The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-17

criminals. the infractionS OF rules
have not been many.
A, large number of the inmates OF
the camp are well -to-do. There is
reputed to be a. millionaires' club
among them. Although the food
served to all prisoners is good. there
Is, a considerable element which pre-
fers to live in quarters off from the
common herd, and they maintain
their own mess. They are permitted
to buy such food as they desire. Maj.
Yost. the adjutant of the camp, at
tends to these purchases for them
and renders an account. In this
millionaires' club is Prof. Karl Muck,
the famous conductor of the Boston
symphony orchestra. DIR. Ernst
Kuhnwald, formerly director of the
Cincinnati symphony orchestra, re-
Gently released, was confined there
also. and during the winter there was
a symphony orchestra of seventy
pieces, which rendered music on fire.
quent occasions. There are many
vaudeville actors and other entertain
ers. who frequently give perform
ances. There is considerable feeling
between the aristocrats and the pro-
letariat, but no clashes as yet
Kitchens, Mess Halls, Etc.
The Chattanoogans spent two
hours in the main stockade and care
fully inspected the kitchens, mess
halls, bakeries, bathrooms and sani-
tary arrangements. Everything was
organized in the highest degree; the
equipment was of high class and the
service. unquestionably was excellent.
The informed sailors have a separate
mess hall from other alien enemies.
The government conducts a bank for
the prisoners and $156,000 is on de-
post. Checks on the canteen or gen.
erai store are issued. In the latter
is a stock of varied character and
a large business is done. The sales
average about $4,000 a month. The
canteen is literally patronized. 1t
was found crowded. Soft drinks are
in demand, and the German contents
himself with the substitutes for beer.
Although all articles in the general
store and canteen are sold as close
to cost as is practical, only odd cents
being taken, the profits accumulated
recently reached $4,000 and this was
turned over to the German and Aus
tro- Hungarian committees for such
use as they saw fit. Many of the
prisoners who have no private means
were given small amounts of these
improve the mess
Each prisoner who SO desires is
given a garden plot and hundreds of
these are being cultivated. In the
midst of his potatoes and onions the
inmate often erects a rough summer
house and he whites away the hot
days in this shady bower. They also
engage in baseball games and other
amusements.
However, with all the occupation
thus given, the enemy alien is watch
ing the newspapers for telegram
showing that the peace treaty has
been signed. Some of them have
been confined for over two years.
The prisoners did the road work
about the camp and much of the con-
struction work on the cantonments.
They also are employed in cooking,
baking, police work. They do their
own laundry work. Rye bread is the
chief product of the bakery. There
is little demand for white bread:
A considerable number claim to be
American in sympathy. These speak
only English Most of the inmates.
however. speak German only. The
women's stockade is about 1000 feet
distant from the mems. Provision was
made here for taking care of 1900
spent about $4,000 on this stockade.
So far, only twelve women have been
informed here.
The men In their prison camp wore
motley garb Overalls was the pre-
vailing style, with all sorts of palm
beach a close second There. too, was
a marine touch to some costumes. The
day was very warm. Some were
stripped to the waist. Others had cut
their trousers off above the knee. Many
wore broad brimmed straw hats. The
facial characteristics were distinctly
Teuton. The bristling moustache once
popularized by the eX-kaiser was still
cultivated Many wore COATES. In the
general store and in the mess halls
prisoners were trusted with positions
of responsibility.
The busiest spot this morning was
in the baggage room where the pieces
were being weighed up in preparation
for discharge of the prisoners. Elm
und Swanzig," were the words called
out on a trunk as the committee en-
tered.
Most of the supplies for the camp
came fro m the general commssary at
Atlanta, but the purchases in Chatta-
nooga are also considerable. Col. Pen
rose has had a difficult task in the
management of the camp. The splen-
did situation, thorough system, and
lack of effort to escape, testify to his
success