Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-02

life except in the case Of the Mount
Temple, on which three Canadians
were killed
Expected to be Freed.
Another man was injured, his foot
1 being maugled 30 badly that IL was
+ amputated on board the raider Tn
I'll they reached SwinemueMde. the
/ Americans had no idea that they would
/ be treated other than neutra1s In
( fact, even the British officers wbo we're
t captured signed parole papers while
/ on the raider with the understanding
that they would be placed on board
/ the first neutral steamer encountered,
J for fransshipment TO home port
/ The capture Of the YarrowdaIe with
/ her valuable cargo Influenced the Ger
( man commander 10 change his inteu-
I ton and send the prisoners to {. Ger
man port on that vessel
I Condition 81 Xanks Deplorable.
Aided by q heavy storm the run 10
! the entrance Of the Baltic was made
. undeterred Thence they steamed I'd
SwInemuende under German convoy
I After few days at SwinemueBde, the
/ prisoners were transferred 70 camp
at &eustrelitz. where they were held
for month in quarantine. The CondI-
ton Of many Of the Americans. 5ucIu6-
/ ing horse handlers from the Georgia.
was depl0rable The horse handlers
had been accustomed to work on the
lower decks. which we're half awasb.
in bare feet and In underclothea. They
entered the boats 10 this condition.
Three Americans without shoes walk
ed in the snow for almost q month
before footwear was supplied. Others
would have been little better of # the
captain oE the YarrowdaIe had not
distributed all available clothing
aboard
Communications Ditchedg
Repeated attempts we're made TO
communicate with the American EN- .
bassy, but none of the messages reach .
cd Mr. Gerard
After q month all the men or the
rank Of officers, including the four
Americans. were transferred to Earls-
Tuhe, and the others to Dulmeu.
Almost Starved.
The journey to Karlsruhe required .
50 hours. On the way from Neus-
treIitz they were switched about for
IS hours in the yards at a time when
Ambassador Gerard, whose impera-
tive instructions were TO ascertain (.
whether there were Americans among +
the YarrowdaIe prisoners, was in per
sistent and pugnaciOus fashion bonn
harding the diiat0ry foreign officers /
with daily notes Of inquiry.
They we're almost starving when .
they arrived at Karlsruhe. There .
they found that the insufficient ra-
fions Of NeustreIitZ were succeeded by
q steadily diminishing diet which dur
ing the last fortnight OF their stay
consisted they say, only Of plate Of
thin soup a pound Of bread and half
a pound Of potatoes daily.
Or. Snyder says he lost 30 pounds
and the others about as much. They
were allowed monthly pay OF SO marks
from which 81 was deducted for ra-
tl0us. leaving six marks 10 paw for
coffee, tea and tobacco. What extra
money they had melted away in pur-
chasing fish and other articles to sup
PIGMENT their rations. Accordingly
they were all out OF funds when they
were notified Of their release Oh
Feb 27
Unable to Name Others Held.
Notwithstanding their unhappy rec
objection Of Karlsruhe the Americans
praised the camp commander Major
Schonebeck and his assistant, Lieuten-
ant Won FrIezen, who did everything 10
their power to tighten the lot oE tbs
prisoners.
These Americans are unable TO give
list of their CoUDtrymen from the Var
rowdale. Every scrap of paper, in
Guiding passports was taken from
them DIR Davis and McEiu said thar
on the George with them were s.
American hOrsemeu and two flTemeu.
WIN Provide for Return.
Washington. March 2,-The arrival
Of the four American doctors at Cop
enbageu was reported 30 the depart
ment today by American Minister
EEau.
It is assumed that as soon as the
status of the Americans is established
TO the satisfaction Of the British con
sui who is now sheIterIng them in con
fOrmity with maritime law. full pro
vision for their return to this country
with the other prisoners VIII be made
by the state department
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