The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-10-11
BUILD REPLICA
Of NATIVE CITY
Of D}|FTWOOD.
Inte1ned Officers, Who Have Civ
en- Pledge Not to Escape.
Lead Easy Life
WELL FED BY CHEFS
Prisoners Have Formed Orchestra
Band, Singing Society and
Fire Brigade
WELL FED BY CHEFS
Gy FRANK ROSTOCk,
Editor, the Cincinnati Post.

Editor, the Cincinnati Post.
Hot Springs, y. C., Oct. 11.-Robert
Tilson says there are many jobs more
difficult than helping guard 60 in
termed Germans.
TlsOn is one of the guards at the
Mountain Park internment camp here,
where officers and sailors taken from
German liners are to remain until the
war ends.
No high board fence and no barbed
wire barricade surround the camp,
but despite that only one man has
escaped in three months. The 6G9
who have not tried to escape say he
must have been "verruckt" when he
ran away. Secret service men are
still seeking him.
In a few weeks another thousand
sailors will be interned in barracks
being erected on the grounds. Their
camp will be surrounded with a
barbed wire fence and enough guards
will be employed to make escape next
to impossible.
OF the csc :2eI now III the intern.
ment camp 519 are officers and $50
ordinary seamen. The latter will be
interned with the newcomers. Off
GERS will continue to live in the un
fenced portion. They have given their
word OF honor not to attempt to eS-
cape.
Perhaps Kaiser Wilhelm will be
very careful ABOUT the kind of treat
ment he gives Americans imprisoned
in Germany, because of the way in
termed Germans are treated here.
Nothing but praise of their treatment
is contained in letters written home
by these men.
The ro>e.nment cleverly killed two
birds with one stone in it's plan Of
organizing and conducting. the camp
1t has been made into typical Ger
man institution, but at the same time
is run IN :, strictly economical 5aS's
by Thomas v. Kirk, inspector-in-chief,
and his assistant, Joseph Francis
Practically all the work, except the
guarding, is done by the informed men.
Cooks from great palatial liners pre-
pare the iuod and liner stewards tidy
up The rooms anG wal, Oh tab'e. Thcs"
men are paid from $40 to $25 Il month
by the government. 1t would cost a
great deal more and make more
mouths to feed if outsiders were ell
e:ged for this work. Officers and
seamen wash their own clothing and
keep II /; grounds in SHAPE.
Meals a,t simple but we'll e"o'.ei
they are prepared by chefs Of HE lin
ers Hamburg, President Lincoln, W.!
lehad. and Gr0sser kurfus"st.
The prisoners have put their talents
to good use. A German village, built
by them entirely of driftwood and
scraps of wood and tin and bits of
stone, occupies portion Of the
grounds, formerly bare and unattrac.
tive Hamburg St, the principal thor
oughfare, is lined with cottages ana
bungalows that are marvels of work.
manship. A church with high steoplc
and other architectural effects is built
at the end of the street. This, like
all the other buildings, was built Who'll
ly of driftwood taken from river
back of the camp.
One sailor has fashioned an alliCa-
tor from log. 1t looks like the real
thing.
One of the officers has erected a
fountain that is really an architectural
wonder, considering the lack of tools
and materials. Its principal features
are castle, figure OF Neptune.
half dozen mermaids and several ''aa
cades, all fashioned from plaster OF
paris.
Flowers of all kinds arc cultivated
with care. Even weeds take on at
tractivc form, because of the pai,'s
taken in planting and cultivating
them.
Among the captains of 80 German
liners interned is Hans Ruser, who
was commodore of the Vaterland. the
greatest ship afloat when war was
declared. The Vaterland isnOw in the
United States service. rechristened
the Leviathan. Ruser is considered
the most expert seai2!rH il the Ger
man merchant marine. He always has
commanded the largest German ships
Most of the interned men have some
specified work. Others study. Recre
alton consists of tennis, crOQuet OF
football Pase&al',s II p)i'liar.
Wives of several officers live If
boarding houses and cottage; near tn.
camp Men are permitted to speak
to their wives once week-one ho'.'
cve'v Sunday.
A military band. part Of Inc German
force that surrendered to the japanese
at Kiao Chow, China, gives two ,on,
certs week.
The men have organized an occh:s
ira. singing society AID volunteer
fire departing ".
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