The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-08-29

and the locked door outside. and con
cluded that my chances Of getting
away from some other place could be
no worse than In that particular cell.
As had no hat. my helmet being the
only thing l had worn over tie lines.
/ was compelled either Ia go bare
headed or wear the red cap os the
Bayarian whom i had shot down on
that memorable day. II can be i'm
agined how looked attired IN Brit
{; ish uniform and br;gh. red cap.
Wherever was taken my outfit
aroused considerable curiosity anon;
the :elsians and German soldiers.
When ] arrived at prison that day /
still wore this cap, and fs i was taken
inrn the courtyard. my overcoat cover
Ing my Uniform. aii that the British
officers. who happened to be summing
themselves In the courtyard. could see
wns the red cap. They afterwards sold
me they wondered who the hug Hun
was with the bsndare on his mouth.
3 This cnp managed To keep with me.
but was never allowed to wear II on
: the walks We took. either went bare
( headed or borrowed a cap from some
other prisoner.
At certain hours each day ,ise pris-
courtyard. AMI on the first occasion of
this Kind I found that there were IL
officers Imprisoned there besides my
self.
] They had here Interpreters who
COULD srcak all languages. one of
them wns mere hoy who had been
born In Jersey CITY. y. J.. and had
spent nli h's life In America until
I the beginning OF 1914. Then he moved
With his folks to Germany. and when
de- became OF military age the Huns
forcrd him Into the army. tLink II
the e nth were known he would nacl,
rather hsyc been fighting for America
Than against her.
I / found tlist uost Of the prisoners
remained nj Ccurirai only tw. or
there slaxs. FROM u,cre they were. in
rariah'y taken TO prisons In the Iuic-
rinr III Germany.
Whether II was because WAS an
American or because I WAS flyer. /
don't know. hut this rule WIZ not fol-
lowed In my ease. I remained there
/ two weeks.
During this neri"d Courirat was con
sianily bombed by our airincn. Not a
single day pr night passed without one
/ ar mere air raids. In the two weeks
] WAS there ! counted II of thcm. The
i-,arn Suffered n great deal of damage.
. ividcntiy our people were aware that
the s;-rmsns Ind n lot OF troops con
4 csniratcd In this town and besides the
headquarters sinT was stationed there.
The kaiser hiusrlf visited rourtrsii
while A. In the prison. Nas told hy
one OF the interpreters. but he didn't
call on me. and for obvlous rca sons j
( couldn't csll on him.
The courtyard was not very popu.
lar place during mir raids. Several
times when our airmcn rnidei that
section In the dny time I went oui and
watched the machines and the shrsp-
( mel bursting all around. hut the Ger
mans dill not crowd out there, for their
own anrinircrsft runs We're hammer
Ing away To keep our planes NJ high
In the sky as possible. and shells were
likely to fall IN the prison yard amy
moment. OF course l watched these
battles ut my own risk. Many nights
from nay prison window i watched
with peculiar Interest the air raids
carried an. and IL WAS " wonderful
sight with the German scarchlirhts
! playing on the sky. the "ilaming on
Ions bred high and the burst u the
antiaircrafi guns, but rather nm I'M
comfortable sensation when I realized
that perhaps the very next minute n
bomb might he dropped an the building
Ia which | was u prisoner. But per-
haps all az this was hotter than no
excitement at all. for prison life soon
became very mcnoton"us.
One of the hardest things I had to
endure throughout the two weeks l
| spent there was the sight Of the Hun
machines flying over Courirsi. know
ing that perhaps never would have
another chance 10 fly. and used to sit
by the hour watching the German nu,-
chimes naueuveriug over the prison.
Bs they had an airslrome NOT far away
and every afternoon the stu,lcnfs--or
/ I took them for students because their
flying WAS very poor--apreared over
the town. One certain Hun seemed to
fad pnrticular satisfaction In flying
right down over the prison nightly. for
my special discomfort and benefit. II
seemed. as II he knew an uirman I'M
priscned there WAS vniniy longing 10
try his wings again over their lines.
But used Ia. console myself by say
Ing: "Neyer mind. old isoy, there was
never bird whose wings could not
he clipped IL they get him I,tst right.
md your turn viii come some day"