The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22
By Major c. E. Russell

we put some of our German-speaking detec- tives in the compound. But if We sent three strange prisoners into the camp alone, they would be at once suspected of being de- tectives and the guilty ones would be very careful not to expose themselves or their of our men up to the front. They were to join the newly captured prisoners so that we could transfer them to our pr,son com pound without their becoming known. There was a serious danger in this plan for our men, as they must wear German uniforms all the time, and if captured by the Ger mans they would be shot as spies. On the other hand, if they were seen walking around the front line trenches without a guard, some of our soldiers were sure to shoot first and ask questions afterward. Our solution lay in dressing them in the boche uniform, placing guards over them, sending them to the front, and treating them exactly like all the Germans
 After every possible contingency had been carefully thought out, the men were started on their trip to the front. They were placed in the front line trenches with their guards, where we often had German prisoners; and the first time our troops went over the top, they and their guards went sent after them and speedily cap tured." As soon as possible they joined the first of the German prisoners captured and were sent back to the receiving stations. At our receiving pens they were assigned to a company of German prisoners and sent to the concentration camp for distribution to the various localities where prisoners were working.
 even the guards should not discover the identity of our men. For fear that the commanding officer of the prisoner escort company might be inclined to favor them, even he was not told of our plan and our me ncertainly were treated the same as the other prisoneis. From the concentration camp we had them transferred to the pris- oner company en route to our compound.
 When they arrived at the camp they were sent in bunch to the docks to work with the other prisoners. But they sent word to us that they were handicapped as to meet ing large numbers of prisoners if forced .o work in one crew. So to enable them to visit the various prison huts we had them assigned to the sanitary squad-the meanest and dirtiest job in the prison camp. Too much credit cannot be given these men for their willingness to perform even this task in order to accomplish their mission.
 At this particular time there was a man stationed at this prison camp who claimed to I-1 IL passed by the nam eof Freytag, though am not certain now as to the spelling of the name, and have no documents to go by. At the request of the German government he had been sent here to look after the we;rare of their prisoners. Having the proper cre- dentials, he proceeded to make himself universally liked by all who had anything to do with him. He was a modest, quiet, we'll hammered young chap, unmstakabYy . gentleman, speaking excellent, though book ish English, and with only slight foreign accent. He appeared to be in the early tages of consumption and his color looked hectic; but he was quietly efficient ana made no complaints about his health till an attack of influenza put him in bed and served the allied and American cause im- measurably. -,s
 But for weeks no one suspected that the Swiss Red Cross man, always working so earnestly for the prisoners, was any other than the phianthropist he appeared. He was allowed the freedom of the city and could buy any supplies he needed. He did his duty in trying to keep his charges free from vermin and to that end supplied them with quantities of 2 certain chemical. When