ne. This creates a great deal of correspondence with the
respective authorities. I am glad to be able to add that the
[German] War Office has come forward with sympathy to help us in
this work.

We have sent large consignments of warm clothing and
food--including honeycake--to the civilian prisoners' camps at
Ruhleben and Holzminden, to be distributed among those that
received nothing from other sources. French and Russian
civilians are interned at Holzminden.

German women workers in connection with our Committee in other
parts have also sent Christmas gifts to the camps nearest them.
I enclose extracts from letters from Fraeulein Jens, of Hamburg,
and Frau Kirchhoff, of Bremen, which I put at your disposal. The
Berlin Committee of the Women's Suffrage Union has done the same
for Doeberitz, and other Committees in South and West Germany
have also carried out similar work. It is of particular interest
to note that the request that German women might remember the
prisoners of war in such a way came from a German soldier at the
front. The ladies were already planning something of the sort,
and would certainly have done it; but still, such a request, so
heartily and earnestly expressed, is remarkable.

From Frau Senator Kirchhoff, December 28, 1915:

The camp at Achim, near Bremen, in the province of Hanover, is
called Etelsen Moor. Frau Schmitt and I finished off everything
in one day, and early on the 23rd we drove out with two large
trunks and three cardboard boxes. Altogether we had collected
536 marks; 190 went to Frau Feist, 100 marks cash went to the
camp at Etelsen. Our trunks contained 40 flannel shirts and 40
pairs of pants, 40 pairs of slippers, 32 pairs of socks,
mittens, helmets, scarves, 1,000 cigars, 100 cakes of chocolate,
25 note-books, 50 pencils, 50 blotters, drawing paper, india
rubber, calendars, etc. Three prisoners--two Belgian and one
Frenchman--came with two wheelbarrows; they were accompanied by
two German non-commissioned officers. The men were exceedingly
pleased: the German soldier said they had long been wishing to
give the men presents and were happy that we had made it
possible for them to do so. Afterwards I received two charming
letters; one from the Commandant, who thanked me very heartily.
They had been able to give every prisoner--chief