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Show U. S. RAILROADS WILL NOT PAMPER PRISONERS Prisoners of war are not pampered pam-pered or given special privileges by the railroads while being transported trans-ported in this country, John J. Pelley, president of the Association Associa-tion of American Railroads, made clear in a statement just issued. Ordinarily, Mr. Pelley said, prisoners pris-oners of war are moved in separate separ-ate trains designated for this purpose pur-pose and are fed from army kitchens. kitch-ens. At times, he stated, small groups are carried in regular trains and when this is done, instructions in-structions are in effect to provide the prisoners with box lunches in the cars in which they are held under military guard. The purpose of these instructions, he explained, is to segregate the prisoners from the traveling public. Mr. Pelley pointed out that the army's standing orders require lowest class accommodations for prisoners of war being moved by rail, except when in the public interest, in-terest, it is necessary to do otherwise. |