While we were lying in Pirate Cove the cargo and coal of the _Matunga_ were transferred to the _Wolf_; also nine of the _Matunga's_ passengers and the balance of her crew. Quarters were provided for these prisoners on the same deck where I was. There was a Colonel and a Major with his wife, belonging to the Australian medical corps; three Australian military captains; three civilian planters, who were en route for the plantations on the Island, and the stewardess of the _Matunga_. This addition of prisoners to the top side was a welcome change to myself and family, as it gave us somebody else to talk to, and I was also able to get news of the war from another source than the German. I was anxious to learn what steps America had taken or contemplated taking. To hear those Australian chaps talk you would have thought that the war was a high lark, and that just as soon as Great Britain got around to it she, ably assisted by the Australian forces, would chase Fritzy off the map. The addition of these passengers to the top deck squad made it necessary for Commander Nerger to make certain rules and regulations to be observed regarding the distance we could go from our rooms. We were allowed a seventy-foot run-way. Also when anything was going on, such as gun practice, boarding drill, fire and boat drill, we were chased into our rooms. This caused a lot of grumbling but no doubt it was justified. I may add that there was nearly always something doing on the _Wolf_. They drilled and practised almost continually--practised sinking imaginary ships, indulged in "battle practice," and even practised abandoning the _Wolf_ in boats and sinking their own ship.