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Show GERMANS HELD IN THE UNITED STATES NUMBER NEARLY 2,800 Two classes of German prisoners are now detained in this country. One is comprised of sailors taken into custody when the United States entered thejvar; the other consists of "alien enemies," civilians who have been arrested and are now being be-ing held under governmental regulations regu-lations for various reasons. The principal detention camp is at Fort McPherson, Ga., where approximately approxi-mately 850 war prisoners are held; at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., there are 165 alien enemies; at Fort Douglas, Utah, there are 517 prisoners of war and 80 interned Germans. Small detachments de-tachments are now temporarily quartered quar-tered at Army posts throughout the country, but their number is relatively relativ-ely small. Altogether there are 2,364 actual prisoners of war in the custody of the War Department and about 400 interned aliens held at the request of the Department of Justice. It is estimated that Germany is now holding 150 sailors taken from American ships by commerce raiders and other German vessels. |