The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1916-07-14

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states in which senator is at stake.
Who Knows George Whibe7
Several months ago We received let
ter from Mrs. d. Alice Camp, Of Wash.
ington, D. G. asking for relatives Of one
George White, who was supposed to 30
enlisted from Pembina and served in the
4Sth Highlander regiment and that he
was prisoner Of war in Germany. No
one here seemed to know oe anyone By
that name in this vicinity who have
enlist, and We submitted the letter to
friends in Winnipeg to have them inves.
tigate through the military organization
Of that city for further information. We
are told that the 18th Highlanders mus.
tered IN at Toronto where further en-.
quiries we're extended but up to the pre-.
sent time we have had no answer.
Mrs. Camp stated that her daughter,
Madame Hugh Camp, who by the way
has been contributing many interesting
articles on the war in some Of the lead.
ing New York papers, was = resident ot
Bern, Switzerland and that Mr.. White
had cent word by exchanged prisoners
asking to have his relatives informed
that he was prisoner and if possible to
send hun some money. if only few dol.
lars.
1t may be that Mr.. White may have
resided some place in Pembina county
when he enlisted. II anyone can shed
further light ON the matter his relatives
may be found. The accompanying let.
ter was received this week from Bern
and arrived here fourteen days after its
dating:
Bern, Switzerland, June 14th, 1915.
MI. G. G. Thompson,
Editor Pioneer Express, Pembiua.
Dear SIR
Ny mother, Mrs. E. A. Camp, has
sent me your address. She wrote you
on behalf of Private George White. Of
your town, who enlisted with the 48th
Canadian Highlanders and is now a
prisoner of war in Gottingen. Germany,
and designated there as No. 27555. =.
You could not, believe, find out any.
thing about him in Pembina, but that
he really exists, and that he is in need
of help, are undeniable facts. Two
weeks ago trainful of British soldiers,
too sick to be kept longer in the German
prison camps, were transported to Swift
zerland. to be interned here until the
end of the war. Among them was one
Percy Whale, from the 18th Canadian
Battalion Regiment and also from the
prisoners camp at Gottingen. He knew
White we'll. Whales present address ID
Hotel Berthod, Chateau d 'Oex, Switzer.
land.
The men in the prison camps have all,
up to now, received their bread through
the Bread Bureau in Bern, but sudden.
ly Canada has decided to send it out
directly from London to her contingent.
From one day to another, 1900 Canadi.
an names we're struck from the lists here
and the London arrangement has gone
through such a series of bitches that
the most pitiful appeals come from the
men, who don't understand at all why
suddenly their supply of bread has
ceased. By the time this reaches you
probably everything will be in order
again, but the friendless ones like White,
have o.go without, until the new ar
rangelnents work. Others, like my own
"god.child" are receiving bread in the
meantime, paid for by their "god-
mothers"
But at all times the men need tobacco,
soap, toothpowder, and above all things
to read-of which, of course, the maya.
zines must date before the war. The
men who have returned from the prison
camps tell tales of their detention there,
almost too gruesome to re.tell while
there are still so many left in the power
of the Huns. Anything to alleviate the
pains of those still in durance will be
cheerfully forwarded by me- or by the
enclosed address.
Yours very truly,
ETHEL HUGLI CAMP,
LouiseDstr As.
P.S. have an article on one of the
Bernese prisoners Aid Societies" in
the New York Times and World.
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