The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-18
FOREST CAMP FOR
GERMAN NTERNS
They VIII Have All the Comforts
OF Citizen Campers In Pisgah
Woods, North Carolina
UNCLE SAM MORE HOST
H. ! THAN JAlLER THERE
Own Cook win Prepare Food For
Them In Their Own Way To
Keep Everybody Happy


thousand interned German sailors and
marines will be put to work mending
roads, helping in sawmills and other
kinds Of labor. Operations win begin
in the First Concentration Camp, which
will be established in North Carolina.
The plan provides for the establish
ment in the Pisgah forest of North
Carolina, which is national reserva.
tion, of camp foE the informed sailors
and their officers. Already arrange.
mdhts nave been completed for the ae-
commodation OF 700 men at Hot
Springs, North Carolina. Meantime
building operations in the forest itself
are being carried on so that the entire
force may be housed soon.
The principal idea. of course, is to
get them where thew could all be ac-
counted for-the concentration camp
notion. AT present the sailors are scat.
tered in every stable port along the
| Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Tho immigration stations nominally
used for the detention Of foreigners
| were considered. but were found to be
| inadequate TO accommodate the 1000
I men. Furthermore. the climate of most
of them was not considered suitable. II
wns Commissioner of Immigration An
thony Caminetti who hit upon the idea
Of utilizing the Pisgah forest reserve.
Escape Would Be Difficult
I The first work of majority Of the
Germans will be to construct a number
of national highways through this re
serve, thus opening the beautiful coun-
try 20 the automobile tourist who until
now has declined to essay the stony In
4 dian trails with which the place
abounds. Those who are not engaged
in this work will be allowed TO work
for mill owners and lumbermen in the
neighborhood. All. Of course. will be
guarded and daily checked up. But lit
tie fear Is felt that the Germans will
attempt escape. The forest itself, ly-
ing in the midst Of vast mountainous
country, offers all necessary diseour-
agements to any individual ambitious
of investigating the terrain without a
guide. Indeed, newcomer in Pisgah
Forest may lose himself after travel
ing half q mile. I@lEy. @
1 The life of the German prisoners
! viii be made as pleasant MS possible.
I The Y, NJ. G. A. has made plans for the
-. construction Of barracks and a small
commissary department where from
! time TO time moving pictures will be
shown. The housing quarters will be
similar TO those which have been con.
structed for Americans near the site
of big munitions plants.
They are permitted to have their own
{ cooks and TO have their own food pre-
T pared in their own way. Arrangement,
Y have been made with farmers for the
delivery Of immense quantities Of cauli
flowers, brussels sprouts and kohl-rabi
n the latter a species Of cabbage entirely
Q new in the life Of North CarohnI
y farmers.
n This concentration camp win be un
o der the personal direction Of Alfre,
& Hampton, the assistant commissioner O
/. immigration. DIR. W. b. Brown Of tn
d public health service has been detaile.
s to look after the men 3 health, and b,
n will have a. model dispensary and sur
d gerry. =.,a.E,t ttrs r
= Great Lfberality a.f
The bureau Of immigration make
+! the following statement: .E,@
n "Those informed Germans who ar
q employed on public road building an
y. other government projects viii be pai
~ at the rate of the soldiers in the Unite
a States Army. This is done, aithoug
k not required by The Hague convention
er Rations will be included as in the cas-
in of our army. Men who are employee
er in private factories OF mills will be pal
IF the current wage, from which SUI
n, will be deducted to pay for their boar
le and lodging. e.,
n. THE camp will be known as tn
=. United States Internment Station, col
6, Quoted by the bureau of immigratio
under the direction of the Departmer
], of Labor, without regard to existin
3, immigration stations. The first inter-
ment station will be established at tn
Mountain Park Hotel.
n. "The bureau Of immigration win 81
Is, that the officers interned with the
81 men receive all the consideration IN
ms their rank, despite the fact that the
en- are theoretically held under the exis
10 ing immigration laws. No effort wi
Is, he made 10 render the lot of the pri
nd oners harder than is necessary.
Is, "In planning the camp the COVER
he ment has decided that the building
he which are to be constructed on the n
20 tionRl reserve for the housing of Ge
eli mans viii afterward prove Of benef
re to citizens of the United States wi
~ visit the park. Thus the money e
y, pended viii really be turned into 60
% eminent asset. AtHN
=" "By rigid inspection the goyernme
officials in charge OF the enterprise W
Us, see that the hygienie aud sanitary co
as ditlons in and around the camp a
- kept up" ......