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Show REACH GEORGIA CAMP Interned Seamen Depart From Salt Lake Under i Cover of Secrecy. BYRAM GETS CREDIT Local Compound May Be Used Exclusively for Civilian Enemies. Veiled by the secrecy that characterizes character-izes all important military movements in the country, the 520 sailors and officer? of the German ships Cormoran and Geier, which were interned at Fort Douglas, have been transferred to the war prison camp at Fort McPherson, Ga., and are now safely lodged in the big naval prison camp at that place. So caref'JlIv crnrued were all movements move-ments in connection with the transfer of the Germans from the local to the Georg-ia camp that few persons outside of ofiicnal circles knew when the prisoners left Salt Lake, and no one outside of the oincials nnd those taken into their confidence knew where thev were soinsr. Loaded into sireet cars at Fort Douglas, Doug-las, the prisoners were taken through the heart of Salt Lake in the middle of the day, were transferred to a special train at a local depot and tent on their ,vav without the general public knowing that anything of an unusual nature was taking place beneath their very noses. The prisoners were nearly all attired in civilian clothing, hence their identity was not recognized, c-rcopt by a few as ihev passed through the crowded streets. A few neople gathered af the depot when the - prisoners were transferred from the ars to the train and grazed in inquiring wonder at the Droeeedings. Moving of the prisoners was guarded with all Secrecy, to prevent the possibility of any attempt either v German sympathizers sym-pathizers to effect the escape of prisoners pris-oners or fanatics to kill or injure them while in transit. The movement ya?, in fact, a troop movement because of the fact that United States soldiers were sent to guard the train and prisoners, and under military regulations the newspapers news-papers and press associations were barred from making' any reference to the matter until the safe arrival of the prisoners at their destination. J love Successful. This was accomplished Monday night in a thoroughly successful manner, as announced an-nounced in " a privare message received last night from Atlanta. The special train, under command of Captain J. A. MacDonald, Quartermaster of the Third war prison cams at Fort Douglas, made the trip from Salt Lake to Fort Mcpherson, Mc-pherson, in a little more than seventy-two seventy-two hours, running; time. The trip was without accident or untoward incident of any sort, it is reported. Colonel George I F.vram, prison commandant at Fort Douglas, who had general direction of the entire movement, handled it with dispatch and precision that made it a success suc-cess in every respect. Orders to" transfer all the naval prisoners pris-oners from the Forr Douglas camp to the general naval camp at Fort McPherson were received at local prison headquarters about a week ago. The matter was kept a profound secret and no one susp'-eted that anything was about to happen. I Not even the prisoners knew exactly what was going to happen. They were told to prepare for a long railroad trip. In the meantime arrangements were made for a special train to carry the Germans to their new prison home, and shortly after poon last Friday, with their tagsaire and personal belongings, the 120 officers and sailors formed in ranks and marched under militarv guard from the gates of the Fort Douglas prison to eight street cars that awaited them just outside out-side the compound. , The ZOO or more civilian enemy aliens ; interned in one section of the camp be- j came highly excited over the movement I and burst forth into a vigorous rendi- tion of the German national a r.them. They didn't know where the sailors were j going or what for. They didn't know j why they should s:ng. but they seemed to think it was up to them to sing a German son?. Their music hadn't progressed prog-ressed far, however, when the offi-jer of the day quietly informed them that their turn might come next, and if it did thx-y would prob?h!v be sent direct into Germany. Ger-many. The information had maic effect ef-fect upon the noisy patriotic demonstration. demonstra-tion. The strains of the German national anthem died away in echoes from the hills. There was silence. Then, as if t rying to ward off a terril le fate, they bnrst vigorously forth in the strains of "The Star-Spangled Banner." In a ion-j iir.e the cars bearing the G.'.rman sailors wound their way from the fort through the heart of the city and to the depot. From the cars the Germans Ger-mans were unloaded unon the street in doubie rank, stretching" for nearly a bWk. T!ie prisoners carried with them rations sufficient for the trip, and their meals were prepared a nd t'-rved on the nrs b y t i i : i r own cooks. T h e soldier g ua r d s had their own mess and provisions also, j Segregate Prisoners. j The German officers w-re placed in two i fpecial cars by th-mselvt-s. and there was a special car for the military commander of t he train and h i ass: s ta n t. .Iit what the removal of the naval prisoner of war from the Fort Douglas ramp and the lea ving of the rtvilia n ?r.'-m" v'V'US means is n"t off joi'div V r own, Uioirgv. in f-elie-. ed it m'-a n.i the c-n version of t?.v' 1o-:iI ramp Ir.'o an i vlusi prison for rivhhvn enemy alb-ris. Tt is tind'Tf tc.d tl.at the ct-m merit has 3 o i : ; i -1 it betw-r to conc-ntraTe tte military fnd naval prisoners of wa r in fc;.,-i rate i-.tmps ly ih.-m;i:!vp.-;. and t'nat h will be poll'- to ;,;:vo the f-nerny aliens held in o;..- f .irr. .y th'-rnsMv--, linving two rh-sf-H nf prisoners in one a;r:;i. hm was Ihe rtiPf at Fort DO')L'lnS." prm "! ti.i t Lsiatorv in run uv wa vs. It is sad. p. in f. yr (.u.l tf.at 'all of the fivilinn en'n:y a!U-ns. the wort rl;.ns nt v.:ir-' 'r.r.i: pi i.-ori'-i s v.i'h wbP'h th" rnnn- try h-.y. to d. v. ill n- v.icr-t toother Hf Hi-- ;;:on '.-."imp ft' Fori I ri-,;F, i;,o:e j u b'- h'-li for tf.- (.i':iof! n'. Wm- war, i;u-l.-s- '.tlK-i v ;-; dispoMrd of hy the L'rvern- ! merit. |