The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-17
FEARED GERMANS
WOULD Be HURT
French colOnel Orders Prisoners
From Work He Considers
Dangerous.
sEms N FRENCH INSTEAD
laxadsns Mskss Deep impressieH 60
ksNsssean Industrial csasmiaslensFs
--crisensrs Well Fed and
ceusteously Treated.

Parer--Fesn Gcruan prisoners Cd
war were digging clay from y %
ahout eight fee, deep just outside Bex~
deanx as the American industrial cosxa-
mission OF the American Manufactur-
ers' Expert association rode by In au.
tomObssss as guests Of the chamber of
commerce u kordeaux. Leat. Cod.
Georges, Giayel 81 the Frcnch army.
who was leading the long iiae OF auto
mobiles, orierea his chauffeur to stop
| and leaped frela the Limousine.
Call the eelccr In charge Of this
work" IAeuseaant Cnlnnel Ciasel os~
dercd OF the gssmsA
In moment tao Preach otiicrr stood
at attention aud salateu.
Take those BscAes cut Of that pit !
It's dangerous, The sides Nigh, cave
10 and those prisoners might be hurt
or killed" Colonel Clavel peremptortly
ordered.
The French osssser again saluted and
sent hls orderly 10 cali the German
officer In charge Of the prisoners.
The Prusaan, an oveF~iieutenani In
gray green and STIFF leather puttees, APP
| pea'rsaa xmufinE cigarette.
Kindly call your men out Of that
pit" the French officer said In
French.
The German officer went 10 the edge
OF the clay pit. issued curt command
In German, and tho four prisoners
threw down their spades and climbed
gu, Of the hole. The German officer
walked away, followed by his men.
But, my colonel" said the french
officer to Colonel Clavei. eve need that
clay In hurry for work We are do
Ing down the road . piece"
You can, put Preach workmen OF
French soldiers In the pit 10 dig the
clay. but don't put any prisoners there;
It's too dangerous" said the Colonel,
AS he re-entered his machine.
Although the American commis-
sioners were motored through tho
country round about Bordeaux for
three days, were Kh~wn munitions fec
,ories the great ausomatic cargo dis
chargers along the Bordeaux quays.
where munitions feS the French are
received In huge quantities. and viewed
everything else OF interest 10 that sec-
tion. the action Of the French colonel
In showing more solicitude for the SAT-
ETY. Of his prisoners than for his
own men produced the greatest impress
sion on them. The incident was re-
called over and over again.
''of course. We haven't seen the way
Germany treats French prisoners, but
We do know they cant treat their pris.
oners any better than the French treat
the Germans" said J. q. Butler. Jr..
Of Youngstown, O.. whose ambition u
Ii to see some Of the barbcd wire his
firm ships to France actually emplaced
before the allies trench lines.
Yes" responded J. V, Sague. for
merry a public service commissioner
In New York. "thase Germans look fat
and well taken care of and contentei.
They gwen seem to have plenty Of to-
bacco too"
These prisoners get practically no
parcels frvm th~4S hem~a In Germany,
you must remember" said Daniel
Guestier. preseaena Of the Bordeaux
chamber OF commerce. .and YET you
see how well they look and thrive on
what the Preach military authorities
feed them. Nearly all English and
French prisoners In Germany are prac'
tleaiiy fed entirely by packages sent
through Switzerland from England
and France"
The sight ef the Germans, their gar.
ments stamped "PG" 10 great whits
and black letters (prisonnler do
gaerret, impressed the American
commission eAaefiy: next to that. thu
great wine cellars NJ Bordeaux prob
ably occupied their chief attention.
vssr Of Wine Cellars
The commisxIon was takep To the
cellars Cf tAe firfn OF J. Cslvet. which
experts much wine 10 the United
States. and there the members
tramped through the damp, chilli eel
lars for miles. past seas OF wines
racked In bottles and piled In casks
= should like 10 see them make
champawn said A. b. Farquhar. the
American architect. who came AZ
member Of the commission To plan
types Of houses or bungalows that may
BE- built In the war zone to replacs
The ruined houses in cities bcmbarded
-wsit until you get In the Cham.
payne district. Ia the nsighsorhood OF
the great battle Of last yssf. and ycu
win zee them making thu sparklsna
wines In great qcsntities; hsss ws spe'
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