Miscellaneous (General). Prisoners, including: Reports by American consular officials...

Miscellaneous (General). Prisoners, including:

Reports by American consular officials on conditions at various prisoner of war camps in the colonies and dominions of the British Empire, including:

• Reports by Mr Felix A Johnson, American Consul at Kingston, Canada, on conditions at the internment camp at Fort Henry, Kingston.
• Report by Mr Frederick M Ryder, American Consul-General at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on the closure of the internment camp at Brandon, Manitoba, and the transfer of prisoners to the camp at Morrissey, British Columbia.
• Reports by Mr Carl R Loop, American Consul at Hamilton, Bermuda, on conditions at the detention camps at Ports Island and St George's in Bermuda.
• Reports by Mr Wilbur Keblinger, American consul at Valetta, Malta, on conditions at the civil and military internment camp, including lists of prisoners interned, released or transferred (in docket nos.183458 and 231475), and the proceedings of a court of inquiry set up to investigate the attempted escape of certain prisoners.
• Lists of German and Austrian prisoners interned at Blantyre, Nyasaland (Malawi) (in docket nos.184143,191464, 208880, 218777 and 234847).
• Reports by Mr Andrew J McConnico, American Consul at Trinidad, on conditions at the internment camp at Port of Spain, Trinidad, with letters of complaint from some of the prisoners, and comments on the first letter of complaint from the officer commanding the camp, Captain Percy Fraser.
• Report by Mr E B Richardson, American Consul at Moncton, New Brunswick, on conditions at the internment camp at Amherst, Nova Scotia.
• Report by Mr W E Alger, the American Consul at Fernie, British Columbia, on the military detention camp at Morrissey, British Columbia, with photographs (in docket no.205427).
• Report by Mr G C Woodward, American Vice-Consul at Vancouver, Canada, on conditions at the internment camp at Lethbridge, Alberta.
• Complaint from prisoners at Field internment camp in British Columbia, Canada..
• Report by Mr C Ludlow Livingston, American Consul at Barbados, on conditions in Glendairy Camp.
• Report by Mr James A Smith, American Consul-General at Calcutta, on conditions at the internment camps in Ahmednagar and Belgaum in India.
• Comparison by German prisoners interned at Liverpool, New South Wales, between the conditions in their camp and those at Ruhleben in Germany.
• Notification of the transfer of all prisoners from the Citadel, Halifax, Nova Scotia, to detention barracks at Amherst, Nova Scotia.
• Report by Mr Harold D Clum, American Consul at Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on conditions at the internment camp at Lethbridge, Alberta.
• Report by Mr G C Woodward, American Vice-Consul at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on conditions in the internment camps at Vernon, Mara Lake, Edgewood and Emerald, with photographs of the camps and a list of some of the prisoners at Edgewood (in docket no.220704).
• Reports by Mr J I Brittain, American Consul-General at Sydney, Australia, on his visits to Holdsworthy internment camp near Liverpool, New South Wales; report of a visit to Berrima Detention Barracks, and general report of complaints from prisoners interned in various camps in New South Wales.
• Parliamentary question by Sir Edwin Cornwall requesting details of the number and names of camps holding British prisoners from which no reports had been received.
• Occurrence of a case of bubonic plague at the internment camp at Ahmednagar near Bombay, India; notification of the death of the German prisoner Heinrich Ludwig Richardt Kruder, who had contracted the disease.
• Report by Mr E Verne Richardson, American Consul at Moncton, New Brunswick, on preparations at the internment camp at Amherst, Nova Scotia, for the reception of prisoners transferred from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• Postal charges for prisoners in the camps at Ahmednagar and Belgaum in India.
• Closure of detention camps at Field and Edgewood in British Columbia, Canada, and transfer of the prisoners to Spirit Lake, Ontario and Banff, Alberta.
• Comments by the Governor General of Australia on conditions for prisoners at Holdsworthy Camp, Liverpool, New South Wales.

Code 1250 File 44789 (papers 173912-end).

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