El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-02
j. 8. PRISONERS
SUFFER IN RAGS
Those Taken on the Yarrow-
dale in Serious Condition
in Germany.
lCnntinned Ernnn Page l.

Americans had no idea that they would
be treated other than as neutrals- In
fact, even the British officers " no We're
captured signed parole papers WhlIe
on the raider. with the understanding
they would be placed on board the
first neutral steamer encountered for
transshipment to - home or neutral
port. The capture OF the larrOWu3le
with her valuable cargo, influenced the
German commander TO change his IN
tention and send the prisoners TO a
German port on that vessel
Horse Handlers Almost Naked
Aided by "A heavy storm, the run 70
the entrance Of the Baltic was made
undetected. Thence they steamed TO
Swinemuende under German conveys
After a few days at Swinemuende. th@
prisoners were transferred TO the camp
at Neustrelitz, where they were helu
for a month in quarantine. The con-
dition of many of the Americans, in
GLIDING horse handlers from the
GeOr-ic. was deplorable. The horse
handlers had been accustomed to work
on the lower decks which were halI
awash. in bare feet and in UNDER
clothes. They entered the boats in this
condition. Three Americans went
without shoes in the snow for almost
a month before footwear was supplied
Others would have been little better
off If the captain OF the narrow uate
had not distributed all available cloth
ing aboard
Not Allowed To Communicate.
Repeated attempts were made to COM
municate with the American embassy
but none of the messages reached MI
Gerard. After a month all the men
OF the rank of officers, including the
four Americans were transferred TO
karlsruhe. and the others to DulInen
The Journey TO Karlsruhe required -
hours On the way from Neustrelitz,
they We're switched about for Is hours
in the yards at Berlin at a time Wheu
ambassa dor Gerard. whose imperative
q
there were Americans among the 1ar-
rowdale prisoners. was bombarding the
dilatory foreign office with daily notes
OF inquiry
Men Almost starved.
They were almost starving when
they arrived at Karlsruhe There they
found that the insufficient ratiOns Of
NeUstrelitz were succeeded by a
steadily diminishing diet which. during
the last fortnight OF their stay con-
sisted they say of only a plate OF
thin soup. a pound Of bread and half
pound OF potatoes daily DIT. Snyder
says he lost 80 pounds and the others
about as much They were allowed
monthly pay Of so marks from which
- was deducted Tor rations. leaving
six marks 10 pay for coffee, tea and
tobacco What extra money they had
melted away in purchasing fish and
other articles to supplement their ra-
tions- Accordingly they were all out
Of funds when they were notified of
their release on February %.
Praise Camp Commander.
Notwithstanding their unhappy recOl-
/ lectiOns of Karlsruhe. the Americans
praised the camp commander. Maj
Schonebeck and his assistant. Lieut..
Won Frizser. who did everything in
their power 10 tighten the lot OF the
prisoner
These Americans were unable to give
list of their countTymen from the
Yarrowdale Every scrap OF paper. in
. GLIDING passports. was taken from
them. Dr. Davis and McKim said that
on go Georgia with them were 81
American HorsRu1eu and fframeD