Captured; sixteen months as a prisoner of war

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...was vacated and absolutely still. The keeper of the canteen became suspicious and his report resulted in the discovery of the elusive ones. We never heard how many weeks of "jug" they got for this. CHAPTER X Privileges, Etc. Wilson only spent a few weeks with us, but his visit proved most profitable. We learned of the things we were entitled to and of the privileges accorded German prisoners in England. We decided to take a firm stand and demand certain rights for the Englishmen in the hospital. We officers formed ourselves into a committee and interviewed the Inspector. We told him about the way German prisoners were treated in England, explained to him that there were many men able to walk who needed fresh air and exercise, and demanded that a system similar to that in vogue in all the camps should be introduced into the hospital. In camps men are put on their parole and sent out in parties of thirty or forty, in charge of a guard of one officer and a non-commissioned officer, to take a two-hour walk in the country. On their return their parole is given back to them and they are free to attempt to escape if they wish. We explained the simplicity of this system to the Inspector, who promised to investigate the matter and make arrangements. The Inspector's name was Driessen. He owned a big hotel on the Rhine, which before the war had accommodated many English and American visitors. He spoke English quite well and was, or pretended to be, very friendly towards English-speaking people. At the conclusion of our interview he suddenly came out with a string of the vilest English oaths I ever heard and then asked us to translate them. This was a rather hard proposition, but we did the best we could. When he learned what he had said he seemed horrified. ...