NOVEL CAMP PUNISHMENT

Taihape Daily Times, 17 March 1919, Page 5

NOVEL CAMP PUNISHMENT

Iu contrast with the familiar record of maltreatment of British prisoners in Germany some amusing incidents ,of life in the huge camp at Schueidcmuhl were told by a sergeant of the Royal Garrison Artillery who had just reached England. Some of the German officers in charge of the camp were real sports said the sergeant. It It would occur sometimes that men in the camp were “reserved for punishment’ on account of discipline. Rather than inflict the ordinary punishment, however, the commandant woulu arrange for certain officers to box some of the prisoners in the hope of administering punishment to them iu that way. But among the Englishmen were a number of clever boxers, and it usually happened that they made full use of their opportunities, inflicting on the Germans retribution, which caused the greatest hilarity in the camp. “Really,” said the sergeant, our occasional high spirits nearly drove the Germans mad with indignation.”