The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-14
CARE OF PRISONERS

Photographs showing the comfortable surround ngs of inerned German prisoners in this country partment in the opening of negotiations concerning the treatment of war prisoners taken, respectively by the two nations in the present conflict.
 The photographs forwarded Berlin through the State Department and neutral agent They are intended to show that interned Germans well treated by the United States and to reveal the peetation of the United States that similar consider ation will be shown American soldiers and sailors who may be captured by Germany.
 Two classes of German prisoners de- tained in this country One is comprised of German 1 sailors taken into custody when the United States nterned various vessels at the beginning of the The other class is comprised of enemy aliens civil ans who have been arrested and are now being de, tained under governmental regulations for various reasons
 The principal detention camp is at Fort McPher son, Ga, where approximately $50 prisoners are held in custody of the War Department At Fort oglehorpe, Ga. there 65 enemy aliens" who are not strictly speaking, prisoners of
 At Fort Douglas, Utah, there are 517 prisoners of and so interned aliens
 Small attachments of other interned aliens are now temporarily quartered at Army posts through out the country but their number is relatively small The above mentioned prisoners under the supervision of the War Department. In addition the Department of Labor has in custody several hundred Germans. members of the crews of various merchant ships. This group is divided between the mmigra- ton station at Ellis Island and detention camp at Hot Springs N. c.
 Altogether there are 1864 actual prisoners of war in custody of the War Department and about 400 nterned enemy aliens held at the request of the De score located at Tabaga Island Panama
 It is estimated that Germany holding 150 sailors taken from American ships by commerce raiders and other German vessels
 A representative of the Swiss Legation the war time diplomatic representative of Germany in this country recently inspected the detention camps at Forts McPherson and Oglethorpe Conditions at both camps were reported satisfactory by the Swiss representatives
 The detained Germans, wherever located are con sderately treated and given onerous tasks The duties assigned strictly in accord with in ternational law. Their work has been confined to construction of barracks, the cleaning up of the grounds about the camps and light work about ther barracks. Some of the German prisoners at Fort McPherson are engaged in making toys in their ample spare time.
 Reading and recreation facilities are provided and the photographs collected from the several de tenuon camps show German prisoners going through outdoor gymnastic exercises and staging amateur plays on mproyised stages in the recreation rooms The quarters for the German prisoners are much like those provided in the cantonments for the American soldier who is training for against the Imperial German government
 me SCI or photographs transmitted to the Ger ihtb bQfefAment shows both exterior and interior vf~S Ai the detention camps The sleeping ouar te'e 1hle 9my and clean and the sanitary arrange meAtA t9a Kitchens bathrooms are modern and no. ehh nose provided by the United States in the NaisuAl Asiry cantonments.