The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-06
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 Milton RrUnner One ot theSl camps is Fort MiSsoula, three miles 1 from MisSoula, Mont, The second is ct Fort Lincoln, N. D. The Serv. leo also operates . third one ct F'orV stanton, N. N,
 The Fort Lincoln Camp holds a' present about 276 German sailors chiefly off German boats sahotaget by order from Berlin. The actual saboteurS are criminals and treated as such, The seAmen who had noth- lng to do with the sabotage are the ones who are sent to Fort Lincoln Tn addition there are some seamen who formerly worked on Standard Oll tanEers,
 The biggest camp Is ct Fort Nils. soula, where there are nearly l00O Italian Seamen. Tn addition, there are Italians who came to the worlds Fair in New York on limit. ed vlsas and who violated the law by overstaying their time.
 FASCIST FAKE EXPOSED
 The biggest single batch came from 6 ship that was not sabotaged, It was the Italian luxury liner Conte BlAncamano, which fingered too long in the Panama Canal, It was concerning this camp that the FaS- ciSt press of Italy printed the state' ment that the Italians detained there were suffering all kinds of hard- ships The Italian language news- paper, Il ProgFeSSo Of New York city, investigated and printed . complete Fefutation.
 This camp, on the old Fort Ms soula Army reservation, occupies about two. thirds of the area, It has G space 300 by 900 feet and is being increased by 900 by 1900 feet. It Is enclosed by Q i0-foot steel mesh fence, topped with four strands of barbed wire. There Is only one entrance gate and 1t Is brilliantly lighted Nt night. EnclcS- ed are four two-Etory barracks. When the area iS enlarged, 1t will enclose R meGS hall, laundry, and bakery, and work has been started on le additional barracks, each with 46 beds,
 There is no censorship Of mall, The men work and play under their own discipline. When the first group came, they were told to set Up their own system of internal discipline and punishment, They held an election and chose as their camp eommandant PurSer Do Luca of the Blaneamano. The inmates divide the necessary jobs, do their own cooking, edsh waShing, furnace stoklng and clothes washing. They mako up their own menus.
 Breaches of camp discipline are tried by Q council Of six, Of whom one is . member Of the Immigration Service, but who does not vote. This council makes recommendations for punishment which may or may not Do carried out by the Immigration Service. PunlShments for things that are not criminal are with. drawal Of various privileges, or from one to 30 days In the guard. house, or one to 90 days in the eoun. ty jal for more serious otfenSeS that do not require state jury trial,
 The inmates get the same rations as are given to the boys in Q. c, C. camps and to the army,
 SOUNDS COUNTRY cLUBBY
 In September, is40, the beamen of the German liner Columbus scut- tied their ship in the Atlantic, east Of Florida. AS 1t was not in Amer. lean waters. the 400 rescued sea- men were not guilty of infraetlon of American laws They, therefore, had under international law the status of "distressed seamen" and were given haven. For Q while they were near San Francisco, but the army objected to their proximity,
 The captain of the Columbus, ace companled by Q government officer, then choEe an abandoned O. o. O, camp ct Fort stanton in New Mex ico There is no detention fence around this place. The men, with the money they got from the Ger man government, painted the houses, built Q tennis court and swimming pool and made them selves generally comfortable.
 When Uncle Sam froge German monetary assets. the Nazi govern ment could no longer finance them. Now the cost of their keep Is being paid by the Department of Justice. Like the Germans and Italians in the other two camps, they have the status of men who should be de- ported but can't Do because of war; time conditions.