The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-08

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W professors. school teachers. public
officials an6 lawyers, held prisoners
of-@ar at kokard, Central Asia, voice
the CRY that goes up continuously
from tho more than Ave million men
held prisuuers-of- wsr by the various
7aIz]rF countries,
From practically every prison camp
IN Ia rapc and ASiB appeals have been
made lo ~" American Young Mems
rttatfau association for ala by these
men their hour ~ Hlre need, ac-
Covd'ug to reports and 5fucial com
mu~tC1tior@ brourht beck to this
oau.ry hy T.. g wilson ssoctste SEQ
Rotary in charge Of the Young Mems
Christian association prisoner oS-war
work IN Northern Europe Aid has
been given as far "a the various gov
ornw ents VIII arrow In fact many
Of the nbtions hCye intrusted the rs-
ISOLATION with special funds to help
carry on this work
Among the prisoners Of war IN Ger
many there are about three hundred
children About Two hundred Of thesa
are inte~ua8 TN the prison camp at
uindln ano about Gfty in the
camp st Favalberg Practically all Of
these have spent the last three Christ
I4as DAYS fl prison camps sone Of
them have oean born there and Nnow
nothing Of the NE outside OF the barb
wire fence r." arl anaeI9A Of ,his
situation accompanied the report
sick and In Prison"
o. the five million man cooped up
i0 the prison camps about one nun
bred and fifty ho1sand are In hos
pitfalls Pc"haps three hundred ana
fly thousand more ara .uValids who
are wounded or Otherwise incapaci-
t-tea. Those men. unable because Of
physical disc bllity to engage IN work,
are perhaps the most pttiful and the
most needy group 10 meet condi~
tons the Young Mems Christian as
soCiatI0n has established schools and
workshops Of various kinds has or
Ean'zed orchcHJrzs and choruses has
stimulated ath,atfcs and provided IL
braries The crown princess Of Swe-
den gave nearly eleven thousand Eng
lish books FOR the Use of British pri7-
oners
Food Is he greatest noed Of these
mer 4 chance for mental relaxation
/ r. the second great naed Some per-
sons p'ace II first Contuerne nt has
! brought about depression in their
physical, mental and spiritual natures,
! The }0sa ~ liberty the ioss Of privacy,
unnatural social conditions, and the
uncertainty of the future, as we'll as
! ignorance of the conditions Of loved
ones Fl ha7" have caused a severe
aEtrain on the r'lnds Of many Mental
/ depression haB SGT IN Hopefulu ess
has been succeeded by dtscouraRe-
roent. Biscouraeement has been sue
q c'eded by despondency Now IN many
cases dependence has been followed
! %. despair
/ Tho Or Ministry Answers Prayer.
/ Numerous appeals are being made
. re- tho r. NJ, G. 4. d poot Russian
! peasant saw that letters Of apes
were being answered Not knowing
+ 10 whom elBe 70 appeal tor aid. he
I humhjy 7kcd God 80 send him a hun
dreG MAJ As The letter attracted at
lenton at the censor's oface and was
! referred 10 the war ministry. The
of1CerB there collected twenty-five
marks and sent them 10 the Russian
7 prisoner, thinking they had thereby
j done a good turn. The prisoner, how
ever, wag not we'll satisfied az was
! apparent ly his reply. in which, IL
IA true. he thanked God for the gift
/ bur cautioned him to send future mon
ey direct ather than by way CT the
war ministry saying thai the rascally
officials there had kept seventy 9ye
! marks md had sent him only twenty
1--WE
Food. books. games. athletic equip
ment. ana educational supplies have
bse0 sent % ihase men whenever al
lowed by the Authorities
Religious vorh, vglth Proteg4eut
Roman Catholic and Creek services.
has been established. Most of tire
ner 81 one camp hat attended no
serwiCs for two yeers md when the
white-rohsd priest besan the opening
chaat Of the mass. a great ulAnv crt~d
a kvr q
had written every r ote cf Ehubert' +
mass from memory ans trained che
rus for the occasion
FootfaU star~s
Glasses are IN g. sress ut many
'.smps At one there is O school with
twenty~seveu courses. twenty-five hun
dret students and sixty teachers. Ar-
other aas daily attendance Of three
i inbred In summer ana one thousa n q
m winter Workshops and gardens
have been started cnly "a offer
useful production but for training an
| we'll, AZ ons point a soap factory was
started It developed go well Mat
q tanHery was put into operation. X
In turn was followed by chemistry.
At other oirts the men Tc'k e. book
making tailoring WOOD carving. and
in lauudries.
In ore camp alone he tailoring de-
4 parttn ent MADE -FOUR hundred new
overcoats from old ones. tire shoe de-
partment made three hundred rev
pairs OF shoes and seventy-ftva new
pairs of boots, and repaired thirteen
hundred pairs Of shoes
Athletics are encouraged wherever
possible, The men get along with the
best equipment ohta,nable Golf an
thusiasts held an exciting tourna ment
recently usinG tennis balls for golf
balls and ordinary canes as sticks
Mr.. Hugh Moran, secretary in the
| Russian prisoner war camps IN one
lcf his reports, writes
II attended q football n ne be-
TWEEN two picked teams. AmonA the
mem 4ers were three Internationa
players, two If whom competed on
opposite sides in the Olym pic garnee
| at Stockholm"
Hens Lay Eggs for Prisoners.
! Special efforts have been made to
provide noUrishtug foods for the men
In the hospitals. Fresh eggs are sent
! from Denmark TO sick mon In the
! Gei man prison camps. IN one case
number Of hens were sent to a