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Show ALIEN ENEMIES RECEIVE 1 FAIR TREATMENT AND PAY I The interned Germans at thesta-j thesta-j tion at Hot Springs. X. C. are noi I prisoners of war. They comprise of-; of-; ficcrs and crews of ihe German nier-: nier-: chant vessels which were held in the United States at the time of the declaration dec-laration of war.- These aliens receive no funds from the Government except compensation for labor actually performed. Those engaged in construction work get $20 a month, with an additional $5 to foremen. Interned officers have not been permitted to receive from any source more than $10 a month and crewmen not more than $u. Receipts in excess of these amounts are placed to the credit of the aliens in banks. Three plain but substantial -meals are prepared each day. There is no waste, the same measures of econo-tuy econo-tuy and conservation which are being be-ing urged upon every American housewife being practiced at Hot Springs. . a |