Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-01-18

coffee was most welcome, suff6rin
with the terrible cold. A glimpse 8
: Frankfurt. Wourms. Cassei Hanovel
and finally by long circuit we arriv
{ a. HoIzminden. brunswick. at 5 o'cloc
q. m. We were stored In an immens
hall. until o'clock. then for the camp
n miia from here. I send a card 10 m.
wife telling her where l WAS. Sb
never receive IL. Order was given 4
line up. And choosing the men abb
pointed chief Of our barracks. I die
not care for anything. I was disgusted
call for permission TO write. No ink
No pen. just pencil, card and five
lines OF ten words were allowed
Knives. rszors. scissors. files. even the
most important toilet articles were
confiscated. Not even a knife TO cut
our meat No fork. Only tin spoon.
All solid food was chopped into dice.
No bed just a tick filled wHh straw.
five Inches thick thrown on the ground.
Two blankets. one toilet towel, one
enameled basin. one gemelle deep
plate) that IL all This was TO be our
comort during fourteen months I can
assure you that my dear straw tick
wasent very soft In two weeks. Rheu-
matism settled In my whole body
what suffering. One heating stove for
q room containing So men. And each
baraque had two rooms. two small
rooms which were given to the fav-
critics l was one OF the lucky ones.
Each baraque sheltered 122 men. "a
such buildings stood here plus two es-
pecially reserved for the fugitives SO
many took chance OF evasion. Prison
were filled with harder cases. No trees
No Shade. No green spot. But two
long rows Of rough board buildings. A
street In center cover with deep mud
In winter and saorchlng sun and smo-
thering dust In summer. Sixty vriests
we're allotted 10 an entire baraque for
church and their uses. A set church
service every day. Mostly Poles were
present and you know they are very |
Three meals a day. At |
six o'clock. black. black coffee and |
bread. At noon one quart OF soup.
In the evening Y quart OF soup. The
black coffee was substituted by tea
made OF all kinds OF leaves. In the
'venlng. later on the soup was replaced
with boiled potatoes. cheese or a piece
Il sausage. just large enough TO see II.
II last cocoa was served so thick and
tightly favored OF tainted meat. After
ong investigation we found that our
ocoa was made OF ground bones The
read so black was 30 per cent OF
'otatoea and three days old. This
elecate menu was only for men who
ould spend money. The poor devils,
penniless. lived on a ration of
otatoes. Very few had Godmother ,
$ We call them, who would send them
BOD. For myself. / got along quite
ell My strong healthy body stood the I
train. What pity! What desolation I
round mei So many respondent risk I
! their lives In escaping the vigilence
their guardians. Hard was the pun 7
bment for this offense. Work. All a
work. Never rest! except on sun C
~ we had permission to write two +
tiers month OF 4 pages each or \
postal cards OF lines each. and be- n
des a scrupulous examination when d
icy were mailed. I received all yours 4
you had them numbered saw
70 OF my letters and two cards TO
'ur address destroyed. Many suns ~
ys were brought with your kind let a
RS fun Of hope and consolation The n
'wers 10 season told me OF days ana G.
onths going hy OF a free country, and p
brave people That this world was G.
wholly Eoches and Germany. But
hen the last flower escaped Jack
,st tho discouragcment was unlImit- a.
Little innocent flower sold me OF Al
other cold winter Another picture 10
"a straw ttNh OF NIth Ntih kAAUNtli 30 J Ia
Ia by the use Of 90 many months. Is
IRE priyations OF an kind More risks va
re uses Of the GUN BUTT More ks
'rse words. More Insults Are you b,
prise II say Whore IL our God9" C.
az be forgotten US poor innoecntse"
+ iscnt there amy God?" sim know
y enough that God has nothing to wi
with meanness. OF heartless men so
led Huns. ON
croil Finds Key to Mrs. Clements his
Code tn
Il first your letters look like pug m,
8. Then they told me my older son bu
$ soldier at the front. serving his I
ntry. The brave boz. God protect Ph
bless him. Later wounded and da
received the croix Et Honneur. lea
m my wife and children nothing. COZ
y are still In Aisace~but 'sehereg tie