The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-08

Hunger Is n fearful feeling. We w"r"
Informed thni the French prisoners
would cock for u*. hut n noon "" w"r"
told Ia fall in. and tn" march I" tn"
camp proper commenced.
1t WAS tire" kilnmctr" journey
through the suburbs of Munster and en-
route y" marched through the Hu"loE-
iral Gardens. AMI | may say cnrI"d IN"
Inmates.
The march, however. was nncvcnttul.
a> no ON, PASSED any remark. I'm route
wr SIM tn" ,;"rn,an srh"nll"yS at rifle
dr.ll in IN" Fairgrounds. They teach
them war In Germany when they com
.nrrcc learning the alphabet. Tn" sight
Sr"IS In the gardens gathered ana
gazcd, hut not word was hurled at us.
AT length Ih" camp, which was
small town 81 w""drn hYts much sim
liar - our hut;r"uLS If niiy of IN" Local
camps. y Fr"nChman acted as Inter
prefer and called :hr roll. When II"
cnm" 10 NY nam" he inquired If Il was
French" | rcrli"d Irish" and he re-
piled with a smile. Every much French
your uartc. However. pass along. Ncr-
; land&"r.'
We were served out with Hank"!S
and allotted to tn" different huts. -Four
teen lri%hm"u W"r" accommodated In
cur apartment The beds were mad"
Of fine wood ShavinGs such IA is found
nj home in buNrs used for packing pIT-
poses.
| mentioned tho census taken of IN"
Irl+hIn"n In camp. including our hut.
Particulars as Ia regiment. Irish cu'In-
~ religion etc. were carefully tab
uIatrd Ivy the English sergeant by or
I"rS.
"Eerlandee=s" Hut.
We were. pnrHdrd MS usual, and were
marching around. when tn" camp com
r,undant came on tho scene. lie halted
us and inquired our names. anu where
We were born. As Il sequel few hours
later all III" freshmen. Il total Of four
t""u--wcrr removed from Hut Is. W"
were changed /" iiuI No. :. which be-
came subsequently known fs IN" "E"r-
lan,lcrs" Hut.
The following weeks proved MY only
decent time ~ German prisoner.
Every possible privilege was Alluw"n.
Double ratInns were served out--in fh"t,
hastings and Iuv!uGS Of all the E6nn
things uf n German table.
Wo were puzzled over all this kind
rrsS and exceptionally good treatment
Good treatment it undoubtedly was. AS
We could not have Jared better III inc
Grand central hotel al home. We were
wont to smile. and thank our stars We
were born in tho "Old Country but SIN
there was Il grim. doubt lurking In our
minds Ina, the Germans had something
in tho background.
Saw Through tho Bluff.
We guessed right.
IL lasted about month. and then
came one morning u German oi!lc"E'
rushing In bscaihle"s and told uS mat
the English wcr" wiring on the irish
soldiers In tho tr"r, hes. His story was
we'll patched up. and no told II with so
much evident "arn"Stncss and attention
to dctail Thai i; looked credible for a
moment But once NJ went outside we
at once Saw through the bluff and for
The first time Suriui*cd. why W. had h"rn
fed llk- Fighting cocks" We awaited
Developments.
The dirty Hun had more than ono
reason In giving. us such a long ride.
We had not long to wait. The same
officer came back In hal: An hour. md
h. had raly one question TO ask each
az uS--.as "" say 1T homo" Where did
wc hang up our hats ON sunday"
There wvr. twrlv" Roman Catholics.
Tho Roman Catholics were ordered out
eide, and told 10 fall-in. They all lock-
I'd ruzzlcd. and were not even then Civ
en- any explanation. II was later
heard OF Sir Roger Easement hui | am
certain his story fell on deaf and in
dignani ears In tho cAs" Of my dozen
comrades heard subsequently they
were removed.
After IA time. 7 with some others. was
transferred - thu Consolidated COX"
Works al Wnhcam Gardens. 1t Was
hard graft. and mary wen, Sick ~ N"
food was NOT. sustaining "nuUHh [" cIIb-
bic them to stay The pace.
The punShmrutS ,or repairing sick
were varied.
One might get m"Gicin" and duty. or
ba tied 10 Il tree for Two hours spending