Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-05

| tho prisoners buy the expensive woods
needed FOR this sort OF work. now tools
! and other accessories. Another third
IN" prisoners may Spcud as they think
1T While the remainder goes to tho
AuStro-llunSarian War providence"
fund. and is then devoted to any Of
the various charitable purposes this
organization has.
Much labor is needed To manage the
camp. Several hundred Russians at
tend 10 tn, wounded and sick in the
hospitals and conNalcsccnt barracks.
Among them are druggists. aud such
"intclliGcntS" as wcr" willing to he
come nurses. TIL" orderlics too are
Russians.
Efforts on the part of the Austrian
officers to find something to do for the
men leads often TO ludicrouS situations.
one 81 the officers said that At another
prison camp such 4 dcarth OF tabor had
resulted ct one time that il became
necessary To NOV" u large quantity of
brick several thousand yards piece 10y
piece. each prisoner carrying one brick
at time. 1t seems that the men could
no, h" induced to take exercise. 1t
WAS procured for them III this manner.
ALI. or PRISONERS
MAKE SOME COMPLAINT
Many OF the prisoners of war were
asked how they Jared in the camp.
Ali of them complained. Some said
the food WAS always the same. Others
insisted that there was not enough OF
it Nothing definite could be learned
OF this highly dchatahle question. AUS
triau officers said that the Russians
ate rs we'll as did the Austrian soldier
when in garrison.
General Notes pointed, out that {,
military prison canN was no; the place
tn which members OF various social
strata could have their wishes met TO
satisfaction. He said 10 the Associated
,.,0fs n, a., II, in
ialicia would have thought themselves
IN Heaven had they at amy time last
Year been rs We'll fed ana housed as
wer" tn" Russian prisoners. The en-
t'Ntc wanted 10 Starve the central
powers, IN, remarked. and II in carrying
out such u policy its prisoners Of war
WEI" getting smaller loaf Of bread
than they had been accustomed 10 was
a condition for which tho Austro- Hun
garior government could not Ice
blamed.
|, may be stated that while the daily
bread ration OF = Russian prisoner OF
war is 500 grammcs. that OF the Aus
triau civilian is only 2l0 Srammes. and
that OF the Austro- hungarian soldier
=; the front 500 Srammes. Both, how
ever. are able TO get more meat than
the Russian prisoner gets.
Tho appearance OF the Russian pris-
oners Of war did not indicate that they
did no, get enough TO eat.
Many attempts have been made by
officers 10 escape. Tae last one was
undertaken 10y two roommatcs, who
uue tunnel from the noor OF their
room ami might have gotten out Of the
lamp had they been more careful.
What puzzled the Austrian officers n
great deal was how the earth Of the
excavation had been sisposed OF II
was found that y hole had been cut in
tn. wall. aud that the earth had been
poured between the Two shcathings.
During the day The hole was covered
by large picture which had hung
there u long time
None of til" officers believes that in
this manner he might he able TO reach
any az the entente countries but the
officer trying TO escape IS punished
with confinement TO his room. and this
punishment is entered against his CON
duct report Later this report will
reach the Russian government. and the
man can so show that II" did his best
10 regain liberty