The Peace Terms required that all burghers should lay down their guns and acknowledge King Edward VII. as their lawful sovereign, and no more. This applied to prisoners of war in the same way as to the burghers in the field. Here I insert a private document giving private instructions, and it shows plainly what an unscrupulous thing an English official or officer is. PROCEDURE TO BE ADOPTED IN SELECTING PRISONERS OF WAR FOR RETURN TO SOUTH AFRICA. I. CLASSIFICATION OF PRISONERS IN ORDER OF RETURN. The selection of prisoners of war for return to South Africa should be made in the following order: 1. Those who have volunteered for active service, and are considered likely to become loyal subjects and useful settlers; and those who appear willing to accept the new order of things cheerfully. 2. Those who have shown no particular bias. 3. Irreconcilables, and men who have given trouble in the camps. Lists of all prisoners of war have been prepared by the D.M.I., S.A., in conjunction with the local authorities of each district, divided into three categories, and it is desirable that this order should be maintained, as far as possible, and the lists made out by commandants of oversea camps, combined with the lists forwarded from South Africa, the corresponding classes being merged together. It is to be understood that the lists supplied from South Africa are merely a general guide, and commandants of camps are invited to use their discretion in modifying the order, where their experience of the individual convinces them that an alteration is necessary. No shipload of prisoners of war should include more than 100 men belonging to any one district. [Illustration: MRS. BOSSMAN, WIFE OF THE PREDICANT] II. OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. No prisoner of war should be embarked without taking the Oath of Allegiance, or the approved equivalent declaration. The oath or declaration must be signed in triplicate, and it is of the greatest importance that the prisoner should retain one copy of the form, for purposes of identification, and that one copy should be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary of the prisoner's Colony for record. III. NOMINAL ROLLS TO BE SENT IN ADVANCE OF PRISONERS. To facilitate the work of repatriation in South Africa, a nominal roll of all prisoners should be posted to the Military Secretary to the High Commissioner, at least a fortnight before embarkation. This nominal roll should give the prisoner-of-war's number, and the farm, district and colony to which he belongs. IV. SPECIAL LISTS. Special lists will be forwarded from time to time, of men whose early release is approved by the High Commissioner, and these men should have precedence of all others; similarly, names may be sent of men whose early return is not considered advisable, and such men should in each case remain till the last. V. PRISONERS ALLOWED TO GO AT OWN EXPENSE.