The British Interned in Switzerland

Name: The British Interned in Switzerland
Author: Picot, Henry Philip

Picot, Henry Philip

World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals; World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Swiss

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




CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY

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The British Interned in Switzerland

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