. The prisoner of war in Germany; the care and treatment of the prisoner of war with a history of the development of the principle of neutral inspection and control. d se-rious trouble developed in the camp wheneverCasement appeared. At first he was given fullliberty to circulate in the camp as he pleased. La-ter a guard was sent with him in order to protecthim from the indignant Irish who resented bothhis presence and his mission. This resentmentwas indeed so deep-seated that months after theepisode had passed the mere mention of this gen-tlemans name was sufficient to stir up the fightingblo
. The prisoner of war in Germany; the care and treatment of the prisoner of war with a history of the development of the principle of neutral inspection and control. d se-rious trouble developed in the camp wheneverCasement appeared. At first he was given fullliberty to circulate in the camp as he pleased. La-ter a guard was sent with him in order to protecthim from the indignant Irish who resented bothhis presence and his mission. This resentmentwas indeed so deep-seated that months after theepisode had passed the mere mention of this gen-tlemans name was sufficient to stir up the fightingblood of these men. They could see nothing hu-morous in the whole affair and any attempt to jokeabout the matter was resented. After this longperiod of preparation with every inducement heldout to these men, of freedom of the prison camps,a regiment of their own with green uniforms anda harp embroidered on the coat, only thirty-twomen out of the four thousand prisoners was thepitiful haul to form the famous regiment and newally to the Central Powers. One can well imaginethe deep injury to the sense of loyalty of thesemen when with their keen sense of humor, they. u H POLITICAL CAMPS 123 could see nothing particularly funny in thesethirty-two men marching out of the camp in theirgreen uniforms. They even would not admit thatthe thirty-two were Irish. Scotch Irish or rene-gade Irish from America, they said, in excuse forthese hated few who failed to live up to theirplighted trust. Almost immediately after the failure to seducethese men from their loyalty to Great Britain, achange of attitude was manifested. Both in thecamp and in the working camps to which they weresent rigid discipline and limitation of liberty wereenforced. Those in the camp who were foremostin their antagonism to this manifestation of Ger-man diplomacy were transferred from the maincamp to others and to working camps, where theywere forced to live on the camp foods and theirpackages and letters were not forwarded
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