very day ... and within the confines of the camp are several acres of
vegetable gardens ... in which the French take particular interest." The
arrangements at Goerlitz (with thirteen British) "in all details struck
me as being exceedingly good." In general hospital treatment at the
camps is entirely satisfactory.

SCHLOSS CELLE, WITTENBERG, STENDAL, FOOD.

In Miscel. No. 16 (1916) we may note the following: At the officers'
camp, Schloss Celle, "the Commandant in civil life is a judge, and
seemed on excellent terms with the prisoners." Mr. Gerard reports on a
visit of his own to Wittenberg on November 8, 1915. The soup for the
mid-day meal appeared to him "to be very good," and the testimony of the
men was to the effect "that the food had improved considerably during
the last two months." About 300 out of the 4,000 prisoners in this camp
were British.[9] At Stendal Mr. Osborne found the thick soup
"exceedingly palatable, though thoroughly un-English." The British
prisoners "admitted that they could live on the camp rations, if
necessary, and still retain good health, as is the case with the
Russians, and that their objection to the food was on account of its
sameness, and because it was not cooked in an English way." In March,
1916, Mr. Osborne reports that a large swimming pool is in process of
completion at one end of the camp.

REPORTS AND INFORMATION.

At Fort Friedrichshafen, Ingolstadt, "those who had no overcoats said
that they could get them from the German authorities if necessary, but
that they preferred to wait for the present to see if they could not be
sent from home. All would like new boots, as they are not pleased with
the wooden-soled boots provided locally." Sir Edward Grey, writing just
before the receipt of this report, referred to information "that the few
British prisoners of war at this camp are very badly fed, and that
parcels arrive with great irregularity, their contents being frequently
abstracted." In a reply dated a week later, Mr. Gerard (U.S. Ambassador
at Berlin) writes that "in reply to a direct inquiry, which was made out
of the hearing of any German officer or man," the British prisoners at
Ingolstadt "stated that there was nothing to which they would care to
have special attention paid. The men were in good spirits, and there was
no evidence to show that any of them were badly fed. All were in touch
with their friends at home, and no complaint was made with regard to
irregular