Republican farmer., 1919-08-15
Private RepudiateS
 Officers Denial Of
 Prison Camp Abuse
FORMER REPORTER FOR BOSTON NEWS PAPER RELATES ATROCITIES IMPLICIT
 ED ON AMERICAN SOLDIERS.

to stay away from him, as any pos sible friend of his would unquesion- ably be the next victim. The poor youngster suffering from the pain of his wounds, in abject misery and
 surely in need of sympathy, became
 pariah.
 , "CorporaI Eddie Cahi1 Of X Com pany, 1O1st, has never completely re covered from the beating he received at the Hotel St. Anne. Cahill was
 above the draft age, went through every action taken part in by the di- vision and acquitted himself with credit on every sector. For his work
 at Chateau Thierry he vas among the first to receive a 4S-hour pass. He
 was less than two hours over leavs when arrested by the marines. He at- tempted to tell the two men who ar rested him that he could get another
 train to La Ferte in another hour and
 would rejOin his regiment in plenty
 of time in the morning. For answer one of them struck him in the jaw, breaking off four teeth.
 ''Cahi11 has not yet learned tha.
 there was nothing but fair play in the
 methods of the 30th Marines. He
 struck back, and imme diately two
 men Ieaped on him. Both of them were ed and carried clubs. Cahiu had nothing but his hands.
 When he was taken to the Hotel
 St. Anne, Fredericks hit him again
 to teach him never to resist ar
 rest, and after he was thrown into
 the guard room he was called out.
 put through the Swedish until he fell exhausted and was thrown on the
 bare floor.
 1gy, fr,t< A,- ra6
 these stories are exaggerated, that
 only in rare cases were the men beat en, and that these were hard pris-
 oners. I put myself on record as
 saying that the beatinGs were the
 rule, not the exception, that almost
 invariably they were uncalled for and
 the victim rarely knew for what he
 was being punished.
 Four days of it was all I ever
 wanted, but Corporal Edward A Quinn Supply Company of the 1O1st Re9im ent. was 34 days in the place. held on a charge of which he was acquitted afterward.
 Beaten about the head and face, causing blood to flow from his ear, and the loosening of his teeth. Cor poral Quinn was thrown into a room
 with 75 or more prisoners at the prison camp, where he remained for 34 days, receiving severe treatment from the hands and feet of the ma rine guards there.
 Corporal Quinn told his story yes- terdny of the brutalities imposed | upon the prisoners at the camp | Upon my arrival there, was hauled | by the hair of the head from the taxicab, after being compelled to pay | the fare and was dragged up the ! st a afY-e' To fr1r+ zto +aH t, given four cold shower baths, which
 were followed by a severe beatin 2 from the hands of Gordon of the Ma rine M. r. Gordon instructed the sentry to take no gulf from Quinn and to use the stick if he opened his mouth.' Following this beating, which caused the loosenine of several | teeth and blood to flow from his left | ear, he was thrown into q room oc- | cupied by more than 75 men, all prisoners, landing on three or four, | who were lying on. the floor too weak | to move.
 "One instance at the camp which | caused loud comment by the pris- | oners in the room was the beating | given a chap who was just admitted. | He was not acquainted with the rules l and regulations and asked the sen | try's permission to go to the toilet | As 1t was after taps they were not | allowed to speak and, as he was rest | ing on his elbow when he spoke, it | was q more serious offence Moran | of the marine guard said nothing, de- | clared Quinn, but srne shed the lad
 over the head with his stick, causing | a gash five inches long on his scalp. | 'I only hope to God that some day | I will meet the chap from Alabama | who. when he stood his twO-hOur | watch as sentry would refuse to let
 q man. regardless of his condition, go
 to the toilet. Corporal Quinn said. ! Fredericks, Gordon. Moran and the
 chap from Alabama will make some ! big explanations to me should I ever | run into them in this little world he l added.
 | "Quinn, who is a pal of Sergeant | Major Thomas Wilkinson of Lynn, | who was also brutally treated at the | camp. weighed 159 pounds upon en- | trance and lost on the average a | pound a day, so that he weighed
 about 130 when he reported back to
 his regim ent, under a guard of the 26th Division. What food they had
 was very good. but the least remark
 one made would place him on the list
 for bread and water, said Quinn, ano
 if one asked for something at the
 table they were struck with the ma
 rine's stick and then placed on ]
 fare of bread and water.
 Quinn was tried by q court martial
 appointed by Colonel Edward l.. To- gan, but was acquitted and rejoineo his company.
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