The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-09
NAZI PRISONERS
HERE FOR WORK
r,,o hundred and fifty German

prisoners, who arrived Mon
wa Wa, night at the internment CAM
"a. .be former NYA training cente
Al ' .he Carolina Beach road cas-
CT ' here, are making tn
Oh habitable in preparation 10
CAM ann temporary stay here to re
,nei labor shortages in fertilize
+lq ~ was not clear just when tn.
~ of war will be assigned
pl'n work in this area, but Felix A
10 o manager Of U. S. EN-
o,i .n1ent Service, predicted it vii
pl': ,ate this week, and after h G
&c . -, has been placed in order"
ca AlInrrnarently the Nazis were nap
A apout their new surroundings
py ' thev went about the job OF
lo '.cting Army cots and other du
.:'. If repairing the internment
ues ,n in an energetic manner.
carr ~ was not all work to them,
,rover for one prisoner tossed
ho"I NJ this sections familiar cock.
oAs s,~rs at another, who lodged
e' ~ laughed. Another G r m a /,
a ta!ned himself to an acting oar
e .antpd between two pine trees.
s' AZ American officer predicted
.os a Nazis would have the camp
" uS 'home-like" soon by flowers
s soi, planted about the two bar.
, D mess hall and dispensary.
To said they are good workers q
ils Sightseeing trips to the intern.
x,ont camp are apparently tabor.
t III, Lieut.. j. T. Hayes, assistant
- officer. said spectators will not
w. allowed to loiter about t h e
l w He said it would be ap
nYlciated if the public would not
Highway signs to direct traffic
n move along in that area are
"y,ected to be erected by t h e
1Tabwav Commission, he said
alfred in black trousers, with
r,dershirts. sweatshirts and other
f,tigue clothing worn at random.
me former members of Genera
nommells Afrika Kocps worked
ono, getically at their tasks Tues
dav morning in the 25-acre rec
taneular enclosure.
Lieutenant Brown, an American
osfrer said the Germans, all en-
listea personnel, would for the
first time as prisoners sleep on
mattresses Wednesday night, a
nolicv lust announced by the War
department.
The camp will not be affected
by Tuesday nights practice black
nut in this district. and it will be
l.hted along the fence and with
other huge floodlights. Guards will
b. stationed along the barbed wire
fence and at watchtowers at three
locations.
The prisoners of war here range
in age from II to AZ years, Lieu
tenant Brown said, and most of
them have served six years in
Adolf Hitler's army. About 20 per
cent speak English, he said, and
others are learning the language
at night classes. One of the Ger
mans was reported to have lived
in Brooklyn, N. Y, for eight
years. He was said to have re-
turned home to visit relatives and
at that time was placed in the
Nazi army.
The Germans came here from
Camp Gordon, near Augusta, Ga.
The local industries which nave
been certified to obtain prisoners
by the State War M.npower Com
and the approximate
number they will secure are Swift
Fertilizer company, so; Virginia.
Chemical company, 40; Naco Fer
tilizer company, so; International
Minerals and Chemical Corpora
ton, TO- and the F. S. Register
Guano company, 40.
The other so will be used on
camp details, Scroggs said.
Plans call for the work of pris-
oners on local farms with the
completion of employment in fer
tilizer plants. They will work six
days week under guard.
Under new policy governing
The establishment of temporary
camps where prisoners are to be
employed 10 relieve labor short
ages, agricultural and industrial
interests asking for war prisoners