int of
protest. I myself was given a sample of the mid-day meal as it came
from the kettle. It consisted of a thick soup containing potatoes,
beans, and small portions of fish. It was palatable, and I should say
nourishing. The prisoners do not do heavy work, their work being police
duties, etc. I must add that those whom I saw were well nourished, of
good colour, and appeared to be in good physical condition. There were
only a half-dozen on the sick list, and, with one exception, they were
under treatment for wounds."

GUESTROW, MUENSTER (LAGER), SOLTAU, SCHEUEN, SCHLOSS CELLE.

Mr. Jackson reported on the first four of these. The Guestrow camp
(Mecklenburg) contained about 6,000 prisoners, of whom 300 were British.
It is situated in the pine woods, and consists of "solid, newly-built
wooden barracks, lighted by electricity and heated." Washing and bathing
facilities were good and the postal department well organised. "Clothing
is furnished when required, _if asked for_."

"There are several workrooms, and most of the men who have trades can
find something to do to occupy their time and can earn a little money.

"Most of the British soldiers spoke of harsh treatment immediately
following their capture--at the beginning of the war--and while they
were being transported to Germany, and several spoke of their having
been handled roughly while in the tents. Others said frankly that most
of those who had been treated badly since they came to the camp had done
something to deserve it. In any event all admitted that their present
treatment was good, and that there was now no discrimination against the
British. British soldiers had never been called on to do more than their
share of the dirty work about the camp. A party of Russians had always
had charge of the latrines, voluntarily, in return for some small
compensation. The spirits of the British prisoners seemed good."

The account of Muenster is almost precisely similar--"solidly-built
barracks," "good bathing arrangements," "well-arranged hospital."
Suggestive of the nervous strain of internment is the following: "Here
the relations between the British and Belgians seemed cordial, and the
former participated in the recent celebration of King Albert's birthday,
which the French declined to do."

At Soltau there were about 30,000 prisoners, principally Belgian. Four
hundred were British. German control was largely eliminated, but the
results in this case do not seem