The Dermott news., 1919-01-09

 mob of Wameu. and eLH4tru around. as usual. rylf fur Us Wifh bricks aHa >pt They stoned IFS through the ear windows, and @u-a.d and Jgefyd Ii us, hut by this tli4e= =1Ae-44ere -se. Used to 1t that vc d#d uot mind much ouY. every how aud then some fellow would get atl he could stand. and either talk hack CT make Fa~~ it somebody. Then he would get his either bayouet through the arm CT leg. CT crash on the head with d gun butt.
 After an eighteen hour ride. with out food or drink We arrived at Neu- Strelitz. II was raining as We pulled in. As We went up the grade to The town we could see lights aboat a mIfe away and We figured that that was the camp. The rain stopped and We remained in the ears far some time. Then, after while, Ne knew eur ne~ guards were coming: long before We ,a4ld see them we could hear the racket they made Somehow a Ger man cannot ao anything ShlHshaFe aad neatly hut always has ta have Il 1 lat If noise, and running around, and general confusion. Fouc<aote3 swine are more orderly in the.eh hahts than the Huns.
 HA,n tH,y came HF. ve=were ronst- cd from tGe ears aHl asza.4 Hp tha raaa to fHe ca#p. When vc eaf near tAe German barracks We wore halted aad e#Haal ass.r. aHl aa3a = stand 'aree f#r at 5e.-. sa hoEr affer ..#E !aaa f.=saut aa.aaH- as. ah.tarHs li#s soazs=- Al Iast taes H.a=a#I as#.a '#=e.. =. and tA.ze= Vaa#eu# wsat
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 The felov.n. morning we nearly dropped dtad when the Huns pulled ! In 4 large wagon full of clothing. We thought wc never would have any tfHs ta wear hut our un5crsfo'bes They issued t5 caeh man q rajr af traazarS5 ;h.a uatef tf#H coat uha1l like the ~aea-Ea'gef ea#t- some
 
 .csat uAeHt as VarH# a~ f Il had been made of e.-aresfc fapers. skull cap aud a H##r ef shoes. which were a days labor te e8rgv around. Not one # uS received socks. shirts or under Wear.
 Fan toe WIS eat fsam the right ~bae ot tte HaIr l received aud aS my vaHei~ were In the rIlht thigh and ny ac- had Suaeued up considerably and got very sore cot pretty anx- inns. because there was nothing hut sI8sh uHaerfeet. and | vas afrnid I might lose my leE So l thought that if l went to the commander aud made a kick l might get good shoe hest tated about itot first but finally made 
 I told him that lt was eluShy outside. l and that the water raa through the hole in my shoe and made fl bad for ny whole leg. which was wounded. He examined the shoe. aud looked at the open toe for some time. and I thought he was going to put up an argument but would give in finally
 Then eaSked mo9AatT wanted I thought that was plain enough te see hut l said just as easily as I could that l wanted a shoe without hole in the toe
 "So the water runs into f., does lt?" he said. Well, my advice to you is to get knife. cut hole in the heel and i let the water out" All the other swine in the room laughed very loud i at this, and I guess this Fritz thought he was q great comedian. But sOme- how or other. it did not strike me so l funny that l just had to laugh. and was able, after quite struggle, to l keep from even suickering. It was a harder struggle than that to keep i from doing something else. though
 ouI uitalS were Just UUouI tue AdLlh as at Swinemunde-the bread was 1 just as muddy, the barley coffee just l as rank. and the soup just as cab 1 bagelesS. The second morning after we had had our barley coffee one of the sentries came to our barracks, which was number 7-B, and gave each of Us an envelope and sheet of writ. ing paper. Then he told us to write to anybody we wanted to, after which he challed on the door in big letters:
 KRIEGSGEFANGENENLAGER and told Us 1t was the return address. We Were ali surprised, and asked each other where we were, because we had thought we were in Neustrelltz. After while, We learned that it means "Prisoner-of-War- Camp" At first, though, many of us thought 1t was the name of the town, and we got to