Catalogue description Miscellaneous (General). Prisoners, including: German prisoners from the SS China at...

Miscellaneous (General). Prisoners, including:

German prisoners from the SS China at Hong Kong, including:

• Proposal for the prisoners to be shipped to Australia.
• Printed list of naval ports in British colonies and dependencies where enemy subjects on board neutral merchant ships were liable to removal and detention (in docket no.48656).
• Advice from the War Office that the two German doctors among the prisoners should not be released.
• Confirmation that the prisoners had departed for Australia on the SS St Albans.
• Information that some of the prisoners could be German agents, and recommendation of the internment of Ernest Siemsen.
• Arrival of the SS China at San Francisco.

Inspection by American consular officials of prisoner of war camps in the colonies and dominions of the British Empire, including:

• Agreement by the Foreign Office for the inspections to be carried out.
• Arrangements for Mr George R Murphy, American Consul-General in Cape Town, to visit camps in South West Africa.
• Reports by Mr C Ludlow Livingston, the American Consul at Barbados, on conditions at Glendairy Camp, with a list of names of the prisoners interned there (in docket no.59749).
• Reports by Mr Felix Johnson, the American Consul at Kingson, Canada, on conditions at Fort Henry.
• Report by Mr J Preston Doughton, American Vice-Consul at Calcutta, on conditions at Katapahar Camp, India.
• Agreement for reports on prison camps to be sent to the American Ambassador in London, for transmission to the British Government.
• Reports by Mr Carl R Loop, the American Consul at Hamilton, Bermuda, on conditions at Ports Island Camp, Bermuda.
• Reports by Mr Joseph I Brittain, the American Consul-General at Sydney, Australia, on conditions at Holdsworthy Camp near Liverpool, New South Wales.
• Report by Mr Eli Taylor, the American Vice-Consul at Sydney, Australia, on the detention camp at Trial Bay, South West Rocks, New South Wales.
• Report by Mr Henry S Culver, American Consul at St John, New Brunswick, Canada, on German, Austro-Hungarian, Turkish and Bulgarian subjects on parole in his consular district, with a list of names of prisoners transferred to camps (in docket no.90269).
• Report by Mr O Gaylord Marsh, American Vice-Consul at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on conditions at the prison camp at Kapuskasing, Ontario.
• Enquiry about the supply of newspapers to prisoners at the German detention barracks at Trial Bay, New South Wales.
• Reports by Mr Andrew J McConnico, American Consul at Trinidad, on conditions at St James Barracks, Port of Spain, Trinidad; letters of complaint from Mr G D Krause, a German prisoner interned in Camp 'A'.
• Report by Mr Lucien Memminger, American Consul at Madras, India, on conditions at Bellary Civil Internment Camp.
• Formal permission from the Governors of Jamaica and the Union of South Africa for inspections of prison camps by American consular representatives.
• Report by Mr Charles M Freeman, American Consul at Sydney, Nova Scotia, on German, Bulgarian and Austro-Hungarian subjects on parole at liberty in his consular district.
• Report by Mr Samuel C Reat, American Consul at Rangoon, Burma, on conditions at Thayetmyo Camp in Burma.
• Various reports by Mr Wilbur Keblinger, American Consul in Malta, on conditions at the civil and military internment camp at Verdala, Malta, including a list of prisoners interned in the camp since 14 March 1916 (in docket nos.114774 and 169500), an alphabetical list of Austrian prisoners (in docket no.116281), lists of prisoners released or repatriated (in docket no.116281) and lists of prisoners interned, released or transferred (in docket no.159161).
• Report by Mr A J Bundy, American Vice-Consul at Kingston, Jamaica, on conditions at the detention camp at Kingston, with photographs (in docket no.120556).
• Report by Mr Harold D Clum, American Consul at Calgary, Canada, on conditions at the prison camp at Banff, Alberta.
• Reports by Mr James S Benedict, American Consul at St John's Newfoundland, on the treatment of German and Austro-Hungarian nationals in Newfoundland, and the establishment of Donovan's internment camp near St John's, with a list of prisoners interned (in docket no.120949).
• Permission for American consular representatives to inspect prisoner of war camps in the Windward Isles, St Lucia, New South Wales and Blantyre, Nyasaland (Malawi) .
• Complaint by the 'A' Camp Committee at Ahmednagar Camp, near Bombay, India, about canteen arrangements at the camp.
• Report by Mr Irving N Linnell, American Vice-Consul at Prince Rupert, British Columbia, on German, Bulgarian and Austro-Hungarian nationals in his consular district.
• Reports by Mr Alfred A Winslow, American Consul-General at Auckland, New Zealand, on conditions at the internment camps at Devonport Barracks, Somes Island and Motuihi.
• Report by Mr Frederick M Ryder, American Consul-General at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on conditions at the internment camp at Brandon, Manitoba.
• Report by Mr Eli Taylor, American Vice-Consul at Sydney, Australia, on conditions at the prisoner of war camp at Trial Bay, New South Wales.
• Extract (French language) from the Journal de Genève of 5 August 1916 describing conditions at the internment camp at Ahmednagar, near Bombay, India.
• Formal permission by the Governor's Deputy, Mr C C Bowring, for American consular officials to inspect camps in British East Africa.

Code 1250 Files 35831-44789 (to paper 170145).