The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-11
Germans Brutal
To u. S. captives

turned yesterday on the converter
cruiser Louisville, formerly the
American liner st. Louis, told, with
few exceptions, stories Of terrible
hardships they had suffered in Ger
man prison camps. They said food
packages sent by the Red Cross saw
ed them from starving to death.
TIL list Of wounded totalIed seven
ty-three. Most of the returning SOL
diers are from Manhattan and
Brooklyn.
James W. Wadsworth, Jr., United
States Senator from New York, came
home on the Louisville, after two
months tour of the western front.
Il went to learn for myself the tasks
and achievements of the American
Army" he explained. II stopped
Ehree days at the headquarters Of the
9th Division with Gen. Organ and
inspected the Hindenburg line that
was smashed by his boys, which | re-
gard as one Of the greatest achieve
ments Of the war. have only praise
for the American officers and men,
Capt. Kan-Ichiro Marishina Of the
Medical Corps of the japanese army
returned on the Louisville. He was
attached to the American forces and
is going to Washington to report tc
the Japanese Embassy.
Captain Won Two Crosses.
Capt. John F. Williams Of NORTH
Carolina won the Distinguished Ser
vice Cross and the Military Cross fol
herOism at Ypres on August 2. He
led force with such skill that in the
face Of terrible machine gun fire il
captured a "pill box"
IF ever get in charge Of camp
with German prisoners in itp' ex
claimed James Dulaney,, whose wife
and son live at No. 26B Carlton ave
nue, Brooklyn. Dulaney was gun
ner's mate on the freighter Carma
MIA when she was torpedoed in the
bay Of Biscay after a seven hour bat
tie on Aug. 9th, 1917. He was made
prisoner with four others.
"The submarine crew kept III
aboard nine days and treated us fine
They were good sports" was Dula
ney's tribute. But the German army
foikwhew! It makes me sweat t
think Of It, They sent us to a pris
on camp in Brandenburg where ther,
were about 1000 men Of all the al
lied nations.
"They made US sleep in, shacks thai
were like stalls, two in each stall
Paper mattresses, partly filed will
shayings, and paper blankets were
given us in the winter
Many Of Captives Died
"There was no sanitary arrange
ments. II man got sick he receiv
ed no medical attention. I'd hate tx
tell you how many died. The filth
was horrible.
1--WE had less than half pound Of
bread day for each man, and
brough piece of the junk back tx
zee whether anybody can find oui
what's in it. The coffee was un
drinkable. If it wasn't for the pro
visions sent by the American Rec
Cross lot more would have died Of
starvation"
His hollow cheeks and worn eye.
attested Dulaney's assertion that i
must have been his Irish nerve thai
carried him through.
when the Germans were winning
tinued
they treated us outrageously," he
continued. when they were losing
they let up on US.
"They released a lot of us about
December 9th, last. / was in Berlir
few weeks ago and am not sur
prised to learn that there is civil
war. All kinds Of revolutions were
brewing when ] was there. Many o.
the people were actually starving.
With him were John F. Murphey
ships cook of the sunken American
destroyer Jacob Jones, and Albert
Demeillo, seaman on the Jacob Jones
Both were picked up by the attack
ing u boat and taken to the camI
that Dulaney was in. They corrobo
rated his story of hardships there.
Another former prisoner who re
turned on the transport was Lieut.
c. B. Laird, Of Algonia, Ia, 1st Amel
lean Bombing Squadron"