East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-09-20

~ taFtH hhNft Niiob thtnt now fnuih
! he oiherwlNei To know the NE of IN
a prisoners II would have been necessary 3
study q particular camp. particua
I 'koIhandn." and write on each a mono
graph And even then the result wouh
! be Incomplete. For IN order 20 accoun
! for the fate of the prisoner u would b.
: necessary TO live with him. sleep on th'
sack upon which be siecpa, cat what h
: eats. live that life of oppression and ex
ccssive labor which IL his everyday life
Az regards the cases Of ~ treatment the,
were The small side of the question and i
/ serves nothing 10 collect them. n " ever
20 be feared hat by insisting upon nsccr
tained cruelues one contributes 10 the
support Of the idea that. a. whole, tho
prisoners are not ~ unfortunate.
II IL seen that the reports of the neu
trails csn. ~ little ~ the letters of the
prisoners, serve 10 form = correct judg
inent Of the condition Of the prisoners.
CHAPTER H.
! I shall now rapidly retrace the histors
Il What has been going on in the Min
sterlaEer where was for bong timr
iinterned. Later I shall tell more about
Sultau. MdnsterlaFer a. this beginning
vas fitted FOR 20o0O prisoners. distrib
ited In the principal camp snd the two
anueHcs. the Tent Comp and the Tcle
sraphcn Plata. ! was successively In al
three camps.
The zclt-lngcr or Tent Camp was com
posed of ten tents. each sheliering $50
men. In The daytime we had 10 stay
outside lying on the sand. the prey Of the
torture 81 hunger. The kitchen had been
designed for . 800 men: but a. we mum
bered twice as many. the rat!ons were
reduced By half, water supplying the rest
Those who were employed az peelinE
stole poiatoes which they brought 20 their
comrades and which were later devouredl
raw. The young soldiers in particular
suffered cruelty. There were some who
made small heaps Of sand and lay upon
them 40 as TO compress the stomach.
At seven O'Clock in the evening we had
20 so back into the tents. and wei
stretched ourselves out on small beds If
straw, soon transformed into foul litter
Squeezed one against the other 20 tightly 1
~ not 20 be able to move, in q foul and
cold atmosphere, we passed the night. 1
We were absolutely forbidden 60 speak. /
The Germans proWled outside the tent |
AZ the least whisper they rushed into the
tent. shouting. rursing and kicking at
rnndom among the bodies, Hnd forceL
The prisoners 10 leave the tent and re-.
main standing the whole night outdoors
On September !. owing 20 an impru-
dent word uttered by the Adjutant. Y.
H., who had told the Feldwebel that the
war volunteers were somewhat untrn med
he Feldwebel ordered sll those belong.
ng TO the Colonial Volunteer Corps
turned out from tent No. /, and led them
outside Of the enclosure. There they
we're surrounded by sentinels and forced
% march around in quick step. Those
Fho stumbled and did not run fast
,nough were beaten with the butt end
II gun. One Of them. Corporal van
ioubergen, broke his leg. Another.
DeliS. captain Of the civil guard Of Lou
'iere, was beaten on fhe stomach, which
esulisd In causing an enormous hernia
third. by the name Of Eugene Hers
ems, forty nine years Of age, who had
allen down at the first steps, was al !
most killed by beating. A year later he
Fas still in the hospital. his kidneys hay- |
ng been crushed
] witnessee this scene, which at the |
noment made my blood boil with raEe .
Boz was 10 witness many others Of this I
ind. =
Every morning at half past six senii 9
els came 30 take a certain number Of e
zen for duty service. The Feldwebel, G
no was called Oock, and who had been q
berlehrer in Hanover a. times rushed a
with . sword in his hand. The fright. q
ped prisoners fled in al directions. pur- q
ned by the sentinel and Deck himself ]
Y hen = certain humber had been driven q
10 . corner he had them drawn Up BY g
'urs and they marched 70 work.
The prisoners were Ia 8 state Of pros. u
alton, Of which IL is difficult 10 form n
D idea. What must have struck any
as on entering the enclosure was The ?
lsnee that prevailed In the place oecn- :
ed By more than 1000 men. n
On September Z the feidWebel entered u
e camp az a moment Nhen ths Belgian 81
villains w'ho inhabited the TsleRrn pheH u
aiz. were arriving for medical eKnmina
~. Most ~ them were trembling old -
m, bearing on their faees the marks Of 2.
spair, They Eera arranged before tbs y
flrmaFy vita fheiF backs turned 10 ihr q
trance. therefore also e the Fsidwehsi, d.
10 vas entering, Seeing them IN THE VI
sition the Fsldwsbsl drsw bis Sword "a
q - one bound leaped among them ~
Iese old men, these siek, sho for thres .
ska had been living IN terror. shnekins VI
n fright tried 10 fissl they ioHus no
alnst sach other. they fnll soms TRIMS m
slip aNay on all Tours, others 10 rsarh -
, tents Ookali - enes stops and
'uing a. the non commissioned officsn esl
his eompnny hreals OFT ia loud laugh. ~
, ssying ~ have siFen them q sood col
10 y" Aui 81 laugh Niih him. 10
~ the siEfh day u our srnysl they thi
pm 20 msrrh us 10 tbs plasnI Ia EanEf rrl
30, 10 pluok out ths siumps. ] wns 90
- hires times Tsles I snW ths iieri
loF arrife Ne apprasehsd. grinding bel
teeth. opening and closing his hsnds siu
Fously. and immediately began 10 saF 81,
& ths Hork vas badly done and called on'