The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-14
TWO THOUSAND
 IN EXPERIMENT
 CAMP FOR IRISH
(By Associated Press)

men. It was originally used as training camp for Ulster troops in the war and is divided into two en- closures which are called "cages."
 Within each of these are rows of brown huts and an extensive recrea- tion ground, the whole ringed about thickly with barbed wire and over looked by a number of high sentry boxes.
 There have been no escapes from Ballykinlar and no attempted breaks. ''Tunnelling would be impossible" an officer said, because the water comes close to the surface of the ground"
 The men are housed 25 to hut, each being provided with a plank bed, straw mattress and four blan- kets.
 The Associated Press correspon- dent and a representative of an Eng fish news agency were the first news paper men ever allowed to visit the camp, which is about 30 miles from Belfast. Scarcely a drearier spot is to be found in Ireland The camp is pitched on a flat which is swept by all the winds that sport on Dun- drum bay. we have lot of rain here" said one of the British officers in charge. We get the maximum rainfall
 The prisoners were shy of the newspaper men. Joseph McGrath, a member of parliament from Dublin district, prisoner who holds the post of the Irish Supervisor of in- terness," voiced his distrust of the correspondents who sought to inter. view him about prison conditions.
 "How do I know who you are?' he asked. Any outsider allowed to come into this camp is bound to be suspected from our point of view You could not come unless the mili- tary authorities consented.
 Even if you are what you say you are, anything told you would be censored before you were allowed to publish it. I am willing to give you a written statement if you can undertake to print it as submitted. The Irish people will never learn the truth about conditions here until we are released and can tell them our. selves"
 Dr. Hayes, another member of the Dali Eireann, also refused to make statement, but both men talked at some length with the visitors.
 Two sleeping huts inspected by the newspaper men were clean and we'll kept and there were stove fires burn Ing. Prisoners do the cooking under the supervision of British army ser geant. The interned men were at their evening meal in the messroom and looked up with curiosity at the sight of strange civilians. They ran ged in age from youths to elderly men.
 One of the first prisoners encount- cred in the camp was Dublin barris- ter whose long white beard gave him the look of a patriarch. He complain ed to the escorting officer that he had faild to receive the literary supple ment of London paper to which he subscribed.
 Except for supervision by the mil ltary authorities, the prisoners run their own show" They are organized in units of about 100 each under company captain. Each of the two cages has supervisor of internees who, until few weeks ago, was known as Camp Commandant" The prisoners had regular military drill daily and, according to Mr. McGrath, they were ready for rifle practice" when the authorities put stop to the drilling and changed the titles of the "commandants" to something less military sounding.
 Football is the principle diversion of the internees. A reading room is provided and the men are permitted to subscribe to recognized magazines and newspapers, which are delivered daily. They have their own chaplain, a prisoner, and another priest liv- ing outside the camp is also avail able.
 The colonel in charge of the camp read the following scale of rations for internees: Bread, one pound daily; meat, 10 ozs. 5 days week; bacon, 8 ozs one day a week; fish, N lb. one day week; beans, lentils, peas, 2