Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-10-09


our own money, however. Dog and
buffalo meat were also served-this
too in small quantities. A few rice
bowls were obtainable and chop
sticks. After a few days many OF
US were i'll with diarrhea, dysentery,
colds and sore threats, and doctor
was sent in. There being only one
he'd in a room, this was usually occu-
MED bv the ladies and the men slept
ON the floor. l slept on an OPIUM
bench ON the porch finally, where II
MAS extremely cold and the black
,-,,s sv,,, which this bench Was
.,,ss, seemed lsks s cake M soS>~ s@S
-,s inst few nights ! had no cover
b,+ later found out that could nlFe
. larok Quilt from one of the Chinese
bovs for so cents a night Oh. X. cur
rencvl- which I did, but as l hao
cnIv $500 and did not know now ~
ob+oin funds | naturally wished 10
,o+ain this money for small food pur-
bases that could be made with great
d;fficnltv now and then. Dr. 0el-
, clark obtained so blankets ana
+,ov we're to be distributed among
tbo needy. This supply was exhaus'-
"a however, before l SUCCEEDED -
Getting one, so I was grateful LOT my
rented blanket. !,
Whom the japanese finally decided
+ransfer US to Stanley Prison we
,,-ara marched through the streets @,
....,-;,,., ,ll our worldly goods, to the
[,-,, stanley Prison Is pTa'''1@',S
...,-,,,,~ses N water IN; i <'''',.~'-
), Hong Kong ON ons side. 8
- <,.,,~;esr community occupied the
,.o,,Sas that were used by the priSo"
ataff and the club house lnese
,,o,,sos had been looted prior TO oul
loG :.o1 ord there was very little III
49, a. All of the houses had ser
varts' quarters, and these rooms n I'D
Lad 70 he fully utilized. occupies
ii@u ~ them approximately 10 1ee'
Nv < feet with friend. Inns as:ll
e es;ood had. in our previous location'
-lau+ IN chair on the porch "nele
sep gon+ IN the opium bench, ana ne
- bocome so i'll that he had pee"
lion 70 the French hospital ne ~
al Co IN time to share our secoliu
housing experience.
por +be first month after gong 20
c+a,,1ev Prison slept on cooiie
;y"n he'd lust boards without a ma.
+ress-slept with all my cio'heS oT.
&c usual and with no blankets
S,;and and separated, however ~.
= ~ 'e'' n;@b+ he snored so loudly tna'
:, - ,rolsa himself up, and with ms
nolice club banged furously On
Ia accusing me of awakening mn
,,,;+b NV snoring. This snoring ars"-
won't had preceded this episode Oh
manv nights. But, with our nerves
nretty. we'll on edge, this banging III
cident broke up our partnership. our
friendship was strained temporarily
but completely patched up before we
were sent to America.
will never forget those colo
niqhts when we had no electricity no
watches, but still had to get up ana
act as night policeman in our own
camp. My friend and I had the TWO
A M. to four A. M. beat, and we
walked the road, patrolling the black
ness of night, until our duties were
relieved by the next men assigned.
This policing was necessary TO aVolu
removal of the scant effects we hap
nened to have by some unscrupulous
persons in our own camp, as many OF
the houses had no doors or windows
and those that did were minus keys.
In our particular house we had
what we called social hall, where
we were all called for meetings when
needed, etc. I discovered that by go
ing there after everyone had gone
to bed, could curl up very nicely on
one of the divans that happened to
be left there. AS this had a spring
it was a real luxury even though 1t
did mean folding up my legs pretty
much.
A few of the boys had a dish or
two that they had found here and
there, but mostly we ate from ordi-
nary tin cans that we had found on
the scrap heap. 1 ate from a tin
can a long time until it turned blac!
inside from its many scrubbings. L
then decided that it was time to seek
something better. l found an Eng
lishman of Greek descent who sold
me a shaving mug for three Hong
Kong dollars and I thereafter ate
out of that. Fortunately a friend
gave me a baby spoon and this rep