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The Ronan pioneer., 1917-04-27
SCHOOL SUPPLIES UP

Information has been secured
from the General School Supply COM
pany of Great Falls, that the price on
iron and steel school desks have
been raised another notch. The steel
desks have gone higher in propor-
ton than the cast desks. Some num-
bers in the steel furniture have ad-
vanced over one dollar a desk, with
no guarantee as to how long they
can sell at that price.
When our country declared war
the steel boundaries began favoring
war orders in preference to other in
dustries and shortage of steel has
already been noticed.
Rural schools will do we'll to place
their fall orders for all classes of ma
terials if they want to have them on
hand when school starts up in the
fall. The "General represents the
E. H. Stafford Manufacturing COM
pany of Chicago, and carry stock of
desks and all school supplies on hand
in their Great Falls warehouse. They
are a Montana concern.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-04-27
HURRY UP! SAYS
MONTANA TO U. S.
PASS THE MEYERS BILL, UNCLE
SAMUEL, AND GIVE MANY
NEPHEWS A CHANCE.
State Land Board Subscribes for
100000 Worth of War Bonds and
Requests Congress to Clear Up III.
tie to Some State Lands That May
Be Farmed.

The state of Montana, through the
state land board, will subscribe for
100000 worth of the $7,0OO.O00,-
600 war bond issue, which the fed
eral government will authorize the
sale of shortly. The state land board
has fund of 100000, and this
money was to be invested in state
farm mortgages. But it seems that
the farmers of the state are either
too prosperous, or can get money at
a better rate than the six per cent
which the state exacts, and these mill
lions are going begging.
The Meyers Bill.
The state board is also calling the
attention to the federal govern
ment to the fact that many thousands
of desirable lands lie idle because of
a cloud on the states title. This
land could be used in the present
emergency, the board opines, and
thousands of additional acres of
wheat planted.
For Immediate Use.
The board asks congress to pass
the Meyers bill, permitting the state
to make lieu land selections for land
to be relinquished to the government
in forest reserves, which would clear
up the title to the wheat lands in
question, and make them available
for immediate cultivation.
If the Meyers bill becomes a law
it is believed that very great many
settlers would be provided with
homes, and an immense stretch of
country brought under tillage..
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-04-27
THE NEW FEDERAL
GRADES OF WHEAT
LAW PASSED BY RECENT LEGIS-
LATURE MAKES FEDERAL
GRADES OFFICIAL.

New Grading initiates Against Mixed
Varieties and Makes All the More
Important the Use of Clean Seed
and Growing of Pure Varieties;
Frost Damage Affects Grade.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-04-27

Nj. N. A.-WK-4-23-17. A
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-04-27
HAVE YOU PRUNED
APPLE TREES YET?
If NOT, YOU SHOULD TEND TO
1T BEFORE ORCHARD COMES
INTO FOLIAGE.
Cut Away Dead and Diseased Limbs
and Be Sure to Let Enough Sum
shine in So That Fruit May Devel-
op; Paint Over the Big Wounds
With Lead Paint,

Apple trees should be pruned ev-
cry year and if this job has not been
taken care of during the winter
months the fruit grower should hast
en- to do it before the trees come into
foliage.
Remove the dead and diseased
limbs. Many of them will be dead
at the ends with perhaps a few live
branches back near the trunk; often
it is best to remove such limbs en-
tirely although if too large an open
ing will be made by so doing, it may
be better to cut back to the few re-
naming healthy twigs.
After all of the dead wood is cut
away, look for branches which are
rubbing or crossing other limbs, and
remove the least desirable of the two.
If the tree is still so full of branches
that the sunshine will be prevented
from reaching the inner parts of it
when the foliage is on, put out more
branches from the thickest parts.
High colored fruit will not develop
unless the tree is open and the sun
can get in.
Do Not Tear Bark.
Care should be used when saving
off a branch that the bark is not
split or torn; such wounds are un-
slightly and slow to heal. Any limb
two inches Or more in diameter
should be sawed first from the under
side. This will prevent the splitting
which would otherwise occur.
Wounds over two inches in diam
o+o ri, Il 1o irfn tn
vent decay. For this there is moth
ing better than good lead paint.
Large wounds should be painted ev-
cry year or two until entirely grown
over.
When it is desired to head back
old trees to make spraying and har-
vesting easier, the work should not
all be done the first season. All of
the dead wood should be removed
and few of the upper limbs, thus
more light is given the lower pranch-
es, and water sprouts or twigs will
grow on he lower branches where it
is desirable to have them. The next
season these are thinned out, the
best ones being saved and trained
to make the limbs which will later
on bear the fruit.
Pruning Young Trees.
More of the upper branches are
removed the second year, and after
three or four years we should have
an old tree with a lower head OF
young, healthy wood.
The pruning of young, bearing
trees should be moderate, only those
limbs that are dead, broken, diseased
or rubbing being removed. Trees
which are pruned too heavily will
throw out a mass of water sprouts,
and the grower also lessons his
amount of bearing surface. 1t is
desirable to have a shapely fruit
tree, but at the same time the pro-
duction of fruit is the final test;
hence, pruning should be done with
the idea of having maximum
amount of bearing surface consistent
with the strength of the tree. Keep
the young trees thinned out and the
long leaders cut back, and the tree
will be easy to spray and to harvest.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-04-27
Archie

man joined the colors. Archie
Roosevelt is member of the Off
GERS reserve corps at Harverd uni
versity.
Chicago. Ogden Armour says
that if immediate and radical steps
are not taken at once to conserve
and increase the food supply in this
country, we will find ourselves in as
bad shape next winter as any of the
warning nations. He recommends
that the government fix the whole
sale price of meats, and that the gov
ernment guarantee to farmers $3.50
per bushel for all the wheat they
can raise.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-04-27

DOOLY-George Hanson
DODSON-DOdson Drug Co.
Observation-Disclosures -Bassett Co.
DUNKIRK-J. Is. Ewing.
EAST SCOBEY-Scobey Drug Co.
ENNIS-Angle & Caspers.
ETKRIDGE-O. j. kittlesrud 4 Co.
FISHTAIL-Fishtail Trading Co.
FLAXVILLE-Frank T. PooIer; Kirkeby
T. Rafsilal
FLOWEREE-B. e. Ainley.
TROID-Chas. c. kingsbury.
FORT BENTON-Lockwood Pharmacy.
GALATA-Galata Drug Co.
GEYSER-Dr. III. w. Brant.
GILDFORD-Dr. Miles Hopkins
GLAsGOW-Glasgow Drug Co.; Louis We
dunn Co.
GLENTANA-Fred Heising s. Son.
GOLD BUTTE-A. II. Fey.
GRASS RANGE-H. c. Ekern.
GREAT FALLS-CundIe Drug Co.;
Lapeyre Drug Co.
HARLEI-R. II. McGinness.
HARLOWTON-Hawle & Farr; Harlow
ton Drug Co.
HAVRE-Boone's Drug Store; Gas City
Drug Co.; Owl Drug Store.
HELENA-Helena Drug Co.; Schiertz &
Rietz.
HINSDALE-Weber Drug Co.
HOMESTEAD-B. Van VOrous; T. & B.
Homestead Co.
INVERNESS-Jos. A. Shaffer; Moog Bros.
JOPLIN-Joplin Drug Co.; Nelson & EN-
ersOn.
JORDAN-JOrdan Drug Co.
JUDITH GAP-R. G. Piepho.
JULIAN-Gust w. Wahl.
KEVIN-R. G. Lehman.
kOLIN-Frank j. Rau.
KREMLIN-Bjornstad s. Isachson; C. j.
MOen, Jr.
LEWISTOWN-KarlE e. Hodges.
LILACS-Shafer Grocery Co.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-04-27

6Fdl SfducS as dHuOuHCeu Sudll D6 dC-
cepted as the official grades within
the state, these new wheat grades will
be the basis for grading all grain sold
within the state as well as that going
into the interstate or foreign ship
mentS.
How Montana Is Affected.
The details of the grades were re-
Gently announced through the pub
lie press and need not be repeated at
this time. There are two provisions,
however, which merit special mention
as applied to Montana Wheats. These
are the percentages OF wheats of 9TH
er classes and the percentage of dam
aged kernels allowed in the different
grades In each class there are
grades one to five and sample grade.
In the spring wheat class, grade No
/ of the different classes must not
have more than two per cent of
damaged kernels. Grade No. 2 must
have not more than four per cent of
other wheat and four per cent OF
damaged kernels; grade No. 3 not
more than six per cent of wheat and
four per cent of wheat Of other class
es and seven per cent standard ker-
nels; grade No. not over 10 per cent
of wheat or other classes and 10 per
cent of wheat of other classes and ten
per cent of damaged kernels; grade
No. not over ten per cent of wheat
or other classes and fifteen per cent
of damaged kernels. Wheat having
amounts greater than these will be
classed as sample grade and sold on
sample.
Use Clean Seed.
These requirements as to mixtures
will result in putting considerable OF
the Montana wheat into sample
grade. The mixture of types which
has been regarded as relatively un-
important by growers will result in
reducing the grade on much of the
wheat sold. This will especially ap-
ply with durum or macaroni Wheats.
While slightly higher percentages OF
mixture are allowed with this wheat
than with the common spring wheat,
the high percentage of mixture in
macaroni wheat as it is generally
grown will reduce the grade consider
ably. The growing of pure varieties
and the use of only clean seed will
be a practical remedy for this diff
Guilty.
Frost damage will reduce the
grade on certain amount of wheat
marketed. Even slight frost injury
may be sufficient to lower the grade
or two. 1t will be noted that even
in grade No. in spring wheat not
more than ten per cent of kernels
showing damage Of any sort what
ever will be permitted. Under this
is included frost damage, injury
from heating or molding, sprouted
grains, weevil injury and injury of
whatever other form. Early plant
ing of spring wheat, especially in To-
calities where the season is relative
ly short, and the harvesting and
threshing separately of wheat from
the low places in the field where
there may have been frost injury
tend to avoid serious grade reduc-
tions through the presence of dam
aged kernels.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-04-27
To Livestock Men.

Contagious abortion has in recent
years proved one of the principal
causes for loss of livestock. DR.. w.
]. Butler, state veterinarian has pre-
pared an article on the causes of this
disease and the proper treatment for
it. This article, which will be found
extremely useful to any owner of
livestock, will be sent free on appli-
cation to THE MONTANA NEWSPA-
PER ASSOCIATION, GREAT FALLS.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-04-27

ALLOE-R. A. Froemke.
ALMA-J. Lee Mcclellan.
ANACONDA-smith Drug Co.; George w.
Sparrow.
ANTELOPE-Antelop Drug Co.; w. o.
Smith.
ARCHER-Archer Mercantile Co.; James
Michels.
AsHMORE-AshmoreC Coop. Association.
BAINVILLE-A. c. Spooner.
fsAkER-Lawler Drug Co.
BARR-Parcher s. Chambers.
BELGRADE-W. p. Porter
BILLINGS-LeO Warren.
BIG SANDY-M. Asal; Mcnamara s. Mar
low.
BIG TIMBER-Big Timber Pharmacy
Phillips Drug Co.
BRADY-R. C. WoolsOn.
BONITA-Hauswirth & Buos.
BOULDER. A. Reidel.
BOX ELDER-Cowan & Son; Spafford s.
Sprague; Valley Mercantile Co.
BOZENIAN-Owenhous Hardware Co.
BUTTE-south Butte Pharmacy; Taylor
Drug Co.
BYNUM-Bynum Drug Co.
CALDWELL-Porter s. Rowe.
CARTER-J. X. Clausen.
CLYDEPARK-W. B. Calhoon; Clydepark
Drug Co.
COFFEE CREEK-ArnO Green; Green
Drug Co.
COLUMBUS-Owl Drug Co.
COMERTOWN-Comer Hardware &
Furniture Co.; w. j. ThOrsOn.
CONRAD-Drake Drug Co.; POndera Drug
Co.
CULBERTSON-A.W w. Huxsol.
CUTBANK-Cutbank Pharmacy; William
r, YOunck.
DAGMAR-Peterson s. Jorgeson.
DALEVIEW-DaIeview Cash Store.
DEER LODGE-O'Neil Hardware & Plumb
ing Co.; Alfred WhitwOrth.
DENTON-J. II. Wicks
DEVON-Mrs. Annie Gardner; L. M. Ler-
berg T. Co.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-04-27

LINSTROM-Lennert LindstrOm.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Drug Co.
LOTHAIR-LothairC Commercial Co.; G. j.
ROckman.
LOVEJOY-Walter Risen.
MADOC-LOckren & Son
MALTA-Malta Drug Store; JAS Il. Murray
MEDICINE LAKE-C. j. Poe.
McCABE-McCabe, Tanner & Best.
MILES CITY-Owen Arnstad.
NIISSOULA-Garden City Drug Co.; Mis-
soula Drug Co.; c. +. Peterson.
MOORE-Willard Drug Co.
NASHUA-A. Torkelson.
NAyAJO-Kng Mercantile Co.
NORRIS-Norris Mercantile Co.
OPHEIM-W. j. Keefe.
OSWEGO-Daniel Knapp & Co.; A. b. Nc
Intyre; Walls & Krall.
OUTLOOK-Sheridan Drug Co.
PLENTYWOOD - Hudson & Crawford;
Plentywood Pharmacy Co.
POPLAR-Gateway Drug Co.
PROCTOR-Farmers Commercial Co.
RAYMOND-E. A. Madison s. Co.
REDSTONE-NIrs. l.. T.. Toney.
RESERyE-Tjomsos & Hagen; Tjomsos
Il Co.
ROUNDUP-Kelley & Hancock
ROY-E. A. Sandbo
RUDYARD-Frank r.. Adams.
RYEGATE-City Drug Store
TAMPICO-M. Motzkau.
THREE FORKS-City Drug Store.
THOENY-J. NJ. Thoeny.
SACO-A. f. Easton; Saco Drug Co.
SHELBY-Shelby Drug Co.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES & Hunt.
VANDALIA-Equity Coop. Assn. Of Mont.
WESTBY-C. N. Westby; Westby Drug Co.
WHITEHALL Hanson Mercantile Co.;
Gust w. Vahl.
WILLOW CREEK-Willow Creek Drug Co.
WILSALL-Wisan Mercantile Co.
WINDHAM-Duncan Gillespie; Windham
Drug Co.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-04-27
Stallion Owners

Get your money; keep record OF
.eryice. Our complete service record
and iron-clad Service Note makes
your money certain and provides data
for registration of colts; also con
tains valuable information on care OF
stations, mares and colts. Book OF
so pages $3.50; 100 pages So; check
or money order. The Tribune,
Roundup, Montana.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-04-27
Poor Old Paw.

Willie-Paw!
Paw-What is it my son?
Willie-Do the police boats in
harbors arrest the tramp steamers?
Paw-You better take walk,
young man.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-04-27
BY Alfred Atkinson, Montana Expert
mcnt Station.

BY Alfred Atkinson, Montana Expert
mcnt Station.
Announcement 90 of the bureau of
markets of the United tates depart
ment of agriculture which appeared
March 30th gives the federal grade
standards of the United States for
wheat AS these standards must be
announced at least 80 days before
they come into full force and effect
they will not apply until July l on
winter wheat and soft white wheat
and August 1 on other wheats. Since
the law passed by the Montana legis-
)ature of 1917 provides that the fed
eral grades as announced shall be ac-
cepted as the official grades within
the state, these new wheat grades will
be the basis for grading all grain sold
within the state as well as that going
into the interstate or foreign ship
mpntS
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-04-27

Marriage is too often partner
ship in which the wife has control
ing interest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-12
SNOW AND ICE SPORTS
DRAW THR0NG TO TUXEDO
tRr r.l.r,ph to ne rnbun.l

Tuxedo Park, n. Y. Feb. ll.-There
was plenty Of snow here to-day, and
exhibitions in skiing as well as fancy
figure skating and coasting and sleigh
ing were the pastimes The clubhouse
was crowed all day.
Mrs. Valentine Mott, OF New York,
chaperoned n party Of fifteen for the
skating. Her guests were Miss Mott,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bigelow, Donald Malcolm,
Kerr Raysford. F. w G.. Unger Nette-
son. Miss Nearson, Miss Page and DON
aid Monteith.
Among those who had house parties
At their villas were Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
! Pooler. Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Tilford,
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Thorn King, Mr..
and Mrs. G.. G.. Mason, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Van Sinderen and Mr. and Mrs.
II. n. Rogers.
In the fancy figure skating competi-
,tons In the ladies' singles Miss Ina
KiaslII won hrst prize. Mrs. J. Edward
1avis second and Mrs. G. g. Pell third.
~ NJ Niles was first, Mr.. Lynes sec
"a and oscar Richards third in the
- class The Waiting prize
80 awarded % Mr.. and Mrs. Irving
E-oksw. With Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller Pot
ter second and Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Pell
third.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-12
Parcel Post New?
Even Old Babylon
Had 1t, Tags Show
Circulating Library Existed
Back in 1900 B. c., DR..
Langdon Asserts
by Telegraph 10 ne Trbaa.l

Philadelphia, Feb. 11.--Some tim. an
the further shore OF the River styx
two shades will meet and hail sseh
other.
81 am Hitchcock" one will announces
proudly, who gave the United ststss
its parcel post system IN 1879
Parcel post the other will snorA
where do you get that stuff, ThsA
isn't new. Shucks, we had parcel posa
in Babylon, when was postmsste1
general, way back in 1900 B. c.
And there are tags in the University
Of Pennsylvania Museum, at Philadei-
phia, that bear witness even now 10 tha
truth Of that future statement. They
prove that Babylon had a parcel poss
system and also circulating Libraries.
According 10 DR.. Stephen Langdou<
one Of these tags accompanied n par
eel Of books from the library OF tbs
temple az Nippur. along the canal
postal routes 70 the village OF ShuSs
ruppek. Light reading was thing
unknown in an age when g single pass
OF copy was a stone slab weighiou
several pounds.
A map in the possession OF the mo-
scum, made at about 1900 B. C.. shows
the territory about Nippur interlaced
by the canals. along which the mails
were carried. The tag which aecomps-
MED the books was written out, On
Langdon says, before the days Of AIRS
ham
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-12
Provisional Military Gov
eminent Observes Stat
utes of Country
CONTROL ASSUMED
TO PAY OFF DEBTS
Republic Unable to Pre-
serve Order Since tbs
Death of CaCeraS


Santo Domingo City, Feb. l.-Thers
have been two months Of military rule
by the United States in ssnto Domingo.
where revolutions have been almost 81
constant as they are traditional. II Is
now a period Of construction. There
have been but few disorders
That the occupation is temporary
and that the military form Of covers
ment established is provisional and
will only be maintained till such tiue
as the Dominicsns are prepared 20 tsks
over the management Of their own AZ
fairs is generally admitted. Although
the government is military, It is a mils-
tary government without martial lac.
naval and marine officers administering
temporarily the laws Of the country IN
so far as they are effective and not IN
conflict with the purposes Of the oecus
patton. This is set forth In the procs
lamation issued by Captain II. s. Knapp.
U. s. ~, in establishing the temporary
government OF which he Is acting head.
Therein he said:
This military occupation Is undS.
taken with no immediate or ulterior
object OF destroying the sovereignty Of
the Republic Of Santo Domingo, but, on
the contrary, is designed to give sid
70 the country in returning 10 a condi.
ton Of internal order that will enable
It to observe the obligations resting
upon 1t as one OF the family OF natiouA'
Signed Convention with u. s.
Since February 8, 1907. the United
States has had n national interest In
Dominican affairs under the convention
of that date, whereby IL was agreed thst
the United States. in return for having
guaranteed the government indebted-
ness of Sl7 100000. should establish a
receivership for the customs duties. IL
was agreed that a portion Of the funds
collected under this control should 90
toward the redemption OF 5000 900
bond issue.
At the time this convention vas
signed Ramon Caceras was Presidents
Of the republic, and he remained at tho
head of the government until he was
assassinated in 1911
Disorder Since Caceras's Death
With the murder Of Presiden,
Caceras the country was plunged into
state of constant revolution and chaos,
from which IL has been unable 70 extri-
cate itself. One President followed an
other There was constant disorder
The government, besides spending all
funds which came into the treasury,
I has piled up a floating indebtedness
estimated at S10,000,000
This increase in indebtedness Is in
direct violation Of the convention, and
in the proclamation OF Captain Knapp,
establishing military government, is
cited as the cause OF the occupation OF
the country by United States forces.
Plans for a constabulary are now
under consideration, and 10 is expected
that some determination in this matter
will soon be reached. so that the new
organization may coma into existence
during the period OF military occups-
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-12
Enter the Morningside Play
ers with a War Drama
by Reizenstein

The beginnings of a new manifesto
ton Of the universal dramatic urge
were exposed 70 an invited audience
behind the locked doors Of the Comedy
last night. when the Morningside Play
ers presented a war drama by Elmer L.
Reizenstein. the man who wrote ION
Trial" The Morningside Players have
had their inception in the little knot
which studies the drama in and around
Columbia, but the requisites OF mem
bership are exclusively those OF art
Any one with 4 whole-souled love OF the
theatre is invited to participate.
The Morningside Players have been
organized for the purpose Of present
ing. at special performances, pays
which have artistic value, but which
would not ordinarily find place on the
commercial stage. In aim, therefore,
the Morningside Players are akin 70
the Washington Square group. Their
programme. Of course, Is necessarily
less ambitious. And there Is the fur
Their distinction that all Of the acting
will be done by professionals.
The initial Offering, The Iron Cross,
is the first of Mr. Reizenstein's plays TO
reach the stage since the sensation
created by ION Trial" lie il a some
what rough-hewn anti-war drama Of a
type which is by this time not IN
familiar-a markedly similar piece, in
fact. was offered only two weeks ago
by the Stage Society. In both OF these
one is invited 20 see the havoc wrought
By war, the despoiling Of women and
the manning Of men, the general piling
on Of the agony.
As a dramatic whole. this play BY
Reizenstein is superior TO the Giova-
nitti drama, but nowhere has IL the
terrific force achieved by certain in
dividual scenes in "As IL Was IN the
Beginning" The curtain Of THE Iron
Cross" rises on the grim note Of
death: the play fingers on 1t unre-
ievedly for two acts. The third and
fourth acts take place after the com
ing OF peace, and an infant, the un-
wanted child of a German mother and
a Cossack father, is the Means OF
maintaining the suspense. There is
present at all times the familiar pro-
tagonist of the people, and It IS
through his mouth that the author
voices his convictions.
The piece is given a performance OF
varying merit by the cast recruited by
the Morningside Players. Edith Ran
dolph and Clarice McCauley gave vivid
approximations Of war-stricken women,
and Edwin Nicander, although bit out
of his element, did good work as the
blinded dissenter. Due in part to the
author and in part to the players, most
Of the other characters were merely
theatrical lay figures. As is usual in
the case of a propagandist's play. one
saw not Characterization, but caricat-
ure.
A public performance Of "The Iron
Cross" will be given at the Comedy to-
morrow afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-12
BRITAIN THANKS AMERICA
FOR ITS AID IN GERMANY
Embassies In Berlin and London Praised
Z in Note from Balfour

Washington. Feb. 1.-THE British
in note from Foreign
Minister Balfour 10 Ambassador Page,
at the State Department to-
day. thanks the United States govern
ment for It's efforts in behalf Of British
interests in Germany during the war.
Owing to the break in diplomatic reia-
tons the United States has been
obliged 10 turn British interests there
over TO the Spanish Embassy.
Mr.. Balfour's note speaks partieu-
lsrlv Of the "care and devotion" with
which the American embassies in Ber-
lin and London have handled the many
delicate and difficult matters that have
arisen for adjustment IN the last Two
and a half years. Chief among these
duties has been the inspection Of
prison camps. The Gerard reports on
the prison camps in many cases have
been severely critical Of the German
government and have led 20 reforms IN
the prison camp system.