The British Interned in Switzerland

CONTENTS

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	PREFACE	vii
CHAPTER
I.	INTRODUCTORY	1
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

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