Priority Pass, the, its conception by Lieut. “Wilkins,” 77; its philosophy, 78; its deceptive working, 80 Public School Education, its effect on the soul of youth, 148 Punch, the gospel of Lieut. Milton Hayes, 213 Queues, their origin and psychology, 58 “Radcliffe,” Lieut., his mastery of the piano, 213 “Ragging” the Commandant of Mainz, 123 Railway travelling in Germany, its pestilent conditions, 34 R.A.M.C., ingenious treatment of bread, 102 Rations, poverty of, 50, 51 Red Cross Prisoners of War Depôt, its efficiency and worth, 37, 38, 100, 110 Reincourt, capture of, 6 Respirator, the psychical qualities of a, 1 Revolution, the, in Mainz, 232, 236 Rhine wine, effect of, upon Lieut. Stone, 175, 185 Richards, Mr. Grant, his publisher’s contracts, 183 Richardson, Mr. H. H., Lieut. Stone’s enthusiasm for the works of, 184 _Romance_, the Lyric Theatre success, Lieut. T. Milton Hayes’s analysis of, 44 Routine of the Gefangenenlager, 48 Russia, German theory about, 96 Sanatogen, its effect on Lieut. Milton Hayes, 205 Sassoon, Mr. Siegfried, his “In the Pink,” 95; a poor compliment to, 223 Satin-tasso as a resource in captivity, 146 Sauerkraut, ubiquity of, 31, 50 Scarlet Pimpernel, the, as an example to adventurous prisoners, 166 Schopenhauer, Lieut. Stone expounds, 176 Schoolmasters, their intellectual mediocrity, 69; their stock defence, 148; the long array of, in the _Spectator_, 235 Scotsmen, their dilatoriness in queues, 61; their assistance in Col. Wright’s attempt to escape, 168 Secrecy, official regard for, 7 Selfridge’s, its efficient service, 119 Sentries, German, their unexpected affability, 33; their starvation, 117 Sergeant-Major, alcoholic dignity of an English, 23; blindness of a German, 31 Shakespeare, William, hastily misquoted by a subaltern, 9 “Shivers,” the, theatrical company at Mainz, 200; its beneficent competition, 200 Shorthand, the British bureaucratic esteem for, 66 _Simplicissimus_, its filthy cartoons, 93 Squire, Mr. J. C., his “To a Bull-dog,” 95 Starvation, phenomena of, 28, 51, 53, 117; of Germany, 228 St. Leger, the Rev. B. G. Bourchier’s army hut at, 5 “Stone,” Lieut., his ready wit, 39; his fortunate arrival at Mainz, 48; his sufferings under the Priority Pass system, 80-2; his opinion of botany as a science, 82; his share in the vision of a new language, 83; tackles Capt. Frobisher, 175; his lecture on the “higher life,” 176; his brilliant conversation, 184; effects of Rhine wine upon, 175, 185; his unrecited poems, 186 Swedish drill, British distaste for, 194 Swinburne, Algernon Charles, his poems as a covert for propaganda, 125 Symons, Mr. Arthur, quoted, 28; the women of his songs, 189