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Show !Y ME PRISON DISCIFORMS Post-war Plan for Internment Intern-ment Camp Is Being J Considered. After it has ceased1 to be further needed as a prison for interned enemy aliens, the third war prison camp at Fort Douglas Doug-las may be converted into a disciplinary barracks for military prisoners of the United States army. Such is the intimation that has been received from Washington, D. C. Nothing Noth-ing definite in the way of orders to this effect has been issued, it is learned, but it is said that the matter is now under consideration by the war department, j It is pointed out that the returning1 I military forces will undoubtedly bring ! with them large numbers of military prisoners, not captured men of the enemy en-emy armies, but American soldiers who have been tried and sentenced for violations vio-lations of military rules and regulations. ! These prisoners will have to be sent' I somewhere to serve their terms of 'pun-I 'pun-I ishment. j The fact Is well known that the mlli-I mlli-I tary disciplinary barracks of this country i are now taxed to almost their capacity, j and it is figured that some dther provision pro-vision will have to be made to take care I of the additional general military prison-j prison-j ers who n.re returned from overseas. ! In this connection it has been pointed ! out that the war prison camp at Fort i Douglas would make an admirable loaa-tion loaa-tion and would furnish all necessary ac-: ac-: commodatlons and requirements as a disciplinatv barracks for army use when the interned aliens arc disposed of. The local camp would accommodate at least 1000 prisoners, just as it stands, and everything is in readiness for immediate imme-diate use. |