New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
sverboten" Sign
I.olates 600 From
Germany's Ships
v..,s Americans Out and
r.utons In at Asheville
Internment Camp
Easy for Prisoners
ose.rs and Men Enjoy Gil
ale and Mountain Scenery
Of North Carolina

Of North Carolina
,survIfLE. n. G., Aug. liver
,s.s reads the animated sign that
,r'-loates a wire mesh which, thirty
"a, miles west Of Asheville, fences in
,a,ared acres Of lawn and trees sur
.,,5ine four story wooden hotel
,,u,ing 500 guests. The sign is framed
..ttsti 10 which is belted a large pis-
:, and TO those who seek to come in
4, oates il says in unadulterated North
S.,alina accent, keep OUT"
there are three dozen Of these signs,
v,,tips in three shifts, and, in add
II, 70 keeping curious Americans out,
J. !, their duty to keep within the in
i,.pre 500 officers and men Of German
.,,,bspt ships which were in. American
,,,hors when the war began, in 1914.
But these guards have little to do in
a, way Of keeping the Germans in.
"A, Germans could easily enough get
.,,y but they do not want to do So
rt,y must stay in America, they say,
here is no better place than Hot
S,dnrs. There they live in a summer
,st,l among the wooded mountains,
,th the crash Of the French Broad
pv,r over it's rocky bed Stimulating the
,svra Of the sea. They are well fed,
ay play golf and tennis and do much
a they please and they nay nothing,
,hils drawing from the steamship COM
,,uI.s ,hree-fourths Of their regular
pay.
Would Be Lost in Mountains
And. If they thought Of running away,
here are other signs to suggest the
vavisdom Of such a course. These are
our, lean mountaireers who pause at
Ne fence TO stare at the foreigners.
heir faces giving no sign to tell wheth-
,r they are friendly or hostile. The
GERMAN mind comprehends that once in
he mountains It has no strategy to
nst,h these swift Looping persons and
t,ir following of erect-tailed yellow
hounds whose melodious baying floats
icvr from the hills.
A Month ago these Germans were
trtss.. to Hot Springs from Ellis
liIsa md other immigrant stations.
Thg Re officially described as "de-
r,a Immigrants Six hundred more
m coming as soon as quarters now
aiding are completed. All are "alien
r,.ies," but at present they are treat
Il snly as immigrants, and are in
s.re of the Immigration Service.
What will you do If they make trou-
sh~. Director of Internment Alfred
hnpton was asked. "Why answer that
.itil occasion requires?' he eounteged.
here has been no occasion to decide
g isr The Germans are practically on
lie honor system, and they have their
,En unofficial organization to enforce
Il There are few rules and few are
rttdsd. The seamen answer roll call
sSA. NJ. daily and then are practi-
ally free, within the grounds, until
zap. sounds at II o'clock at night.
Wo-k in New Barracks
Some Of the Germans work for the
government. ffty ship carpenters being
ad 10 build new barracks near the
lsisl, while others are employed as day
isets in foundation work. Others
va diversion in making vegetable
nssrs. some Of them having their
va little plots and others being en-
ned in caring for the seven-acre
's,t which shows a fine crop Of veg
tables.
eultiyating the land appeals to the
German taste, but not all the gardeners
'fs experts. One captain has a little
patch in which ere growing beans and
''rn. and also one large jimpson weed,
'iieh the poor man is tending in the
'sisi that il is some American vege-
abe .hss has come up from a former
Ianting. II did not notice the thing
-iul u was half grown" said an Off
ca, and now | haven't the heart TO
sa bin il is a rank weed
y The riverside the artistic taste Of
" o4ssrs SHOWS in a village Of NINA
are rustic houses they have built Of
Ess limbs, stones, roots and odds and
Aa Of material they found in the
W grounds. One house is panelled
.s sle mating All have seats and
US but stems are lacking, because
.'rn carolina Is bone dry" There is
Atue rustic church, with tower
''lflhg completion.
sssJ at something most Of the time
Mess seainen. Each day there are
..,ss Tor instruction in navigation,
.snsties and lsnguaRes, for petty
md common seamen.
La. shfee years all these men will
49,. ne education essential 20 COM
ship, said Mr. Hampton.
~ See Members Of Families
-. Strmans can and do receive
rsh.pefs and other reading matter,
k..e are free 70 write and receive
s.. ogt these must pass the station
~, ABOUT thirty members OF Ger
Ietft familicg have come 20 the
49, o. Hot Springs, and these The
-, ore privileged 10 receive for an
81 esen sunday They can ace"
b, M eiien a. they wifh. The fami-
80, gson.ng " ,he fence, but there
= no conversation.
al y.esf Visitors are permitted 20
n ,Me interned men. this rule be-
h,. 1lIeitsd On The fcW yis)tofs who
s, s,en SLOWED 10 iaapect the camp,