BRITISH PRISONERS IN SWITZERLAND

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 128, 31 May 1916, Page 7

BRITISH PRISONERS IN SWITZERLAND

FIRST CONTINGENT ARRIVES,

(Received May 31, 8.20 a.m.) _ BERNE, 30th May. The first contingent of five hundred wounded British prisoners from Germany have arrivel at Chateaux Does for a sojourn in hotels and boarding-houses under Swiss supervision, in return ,for similar facilities to Germans from England. The British residents made great preparations for their reception.

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of the first British prisoners from Germany requiring exceptional treatment. They will be accommodated two and three in a room and .receive* the same diet as Swiss soldiers—coffee, bread, cheese, butter, jam, soup, meat, and vegetables. The allowance of bread for each meal exceeds the daily allowance in Germany. Local British committees are supplying the men with underclothing, hand"kei> chiefs, slippers, and toilet requisites. A special committee 'of British ladies undertakes their washing and mending. The Swiss Red ' Cross doctors are selecting the men from the German camps. A number of French and Belgian prisoners have already arrived.]