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CHAPTER

I. INTRODUCTORY 2

II. CONDITIONS IN SWITZERLAND ON THE OUTBREAK OF
WAR—THE SWISS ARMY 11

III. PRELIMINARY NEGOTIATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE
REPATRIATION AND INTERNMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR 24

IV. RED CROSS ORGANIZATIONS IN SWITZERLAND—THE BRITISH
LEGATION RED CROSS ORGANIZATION 38

V. THE FOUNDATION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE "BRITISH SECTION"
OF THE "BUREAU DE SECOURS AUX PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE"
AT BERNE 54

VI. ARRIVAL IN SWITZERLAND OF THE FIRST CONTINGENT OF
BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR FROM GERMANY 72

VII. THE SWISS SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATION AND DISCIPLINE
RELATIVE TO THE INTERNED PRISONERS OF WAR 83

VIII. MEDICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE SICK AND
WOUNDED—THE PROVISION OF HOSPITALS AND CLINICS 98

IX. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THE INTERNED—INSPECTION
BY LIEUT.-COLONEL SIR R. JONES, R.A.M.C. 119

X. SWISS ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE INTERNED—
DIVISION INTO CATEGORIES TO CORRESPOND TO DEGREE OF
VALIDITY—TECHNICAL AND EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTION—
WORKSHOPS AND FACTORIES 131

XI. EMPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH INTERNED—CLASSES AND
WORKSHOPS—TECHNICAL TRAINING—SCHEME OF DR. GARNETT 144

XII. THE CHURCHES IN SWITZERLAND IN RELATION TO THE INTERNED—
ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR THE SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF THE
BRITISH INTERNED—ESTIMATES OF THE PSYCHICAL STATE
OF THE INTERNED 159

XIII. HOMES—VISITS OF RELATIVES—RECREATIONS AND
SPORTS OF THE BRITISH INTERNED 174

XIV. BERNE IMPRESSIONS: ARTISTIC, MUSICAL, AND
SOCIAL UNDER WAR CONDITIONS 191

INDEX 209

ABBREVIATIONS

B.L.R.C.O. British Legation Red Cross Organization. C.P. of W.C. Central Prisoners of War Committee. B.R.C.S. British Red Cross Society, London. S.B.O. Senior British Officer of the Camp. D.M.O. Directing Medical Officer. P. of W. Prisoners of War. A.S.A. "Armée Sanitäts Anstalt." Military Hospital at Seebourg. T.I.M. "Travail d'Internés Militaires." Workshop for French Interned at Vevey. B.I.T.S. British Interned Technical School at Vevey. C.C.C. Society. The Colonial and Continental Church Society. Y.M.C.A. Young Men's Christian Association. B.I.M. British Interned, Mürren. C.B. Confinement to Barracks. Ps. of W.H.C. Prisoners of War Help Committee. G.H.Q. General Head Quarters. Q.M.G. Quarter-Master General. V.A.D. Voluntary Aid Detachment.

THE BRITISH INTERNED IN SWITZERLAND