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Show Enemy ..Aliens Bound for Port n n n n n n j Leave on Repatriation Train ! T7 NX MY aliens from the Fort Douglas war prison oa the first leg of depor- J i Jtli tation going through the streets of Salt Lake. t Noto the two men at j tho right concealing their faces f ro n the camera man. j: 1 I l i f ' - - i" - , . 130 Prisoners of War Are Released After Two Years' Confinement. hundred and thirty enemy aliens, released from the Fort Douglas war prison camp yesterday after r.early two years' confinement, left Salt Lake at 5 o'clock last evening for Charleston, S. C, where they will board a special steamer which will carry them to Germany. A special train, termed the repatriation special by Dave Gershon, chief of the department of justice for the intermountain country, carried tho aliens to the eastern coast. The train was in charge of Mr. Gershon. The sudden orders to move the aliens, which arrived yesterday afternoon, came as a surprise to Mr. Gershon and the war prison camp authorities. It had been known for several days that the movement move-ment had been planned, but it was believed be-lieved that orders would not be received until next week. Signing of peace by the Germans is said to have been the cause of the hurry orders. Aliens in the prison camp were not notified of the departure until late in the day, when Colonel Georce L. By ram, commander of the prison compound, cab eel them together and read the list of names. Great excitement among the aliens resulted, re-sulted, the fortunate ones dancing about, cheering and pounding their fellow prisoners pris-oners upon the back. Following the announcement an-nouncement of the names, Colonel By ram cautioned the aliens to be careful of their deportment while -. traveling to their steamer. A special train guard, commanded by Captain A. J. MeChrystal. was made up from the personnel of the prison camp guard. With Captain MeChrystal and Lieutenant L. D. Browning, his adjutant, thirty -seven enlisted nien composed the guard. Among the important prisoners who left yesterday were Captain Herman FJbo and Captain H. Dienat, formerly of the German Ger-man naval force, who were brought here after serving a year and fourteen months, respectively, at Alcatraz for complicity in the Hindu conspiracy brought out in a ! federal court trial at San Francisco. At the close of this trial two Hindus were j shot and killed in the United States courtroom. court-room. Krnest Leybold, who was interned in-terned after having been associated with Alvo von Alvensleben in the distribution of German money in Seattle and British Columbia, -was not Included on the list leaving yesterday. The men who left complete a total of 475 aliens who have been released from the prison camp within the past three months. There are still nearly 400 men in tho prison compound. |