PRISONERS OF WAR.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 265, 25 October 1916, Page 7

PRISONERS OF WAR.

NEWS FROM TURKEY.

| " September 8. The High Commissioner inform'; c me that at the end of July there | w*re .twenty-two New Zealanders. 2 who had heen taken prisoner during ; the Gallipoli campaign, held as capJ tstea tfk;Tuxkey. Since .then word « has been received that Lieutenant E. i a Mousley, R.F.A. (an Auckland ? bey whe is attached to the artillery ; in Townshend's force, and about i whom nothing has been heard for J many months) was among those who f surrendered at Kut, and is now a - of war. at Angora. New Zealand officer.. 2nd . r-eutenant Frank Alisopp. of the 'I Hh Squadron A.M.R., was captured fey the Turks in the recent fight- ’ ing in Egypt, and is also a prisoner. > Lieutenant Alisopp is the first officer belonging to the N.Z.E.F. to fall into the hands of the Turks. The ; record of our force in this respect is a matter of which officers and men » hate been very proud. ■’ Information as to Lieutenant Mousley's whereabouts was received « by means of a post-card dated July . 18th. in which he said that he was weak from the long trek and siege and required food and comforts. It is very difficult, the High Commissioner says, to obtain any information ftomprisohers of war in Turkey, buf the American Ambassador at OohStanijhdple has been extremely kind, and through him the men have been suxjtdied with a weekly allowance of Twenty piastres (equal to 3 7 English money) and necessary clothing. The monev allowance is fised by the War Office. Remittances have been sent direct to individuals, and acknowledgments have been received in most cases, blit as far as can be judged the men do not much require money. The Ottoman Red Crescent Society has co-operated with the International Red Cross Society at Berne, and has given valuable and correct information as to the welfare of prisoners of war in Turkey. There are now eleven New Zealand civilians interned in, Germany, and three New Zealand prisoners of war attached to British units. Recent reports have been received of the following.:—Lieut. M. Jurviss, M 7th (City of London) Regiment; 122127 Private P. C. Stabbings, 12693 Corporal W. Best, 12.1029 Private R. A. Caffery. and 12-2793 Private J. Murphy (ail of the Auckland Infantry); 6-1422 Sergeant W._ J. Turton," ot the Canterbury Infantry. Sergeant Turton states that three of his comrades are with him, but unfortunately omits to give their names. —- Orders for a month's bread for each man, which is despatched weekly, are sent to the International Bureau de Secours, of which Mrs. I Grant Duff, wife of the British Minister at Berne, is president, immediately upon advice being received from "the captor Government, or from any source whatever. Three additional parcels are sent, containing toilet outfit, food and a small supply of tobacco and cigarettes, with a postcard asking the captives to state what they require. Thereafter, a weekly parcel of various! foods and smokes is sent. In Germany there is a specified uniform for prisoners of war, and | greatcoats are supplied by the British War Office. The captor Gov-; ernment is supposed to supply cloth- i

ing, but apparently Germany is not doing this in a very satisfactory manner. The High Commissioner is now negotiating with the War Office, as the result of which New Zealand soldiers who are prisoners of war will probably receive greatcowts and clothing and a weekly allowance of money from here.