THE PRISONERS' CAMPS I went myself very carefully into the details of whatever information I was able to gather in regard to the treatment of Boer prisoners in the various Camps, notably at Green Point near Cape Town, and I always had to come to the conclusion that nothing could have been better.

Is it likely that, when such an amount of care was bestowed upon the men, the women and children should have been made the objects of special persecution?
No impartial person could believe such a thing to have been possible, and I feel persuaded that if the people who in England contributed to make the position of the British Government more difficult than already it was, could have glanced at some Prisoners' Camps, for instance, they would very quickly have recognised that an unbalanced sentimentality had exaggerated facts, and even in some cases distorted them.
In Green Point the prisoners were housed in double-storied buildings which had balconies running round them.

Here they used to spend many hours of the day, for not only could they see what was going on around the Camps but also have a good view of the sea and passing ships.

Each room held six men, and there was besides a large mess-room downstairs in each building which held about ninety people.

Each Boer officer had a room for himself.
When, later on, the number of prisoners of war was increased, tents had to be erected to accommodate them; but this could hardly be considered hardship in the climate which prevails at the Cape, and cannot be compared to what at the present moment the soldiers of the Allies are enduring in the trenches.