Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-02
CHAPTER V.-Continued.

EHHF In Y ~S~iiNAAaNS
m. r,a-and I think he was the
...rs.t ea+p- in the camp-wOn 1t on
a,,s successive days, but it was well
4, him that his luck deserted him on
A. forrtb day. fo~ he probably would
.rs bapD handled rather roughly by
esrsst of the crowd, who were grow
!, g,yDicious. But we handled the
/ l,rirg ourselves and knew there was
.-sng crooked about it, so he was
glred.
j Ne were allowed to buy pears, and
hing small and very hard, they were
,pl as the stakes in many q game.
g- the interest in these little games
MS IS keen as # the stakes had been
i rss of money instead of two or three
i htsarved pears. No man was ever
4 % reckless, however, in all the betting
gDwager his own ratiOns.
BIZ the most scheming and sacrific-
NIL ever did in my life / managed to
4 hard two pieces Of bread (grudgingly
Elrei at the time from my daily IA
tlls), but was preparing for the day
yhen Should eScape-if l ever should.
4 vas MT a sacrifice easily made
ether, bat instead of eating bread l
re pears until l finally got one piece
q bread ahead; and when 1 could
brte myself to stick to the pear diet
laln, I saved the other piece from
bat days allowance, and in days to
S1e Ihad cause to credit myself fully
G the foresight.
Whenever a new prisoner came in
cd his German hosts had satisfied
bsnSeIves as to his life history and
aiel down all the details-that is all
Be would give them-he was immedi-
rAT surrounded by his fellow prison
a. who were eager for any bit of
EN or Information he could possibly
Ee Lam and as q rule he was glad
RUl lis, because, if he had been in
Le hands Of the Huns for any length
Tine, he had Seen very few English
Ulcers.
lie conditions Of this prison were
w enough when a man was in nor
~l! good health, but it was barbar-
W 10 subject 4 wounded soldier to
-' A-Fu>A.DS and disc0mforts of the
i-'S However this was the fate of
"' private We discovered there one
III terrific pain, suffering from
Latle- In his stomach and back. All
Us o-cegS asked to have him sent
hospital but the doctors CURLY
,~->5a' saying it was against orders.
VIC Poor creature went on suffering
WI Jay to day and was still there
-'- / lett-auoJher victim of Ger
IN cruelty.
-ole time in this prison camp there
=, french marine, q French flying
r..S', two Belgian soldiers, and of the
-.'- Alnsdom one from Canada, two
-, England, three from Ireland, a
',.y Rom Scotland. one from Wales.
.l from South Africa, one from
,s .,'-' and a New Zealander, the
-, y, gelns from my own squa iron. a
-, 'AOn l thought had been killed.
1,-S s was equally surprised when
a., mo the prison to fnd me
h.. II addition there were a Chi
-- and myself from the U. SA
g, ,% quite a cosmopolitan group.
Vle typical Irishman said,
rs-s ~ elu We have every nation that's
g. suuohing, Including the darn
., S With US whites" OF course
h., 'as not translated to the Ger
k,r,a -'' was it even spoken in their
sr.Sss or We probably would not
ls ~. 4u.'e 50 cosmopolitan a bunch
S.s5 hi. u the prison was ready to
4. ,t- ,s native country in any argu-
eih~|' could possibly be started
b G Ives. without saying that never
Ngniso SEQ. seat IN any Of them with
&sen ,5' o rOF America. With the Cana
1. r., .ainaman Ginning in on nv
e;,s, ~ lney were friendly argu.
Z b,t 'v S- were all in the same boat
g7.-r was no place for ouarreling
r,,i5 s other morning, the e1I waother
eoaf S, We were taken to a large
ee h.. pool and We're allowed to
Il, H. = There were two pools,
I Il Ne as German clacers and one
n, T Ss9 Although we w aTe o OFe
e& ma nag 70 use the pool occup,e lied
While We were in SWIM
eaS,.e efman guard With rife itil
bal . Knees sat at each corner Of
@ss,se9o and watched US closely ,Iyi as as
,etsrs and and undressed. English
tl1s s accompanied US on all Of
s,tso5 50 at no time ' C Tn al ,p o.
o.. laeir knowing what was
D.,
~ for we were taken ont Of tse
easa Is S ,b!, purpose they always
e-syj6ang,ug the most crowded
10 d, 'I NY. to give the popu-
Shey were getting