and quarters for the men above. The stabmles, well warmed by ! sheet iron stoves, from primitive but uudiitlSs Nultc lit lOohio | 'b0ye each equipped with from two to ! our hunks, are the prize quarters, | 1f the camp. The other quarters are n long rows of temporary wooden nuts, each housing about thirty men. All are warmed with sheet iron stoves. | md in estimating the comfort of the ,amp this feature stands out in the -iewpoint of the natural obcerver, who inds the prisoners huts considerably nore comfortable than the average London house.
 In the old barracks are well equip ,ed tailor and boot shops, where the prisoners of those trades repair the and footwear of their com .ades. These workmen are paid six weekly Many of the prison ITS arrive with their uniforms and boots in wretched condition, and the ailors and 5ootmakers are kept very pussy. These workers were the most l