Evening journal., 1917-11-16
Special Dispatch from
MtITON BRONNER.


WASH<SOTON, d. c., Nov. i6.-lt Is
ofnclally announced here that through
neutral agencies She United States Is
going 20 make arrangements, II posi-
Bile. with Germany for a mutual plan
of treatment OF war prisoners.
It is well the government Is going to
be forehanded. Otherwise the gentle
Germans may try upon our men some
OF the methods they perfected N the
French have had access 10 the per-
sonal sworn narratives Of French sol
diers, and a tabloid version Of some OF
these may prDye Illuminating:
Charles Petit, i2, artilleryman, was
sent 20 Munster Camp. where prisoners
numbered 2{,0O0 In The beginning they
had no llelter and dug holes in the
ground. covering themselves with
grass. Later he was sent TO Beckum
where they were forced to make muni-
lions TO be used against their country
men. Some revolted They were forced
TO stand upright az attention for "a
hours without drinking or eating.
Those suspected Of being leaders were
beaten and kicked until they fell.
Emile Lame, 32. lnfantryman, was
sent 10 a Saxon prison camp, the jour
ney taking fve days and nights in a
cattle car with 60 other men and hardly
any food. He was transferred to Cassel
camp, where everything was swarming
with vefmin. There were 1900 prison
ers Of whom 10000 got typhus. 10 was
sent to two different munitions fac
tories near Cologne He refused IA
work there and was put at other Jobs
Patn Metra, 80, 18th Terrliorials, was
a. .H frt
Westphalia where he and his COM
panions were beaten II they did not
do their stint.
Louis Goupll, q. infauiryman. was
sent TO Wittenberg camp, where out
OF 5000 prisoners. 5000 had typhus
and 1900 died When the epidemic
broke out palisades were built around
the camp, the German officers and doc
tors left, and everything inside The
ramp was done by the prisoners Food
and collins were passed over the en-
closure to them. The unfortunates had
10 MI one graveyard for typhus VIC
Tins and start another. on the iday
Italy entered the war. the enraged SEN
flnels fred at the prisoners and killed
2. wountiing others.
Sergeant Raymond lie Souchu, Of the
1tlu luldhtINs Atlio OF LulihNn CAMP
where out Of 5000 prisoners, 5000 died
of typhus and exposure. he told some
Brittany soldiers not TO work in muni-
fions factories near Berlin This was
1ound out and despite the fact that he
was IN and with a high fever. he was
dragged from his bed, kicked and cuned
and started for Berlin where they told
him they would make him do the work
he bad told the Britons not TO do.
Francis Martin 2S, oillce Of customs.
was sent to the camp at Alten-Grabow.
where he not only saw soldiers kicked
and cuffed, but saw old civilians mis-
treated. He was afterwards sent 20 the
salt mines at Sslzdetfurth in Hanover
where the hard work. the dark. the
damp and the poor food gave him ia.
berculosis.
Louis Guinet. q, sergeant i3ith In
fantry, was sent 20 Meyenburg CAM
near Bremen. He was employed In max
Ing earth terraces 10 hours a day tn
food was insufficient and the brea
nneatable. They found straw and saw
dust 10 1t. The men slept above eacl
other IN three tiers on straw sacks
Punishmcnts were indicted for th
slightest offense. ono Of the favorite
being TO tie a man TO a post for hour