I came out with the original Expeditionary Force, and was in the
retreat from Mons, but was not captured until October, 1914.

"The German soldiers who captured me treated me quite well. They
gave me some of their rations, and allowed me to attend to our
wounded.

"I had just bandaged up the leg of a man in the Cheshire
Regiment, who had half his foot blown off, when all the prisoners
were ordered to the rear.

"A German officer came up and ordered us both to get back; but I
pointed out that the Cheshire man was too badly wounded to be
moved without help. He ordered me to undo the bandage, and when
he saw the condition of the wound, he drew his revolver and shot
him dead. He then ordered me to get back.

"We were then sent into Germany, and when we stopped at the
Railway Stations school children were paraded on the platform and
threw things at us.

"We were given nothing to eat, and at one station we appealed to
a clergyman, who spoke English; but he said that only German
soldiers should be fed, and turned away.

"I was sent to Hameln Lager. I was several times sent out with
working parties, and we were sometimes treated very roughly,
especially when there was only an under officer in charge of us.

"The job I liked best was working for a farmer. Sometimes you get
hold of a decent chap, who will treat you well, if you suit him.
The work is hard and the hours very long, but you live with the
family, and food is much better than what you get in camp;
especially as some of the farmers have food concealed.

"The under officers are very rough, and stop at nothing.

"There was a notice up in the lager which said that no man has
any right to refuse to work, and that only the laws of the
Imperial German Government were recognised; and if any man
refused to do what he was told, the guards had authority to use
their rifles."

"Did they ever use them?" I asked.

"I never saw them myself; but a man came into the lager one day
who said that just before he was moved one of the men was being
badgered about by his guards, until he at last turned round and
knocked one down. The guards immediately ran their bayonets into
him, and he died next day.

"The American Consul visited our camp shortly afterwards, and
this man told him about it, and was informed the matter was
already known, and was being inve