The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04

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When I.::--,at falls {" The camps at
Hot Springs, =. G.. near AShevilie,
where ~ Officers and l,0Gt &eamcn OF
German merchant SIPS are detained
b. the Un:;uu S,ate.; immigrant serv-
ice, h&nhC.l HrandvSccltS strung on
the topinoSt strand OF formidable
b%rbed wire fences tllroT their fun
ncis OF light inside tic barricade, the
guard being stationed in darkened,
high peIched sentry Ls,N1.;. Lights sim
Harry spring up in tie IONS Of the
four-story note, where the captains,
m;teS and engineers 0f ille big liners
are chartered. No so;lnd comes from
these Teuton:c cantouilents-thcy give
no ln0re sign OF life t.i&n 4;Gig igian vii
lases left in the wake of German
armies.
On the tracks barely outside the bar
ricade trains begin to pass with silence
shattering roarS, great trains Of GO and
20 cars drawn by giant moguls with
flaming furnace doors-the aristocratS
of freights for whom all signal lights
show clear as they speed eastward to
the Chesapeake ports with cargoes Of
grain, horses, lumber and machinery.
Those within the wire know What that
rushing eastward portends.
Sure Germany Is Winning.
But no other message Go they be-
lieve, or, if they do, they conceal belief.
They read American newspapers, but
tell the guar7S Germany is winning the
war and that it will be over in four
months. They say the Americans have
never repaired the ship engines their
now interned crews disabled because it
cannot be done ia this country. OFF,
GERS of the great ship Vaterland say
she has never left Hoboken docks.
Differences between officers and men
have sprung up and fears of forcible
encounters made it necessary to estab-
Ish separate camps. The men when
they realized that they were freed
from enforced obedience to their off,
GERS began to show increasing evidence
of resentment for past strict disci-
pine. The officers were enraged at
this inoculation with American ideas.
Some of their men even showed friend
illness for the Americans
But talk does not lessen the vigil
lance Of the fifty-two American guards
working in three shifts. "They are
Germans" said hatchet-faced guard
with his hand on his holster. He look
ed up at the nearby forested cliffs
where the French Broad river emerges
with crashing waters into the broad
ened camp valley. "And some day.
the casualty lists will show Of the boys
from this state idAed In France. And
then"
concealments On Those Cliffs.
'Tflen wi1atr' hs vas asked. 'Tes"
said he, "WAats" and looked again OF
the conce&lmeats Ct yhe eliffs 6velaeaa,-
ing the eenap.
The ef1cers hare the advantage az
the men in the matter OF quartezg
though the food Is practically sh&
same. The four story hotel was leased
by the government with it's equipment
Of private baths, steam heat and fns
furniture and surroundings Of tennis
courts, croquet grounds and big pool
Of naturally hot water. The men are
housed In eight one-story wooden bar-
racks built for their use, each barraek
20 by 16s feet ia size, with double
decked hunks, heated By stoves and
served by detached shower bath
house II By 50 feet, In he rear OF each
barrack.
German artisans did all the work Of
construction, being paid BY the United
States at the rate Of $40 month. No
alien there has to work unless he wish
es, and tf he does he is paid. One day
all Of them quit work becaese they
resented the publication In local
newspaper that taey were slow work
ers and had to be told how TO DO eF-
eythiug.
The Germans find a variety Of ways
Of entertaining themselves. Some play
tennis. others croquet, some bowl, some
60 through a semimilitary drill, and
each camp has los team for playing
what the guards cali football. The
ball is like q football. but it Is not
kicked. It Is batted with the hand.
For the men, the international Y. NJ
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