The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11
ENGLISH FOOD IN !
GERMAN PRISONS
WHO WILL CARE FOR OUR AMER.
icAN cAPTIvEs2
RED CROSS HAS GREAT SYSTEM
Prisoners Send Donors Reeeipted Ac-
acknowledgement of All contribu-
tions--clothing Also Furnished
For Interned Men.
AN Marparet Walter.l

(By Margaret Walter)
London, April S.--Who will send
food and clothing TO the American
prisoners when they begin to be
more numerous in Germany, as they
inevitably will be. That is a
question that's been in my mind ever
since l went over the Central Pris-
oners of War packing depot the other
day.
This huge depot / have been visit
| ing, which is only one OF great
many established all over the country
by the British Red Cross, was taken
over after the beginning of the war
from a German motor car company.
More than seven hundred volunteer
workers, men and women are busy
for twelve hours every day week in
and week out. collecting, sorting and
packing food and clothing for the
British prioners of war.
There are $4,000 British prisoners
altogether, including officers. Ev-
cry parcel sent to prisoner of war
from Great Britain has to pass
through the hands of the Red Cross
and must bear their official stamp
and seal. It's all managed in the
most businesslike way. When u
man is taken prisoner the war office
notifies his family and sends them a
notice to communicate with the Red
Cross. Then if they are able to con-
tribute anything toward his support
they send the money to the Central
Prisoners of War Committee, which
applies it to the account of the par
cells sent out. Every parcel is sent
to an individual prisoner and a com.
plete record is kept of all that is
sent and all the acknowledgements
that reach the office.
What Boxes Contain.
Every soldier is sent three boxes
of food every fortnight and parcels
of clothing every six months. The
food packages contain enough nour-
ishment to keep man alive, and
there are four cycles, so that man
gets good variety of food,-in fact
he gets the pick of the best We have
over here. It speaks pretty well for
tho country, too, that up to now
there has not been a single item
struck from the list
The first box is valued at 50. The
cycle is follows:
/ Id. beef.
Id. vegetables.
I Id. sausages.
cheese (tin).
! ID. tea.
h. Nestle's milk.
ID. sugar.
] ID. Margarine Cor Drippiny).
l ID. jam.
l lb. biscuits.
so cigarettes Cor OF. tobacco and
cigarette papers,.
! tin sardines.
Quaker Oats.
/ tablet Dap.
Id. tin rations.
/ ID. tin behring's.
L llh OAO SuDCo vi MAI
/ Id. biscuits.
Cocoa.
lb. bacon.
Id. dripping.
/ lb. tin baked beans.
so cigarettes.
Id. Nestle's milk.
/ ID. syrup.
/ lb. rice.
/ tablet soap.
1 lb. tin beef.
/ Id. tin salmon.
ration biscuits.
] ID. milk.
Id. tea!
] h. sugar.
1 h. tin fruit Cor dried fruit.
tin Oxo Cubes.
4 Id. chocolate.
ID. tin beef, ham or veal.
Id. suet pudding.
Id. Margarine or dripping.
Quaker Oats or Grape Nuts.
tablet soap.
Id. tin beef or rations.
ID. bacon.
tin sardines.
Id. tin baked beans.
soup squares.
! ID. tea.
Id. Nestle's milk.
Id. tin ham, beef or veal.
Id. biscuits.
Id. dripping.
Id. currant biscuits.
so cigarettes.
lib. tin marmalade or pam.
Quaker Oats.
1 tablet soap.
Other Cycles.
Cycle B is valued at SO and is sent