nt resigned his position."

DOGS.

A great deal has been made of the use of dogs in some prison camps. The
following is the account given in Mr. O'Rorke's book (page 41):

As time went on our numbers increased to about 230 British
officers, and 800 French officers joined us from Maubeuge,
including four generals. One of the latter had been interned in
Torgau before, in the 1870 war, and had made good his escape.
The authorities guarded against the recurrence of such an
eventuality on the present occasion, their most elaborate
precaution being the enlistment of dogs to reinforce their
sentries. Their barkings could be heard occasionally by night,
but their presence disturbed neither our repose nor our
equanimity.

It is worth while to quote from a report made by Dr. Ohnesorg and Mr.
Dresel on Wittenberg in March, 1916:

The police dogs are not now a cause of complaint on the part of
the prisoners.--(_Miscel_. 16 [1916] p. 85).

Dr. Austin in "My Experiences as a German Prisoner" writes:

For a long time previous to our arrival at Magdeburg we had been
informed that large and savage dogs were to be provided to aid
the sentries.... They were certainly savage enough, but were
always led by a sentry, or chained in their den, and were never
let loose on us. (p. 141).

To return to Chaplain O'Rorke's narrative: "When we first arrived [the
barrack warder] had adopted the role of gaoler in his demeanour towards
us, but after a while he became civil and deferential, and--when his son
was captured in the war--actually sympathetic." (p. 45.) At Torgau "the
meals, though far from sumptuous and not always palatable, were
sufficient for our needs." (p. 43.)

BURG.

At Burg, at the canteen, "we used to treat one another to a whole roll
or a cake and a cup of excellent coffee; and, until they were put on the
_verboten_ list, to a chop or steak. The serving was done under the
direction of a kind, motherly _Frau_ at the one canteen, and by a polite
German boy-waiter at the other.... The regular meals seemed to be
provided by the proprietor of the larger canteen under contract with the
German Government. They were served at 8 a.m., 12 noon and 6-30 p.m. In
quality they were superior to the Torgau fare, but in quantity scarcely
sufficient in the depth of winter for hungry young men. Still it must be
remembered that they cost only 1s. 6d. a day" [out of the