Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-23

TO bedrooms in which from one To six
officers sleep. Besides the open
CRATE hcaped with coal each room has
one or more coal oil stoves and with
every window closed these rooms
seemed sitting to the visitors who
had become accustomed to the made
uuate heating of English houses. THE
bedrooms are furnished with very
comfortable cots. each of which is
covered with a clean bedspread. Seine
of the naval prisoners have equipped
their rooms like the staterooms of a
warship with one bunk above another.
Most Of the rooms are ornamented
with attractive prints many of which
are the handicraft of the dodgers.
Some of the prisoners have improved
the dull wall paper by using their
bright colored bcdspreads as tapestry
wall covering. Among the prints
are many pictures of German national
figures. the most popular being En-
peror William, Field Marshal Won
Hindonberg and Admiral Won Spec,
commander of the German fleet at
the Falkland islands engagement.
The quarters in the temporary
wooden huts within the enclosure are
equally comfortable. In the base
ment of the building are the kitchens,
dining rooms. school room and dis
pensary. The officers who are paid
q few cents more than a dollar a day
conduct their own commissariat which
costs them about fifty cents daily.
The resulting menu, provided by a
typical looking German chef is varied
and sustaining.
Within the wire enclosure the pris-
oners are left alone for except on
occasion visits of inspection, no Brit
ish uniforms are ever seen within the
gates. Lieutenant Colonel Sir John
Gladstone. commandant of the camp
has made as few rules as possible
and left their enforcement to the
Germans themselves These rules ar,
of the type to which military forces
on active service are usually subject
and except that no liberty Is evei
given beyond the bounds of the pris-
on the officers suffer no greater re-
strctiOns than their captors in charge
of the camp.
Strict Watch Kent.
The prisoners, who number l25
army and navy officers with fifty
two enlisted men as servant ordcries
are under the command Of their SEN
Tor officer Commander Bachamer
who was second n command Of the
cruiser Gneisenau, which went down
in the Falkland islands battle. Sharp
and ceaseless guard, however, is kept
over the prisoners, for at the end of
the war every German officer prisoner
must make a statement of what cf-
forts he made to escape. and the
British captors do their prisoners the
honor of believing that no chance will
be overlooked by them to get away.
Not a single prisoner has succeeded
in doing so thus far, but the guards
discovered a tunnel which had pro-
crossed eleven feet of the sixty yards
necessary to reach underneath the
barbedwire fence. Outside of TINS
fence armed guards are on constant
watch, and, apparently careless of the
Zeppelin peril, the place is brilliantly
illuminated at night.
The visitors were permitted to talk
to number of the prisoners and
among them the Associated Press
correspondent round several who call
America home. Among these was
Victor Won Borosni well known So
cial worker of Chicago who has
long been connected with Hull House.
Like most of his colleagues who live
in the United States. Won Borosin was
eager to hear the latest news from
his home city Among other resi-
dents of America among the prison.
ers We're Doctor Arnold Kohlshutter,
astronomer Of Mt. Wilson observa-
tory. California. who finds much leis-
ure in the prison for astronomical re-
search work Dr.. Friedensberg of
New York, who was connected with
the Panama canal at one time in an
engineering capacity: Captain Hurst
Beser Of Los Angeles; Millington
Herman. son OF the president of the
Deutscher bank and connected with
the New York branch of that nsti-
tuition. Among other noted prison
ers are Dr. Martin Luther, surgeon OF
the cruiser Emden and DR.. Lutz, an
authority on South American affairs.