Prisoners Back From Germany.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 September 1915, Page 2

Prisoners Back From Germany.

■LfLJUUAIUUN .UAiVb GO.Ui'LAL\ 1. The Glasgow Herald una Daily Chronicle special correspondent met the Uranje .Nassau at lilbury when bringing exchanged prisoners ox war irom Uennauy. ihe wounded, maimed iu limb but merry oi soul, heard after months oi waiting the lusty tones of a -Liritissli clieer. As the ooat arrived, from every ship the sirens shrieked u fwelcomc. The waiting crowd on fclie quayside Hatched impatiently whilst the port ionimiities were gone through. As they gazed at the long line ojr dingy khaki figures 011 the rails, Hie latter appealing cried, "bay (something. Let's hear a bit ol English for a change." When at ieugth the gangMay was lowered the exchanged British officers, with many smiles and little luggage, hurried joyfully down it, and passing through a shed, stepped mto u special train that was waiting.

For the most part they were not inclined to talk about uheir experiences.

"During the last iew month the diet has been expanded/' said Private Robert Archibald, ol College Street, Dumbarton.

"We were called up in the morning and given 'spud' water lor tea. That is a mixture of potatoes boiled to a, jnilp. Then Ave had to diy or saw wood till 10 o'clock, when we had some more '.spud' and coffee. "Thin time the '.spud' had their jackets on. At half-past one Ave had «onio more 'spud' together with raw salt herrings. "In the afternoon we had an easy time as a rule, and tea came at six o'clock. Germany seems to he full of potatoes. There Avas very little bread to be Been. "That was the diet Ave had several days a week for a- long time. At. the present timo a German loaf its shared amongst ton men "