Testimonies and Curriculum Vitae; Election for Mission in China; Contract with the General Evangelical Protestant Mission Society

Minutes and replies of deputation; Minutes of 3 voice conferences 1895-1898

39 Lectures, sermons, travelogues[Overview in file]: - The thanksgiving offering of the Rayküsten Congregation to the RM / 1928- Gifts with a mouth / - New Guinea - a land of harvest joy / - Becker / Sermon Col. 3: 16-17 / 1909- Blum, Wilhelm / Sermon on Ps. 84, 6-8 / 1905- Diehl, Wilhelm / Sermon on 1.Kor.13,13 1904- Diehl, Wilhelm / Psychology and Ghost Worship at our Papuas / 1907- Diehl, Wilhelm / How do we involve our young Christians in financial achievements / 1909- Diehl, Wilhelm / Report on the founding and development of our company / Report on the history of our company / 1909- Diehl, Wilhelm / Report on the history of our company / 1907- Diehl, Wilhelm / Report on the history of our young Christians / Report on the history of our company. Development of the station Bogadjim during the first 25 years / 1912- Diehl, Wilhelm / Discussion of the language question in view of the unification of the language area Bongu-Bogadjim / 1913- Döge, Walter / Among the inhabitants of the Adalbert Mountains / 1936- Döge, Walter / An excursion to the foothills of the Bismarcksgebirge / 1931- Eckershoff, Heinrich / The collaboration of Samoan pastors in our New Guinea mission / 1921- Eiffert, Georg / The gospel and the Papuan pagan custom / 1911- George, Heinrich / Azera Reisebericht / 1924- Glitz, Gustav / Vom Bau unserer Rheno-Westfalia / 1910- Hanke, August / Which moral and religious demands do we have to make on baptized applicants and baptized Papuans? 1903- Hanke, August / On Uniform Orthography in New Guinea / 1905 / Hanke, August / The Numeric Words in the Languages of our Field of Work / 1905- Hanke, August / Casus formation of the Nomen substantivum and its meaning in the Bongus Language / 1906- Hanke, August / Report on the Development of the RM in New Guinea / 1912- Hanke, August / Sermon on Jes. 21, 11-12 / 1914- Helmich, Heinrich / The treatment of our natives by the missionary in everyday and personal intercourse / 1905 - Helmich, Heinrich / The formation of a Christian terminology in the Siar language and in the language of Siar. the associated difficulties / 1907- Helmich, Heinrich / The uniform design of our Sunday service / 1909- Helmich, Heinrich / Sermon on the 25th anniversary of the RM in New Guinea / 1912- Helmich, Heinrich / Procurement of a municipal ordinance with special consideration of what was initially required / 1913- Hoffmann, Albert / Mission u. Colonization in their mutual relationship with special consideration of New Guinea / 1902- Hoffmann, Albert / Thoughts about our mission area and the continuation of the work in New Guinea / - Kriele, Eduard / The current situation of the New Guinea mission and the resulting tasks for its continuation due to pers. Observations instead of a general report / 1909- Schütz, Friedrich / Sermon on John 13, 34-35 / 1908- Schütz, Friedrich / The subject matter and his treatment in our elementary schools / 1909- Schütz, Friedrich / Sermon on Ps. 62, 2 / 1912- Schütz, Friedrich / The cooperation of Samoan pastors in our New Guinea mission / 1921- Viering, Alfred / New Guinea / / Viering, Alfred [?] / A significant conference for our New Guinea mission / 1929- Weber, Ernst / Recruiting and training indigenous helpers / 1908- Welsch, Jakob / How can the problem of input of youth education be solved? / - Welsch, Jakob / The missionary in relation to his church / 1935- Welsch, Jakob / Some questions answered by the paper: The missionary in relation to his church / 1936- Welsch, Jakob / The Papuans are an easy-going people[&] Magic

conference rules

Contains: News for Shanghai and Japan; Testimonies; Curriculum Vitae; References; Appointment; Contract with Mission Association; Accounts; Travel to and Return from Japan; Memorandum (Ms.): The Threat to Mission Schools in Japan

Four fiches. Contains: FICHE No. 52 1 - Marangu 1928. "Resolutions passed by the Conference of Evangelical Missions" - Leipzig 1930. Ihmels to "Friends" - o.O. 1930. ? (Ihmels?) to the mission societies working in East Africa (3 letters) - Machame 1930. Room to the German Protestant missions in Tanganyika Territory - Berlin 1930. Berliner Missionsgesellschaft (Knak) to Ihmels - o.O. 1930 and 1932. ? (Ihmels?) to Oldham (2 letters) Bethel 1930. Bethel mission (Trittelvitz) to Ihmels (2 letters) - o.O. 1930/31. ? (Ihmels?) to Trittelvitz (3 letters) - o.O. 1930. ? (Ihmels?) to Baudert - o.O. 1930. ? (Ihmels?) to Judge - Steglitz 1930. Judge to Ihmels - o.O. 1930. ? (Ihmels?) to Richter, Baudert, Trittelvitz, Johanssen - London 1931. Gibson to Weichert (English) - o.O. 1931. ? (Ihmels?) to Gabriel (2 letters) - Halle 1931. Mission conference in the province Saxony (Gabriel) to Ihmels - Berlin 1931. Berliner Missionsgesellschaft (Weichert) to Ihmels, Trittelvitz - o.O. 1931. ? (Ihmels?) an Knak - Leipzig 1931. Ihmels an die in Ostafrika arbeitenden Missions-Gesellschaften (3fach) - Leipzig 1932. Ihmels an die in Ostafrika arbeitenden Missionsgesellschaften (4 letters; partly 2fach) - London 1931/32. International Missionary Council (Gibson, Oldham) an Ihmels (English; 6 letters) - o.O. 1932. ? (Ihmels) to Gibson (2 letters) - o.k. 1932. ? (Ihmels?) to Handmann - Neukirchen 1932. Orphanage and Mission (Nitsch) to Ihmels - Leipzig 1932. ? Dougall - o.O. 1932. ? (Ihmels?) to Freytag - o.O. 1932. ? Nitsch - o.O. 1932. ? (Ihmels?) an Schlunk - Dresden 1932 "Minutes of the meeting of the missionary societies working in East Africa" (Maschinegeschrieben; 9 p.; 2-fold) - Dresden 1932. Personn: "Die Central-Schule für Eingeborene in Tanganyika Territory (Ostafrika)" (Maschinegeschrieben; 3 p.) - o.J. "Gedanken über die Schulen der Mandats-Regierung im Tanganyika Territory zur Erziehung von Häuptlingssöhnen, sogen. Tribal Schools´" (typewritten; 2 p.) - o.O., o.J., o.J., o.R., "High National Education" (typewritten; 8 p.) - o.J., room: "Securing missionary interests against government school legislation" (10 p.). FICHE NR. 52 2 - Continued - Dresden 1932 Personn: "The Central School for Natives in Tanganyika Territory (East Africa)" (Maschinegeschrieben; 3 p.) - n.a. Room: "The Safeguarding of Missionary Interests against the School Legislation of the Government" (17 p.) - Dresden 1932 Rother: "The Training of Teachers in Tanganyika in the next Future" (English) - Dresden 1932 Rother: "Revision of the Education Ordinance and Regulations for Tanganyika Territory" (English) - o.O. 1932, 1934/34. ? (Ihmels?) to the mission societies working in East Africa (6 letters) - o.O. 1932. ? (Ihmels?) to Nitsch - o.O. 1932. Invoice for reproduction - London 1932. International Missionary Council (Gibson, Oldham) to Ihmels (English; 3 letters) - o.O., o.J. o. Publisher "The Remaking of Man in Africa" (English; typewritten; 12 p.) - o.O. 1932. ? (Ihmels?) to Gibson (2 letters) - London 1932. Gibson to Ihmels (attached: "Draft Memorandum on Missionary Education in Tanganyika Territory"; English; typewritten; 7 p.) - Weimar 1932. Rother to Director - o.O., 1032. ? (Ihmels?) to room, Rother, person - o.O. 1938. "Christian Educational Policy in Tanganyika Territory. (Memorandum based on discussion and memoranda at a Conference of the Lutheran missionary societies)" (English; typed; 5 p.) - o.O., o.J. "Notes of points which might receive further consideration in any revision of the ordinance" - 1932. "Tanganyika Territory Native Education: Note of discussion in African Education Group" - Bethel 1934. Bethel-Mission (Ronicke) an Ihmels - o.O. 1934. ? (Ihmels?) to Ronicke - Berlin 1934 "Minutes of the Meeting of the East Africa Commission" - Dar es Salaam 1936 "Extract from the Minutes of the German Lutheran Missionary Conference in Dar es Salaam 1936" (transcript) - Dar es Salaam 1936 "General German Lutheran Missionary Conference including Augustana Synod. Agenda" (transcript). FICHE NR. 52 3 - Leipzig 1936 Ihmels to the mission societies working in East Africa - Herrnhut 1936/37 Herrnhuter Missions-Direktion (Baudert) to Ihmels (3 letters) - Bethel 1936/37 Bethel-Mission (Ronicke) to Ihmels (3 letters) - Neukirchen 1936/37 Orphanage and Missions Institute (Nitsch) to Ihmels (2 letters) - Leipzig 1936. ? to "brothers" (concerning invitation to the meeting of the mission societies working in East Africa; in appendix: Room: "Expert opinion on the question whether the translation of the Old Testament Roehl´sche should be printed at the expense of the German Evangelical Missions", 2-fold) - Leipzig 1936. ? (Ihmels?) to the members of the literature commission in East Africa (2-fold) - Bukoba o.J. Scholten: "Denkschrift zur Missionslage in Ostafrika" (copy; typewritten; 11 p.) - Leipzig 1937. Ihmels to "Freunde" (presumably members of the East Africa commission) - o.O. 1937. ? (Ihmels?) to Ronicke - Leipzig 1937. Ihmels to the members of the East Africa Commission (3 letters) - Berlin 1937. "Minutes of the meeting of the East Africa Commission of the German Evangelical Mission Day" - Leipzig 1937. ? (Ihmels?) to the members of the literature commission in East Africa - Berlin 1937. Judge to Ihmels - o.O. 1937. ? (Ihmels?) to Judge - Leipzig 1937-1940. ? (Ihmels?) to the mission societies working in East Africa (9 letters) - Berlin 1937. Berliner Missionsgesellschaft (Braun) to Ihmels - Herrnhut 1937. "Minutes of the negotiations of the East Africa Commission of the D.E.M.R." - o.O. 1937. ? (Ihmels?) to Baudert - Leipzig 1937. ? (Ihmels?) to Rother - o.O. 1937. ? (Ihmels?) to Meyer - Marangu 1938. Rother to Director (copy) - Leipzig 1938. ? (Ihmels?) to the members of the Home Council of the East African Federation of Churches - Leipzig 1939. ? (Ihmels?) to the Lutheran Mission Societies (2 letters) - Kigoma 1940. Tanganyika Missionary Council (Bekewell) to Warnshuis (English) - Berlin 1941. Berlin Missionary Society (Knak) to the German Protestant Missions working in East Africa (2 letters) - Berlin 1941. Berliner Missionsgesellschaft (Braun) an Ihmels, Nitsch, Ronicke, Vogt - Programme "Working discussion of the East African missionaries" - Leipzig 1940. Ihmels an die Ostafrika-Missionare in der Heimat - Leipzig 1941. ? (Ihmels?) to the mission societies working in East Africa - Leipzig 1941. Ihmels to the relatives of our missionaries and sisters - o.O. 1941. National Lutheran Council (Long) to Ihmels (English) - Leipzig 1941. Ihmels to the mission societies working in East Africa as well as the Lutheran missions working in India - Leipzig 1944. ? (Ihmels?) to the mission societies working in East Africa - Leipzig 1947. ? to the mission societies working in East Africa (2fold) - Kinampanda 1950. Augustana Lutheran Mission (Anderson) an Ihmels (English) - o.O. 1950. Schiotz an Lutheran Churches in Tanganyika that formerly were served by the Berlin, Bethel and Leipzig Mission Societies (English). FICHE NR. 52 4- - Leipzig 1950/51st ? (Ihmels?) to Brennecke (4 letters, partly 2fold) - Ladismith, Moshi 1951. Brennecke to Ihmels (2 letters) - Pretoria 1951. Brennecke to Freytag, Ihmels, Ronicke - 1951. Brennecke: "Report about the visit of the former German mission fields in Tanganyika" (typewritten; 23 p.) - Dresden 1952. "Reproduction of the lecture by Mission Director Brennecke:Der Mensch in Afrika unter dem Kreuz´"". Geneva, 1958. Lutheran World Federation. Department of World Mission (Sovik) an "All boards and societies with interest in Tanganyika" - Bethel 1959. Bethel-Mission (Albrecht) an die Geschäftsführer der in Tanganyika arbeitenden deutschen Gesellschaften (Abschrift) - Berlin 1960. "Minutes of a Meeting of Tanganyika Decernts of German Evangelical Mission Societies" - Bethel 1959. Kühhirt an von Stackelberg - New York 1960. National Lutheran Council Division of LWF Affairs Dept. of World Mission Cooperation (Rolander) an All European Societies working with DWMC in Tanganyika.

Darin:Lechler, Paul: The promotion of the medical mission emanating from Germany. Special print from "Medical Mission" No. 3, 1924; The Need of Our Brothers in the East! A cry for help for the Lutheran Church in Russia. Sent by the General Evangelical Lutheran Conference. - Leipzig: Wallmann-Verlag, 1922; Stein, Samuel: How the Lutheran congregations of North America raise funds for church purposes and for Christian charity. Edited by Lutheran Bureau of the National Lutheran Council, New York. - Halle (Saale), Otto Thiele, 1922; Epiphany request from the Leipzig Mission House. Back to East Africa! Author: D. Paul, Mission Director, Leipzig, ed.: [Leipziger Mission, Leipzig], print, black and white, [Leipzig], [ca. 1920], 14.5 cm x 23 cm.

Contains among other things: Replies of various missionary societies to circular No 189 of the DEMR, Dept. f. Currency requirements of 14 October 1939; circulars Mission Inspector Ronicke (Bethel Mission) on the situation in East Africa and also in China 1940-1942; circulars S. Knak, Berliner Missionsgesellschaft; East Asia Mission

Documents from the time of the Mission from 1846 to 1972 and about the Mission and Diaspora Seminar, which was closed in 1985. Documents about the mission in New Guinea since 1886 with station reports and correspondence of the missionaries. Personnel files and missionary bequests. Dictionaries, grammars and translations of native languages of New Guinea and East Africa as well as maps are also available. Documents on the history of the Mission in Tanzania are only available to a limited extent due to the competence of the Leipzig Mission until 1961. Historical images and audiovisual media. An extensive ethnographic collection that is currently being developed by the Verein für Kultur Neuguinea e.V. (Association for Culture New Guinea). The focus is on cult and everyday objects that the missionaries brought back from their working and living environment on the Huon Peninsula and the Sepik region in New Guinea. Historical journals, including those of the Missionsanstalt from 1843, are a good supplement to the existing original documents.

Letters addressed to Trittelvitz personally, especially from mission members from Africa, 1899-1911; "Kindergabe vom April 1901; Afrika-Reiseberichte von Trittelvitz from 1904-1905; Visitationsbericht, bound in Hohenfriedeberg, 1905; Brief von Friedrich von Bodelschwingh zum Verhältnis der EMDOA - Bethel, 1899; Memorandum Trittelvitz zum Zusammenschluss Bethel u. Barmen, 1903; Statement on the takeover of the mission in Japan, 1905; correspondence from Trittelvitz with the missionaries Ruccius, Gilsdorf, Ostwald, Gleiß, u.a. on questions of music, questions of marriage, Bible translation, 1901-1904; correspondence Trittelvitz - Michaelis, 1904-1905; contract of service Trittelvitz, 1909; correspondence with Held and others. Ronicke, 1908-1948; Information about the fate of missionaries in the field and in internment, 1940-1948; private correspondence with Gustav von Bodelschwingh, 1895-1946; "Father von Bodelschwingh and his work, 70 p. ms, ca. 1945; Obituary for Sister Mathilde Wegener, 1945; Correspondence from the last years of life, death announcement and condolences, 1950-1958; Correspondence Lina Trittelvitz, death announcement, condolences, 1958-1963

formerly: Hildesheim China Blind Mission]; correspondence on personnel and financial issues

Architecture; Location: German New Guinea

Architecture; location: Gazelle Peninsula (New Britain)

Architecture; location: Gazelle Peninsula (New Britain)

Leaflet "To the Protestant Children of Westphalia" with appeal for donations for Rheno-Westfalia, Dr., 1908; reports of the skippers Leonard Lösel, W. Schulz u. H. Alt

Correspondence with Dr. Christian Gottlob Barth, 1829-1845; List of natural objects requested from India, Dr., 1843; Please send a request to the former author. Zöglinge d. Miss.-Anstalt zu Basel, Dr., concerning the collection and sending of conchylias to R.F. Hohenacker in Eßlingen, 1843

The mission archive is subdivided into an India and a North America section and contains extensive archive material on theological work overseas, which was supervised from the Hallesch orphanage. The material ranges from the beginnings of the first Protestant mission under Bartholomew Ziegenbalg at the beginning of the 18th century to well into the 19th century.

Contains among other things: Colonial history (esp. Asia, Africa and English colonial empire) General observations on world history (handwritten notes, lectures) France in the age of absolutism. Lecture, 1936 Germany after the First World War Contains also: Material on Colonial History Newspaper clippings Material on the Prehistory of the Foundation of the Reich Photographs Examinations on Overseas History, Apr. 1945

Contains among other things: Instruction on the Regulations for Marriages in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a and China

Contains: Summary of the publication "Unsere Südsee", o.Dat.; "Die Auslandspresse über den Nationitätenkongreß in Lausanne (vom 27. - 30. Juni)", o.Dat.; Piotr Pawel Kasprzycki: "Die Nationitätenfrage und der Völkerkrieg", Aug. 1915; Dr. von Glasenapp: "Deutschlands wirtschaftliche und finanzielle Kraft", 1915; Count J. v. Korwin-Milewski: "Zurück zum Dreikaiserbund", o.Dat. (ca. 1916); Promemoria concerns two articles published in the Züricher Neuesten Nachrichten of Feb. 9/10, March 1916, about a possible peace mediation of the neutral states and territorial restoration of the status quo ante bellum; Prof. Eduard Meyer: "Denkschrift betr. die deutsche Kriegssituation nach dem Eintritt Amerikas in den Krieg" (print), 25 Apr. 1916; General Landschaftsdirektor Kapp "Die nationalen Kreise und der Reichskanzler", May 20, 1916; General Landschaftsdirektor Kapp "Die nationale Kreise und der Reichskanzler", May 20, 1916; Promemoria concerns two articles about a possible peace mediation of the neutral states and territorial restoration of the status quo ante bellum. Estorff: "Das deutsche Offizier-Korps in der Zukunft", 1 Aug. 1916; Mitteilungen des "Unabhängigen Ausschusses für einen Deutschen Frieden" (Appeal), 23 Aug. 1916; Captain Ulrich: "Deutschlands wirtschaftliche Widerstandskraft und Deutschlands Finanzkraft" (Printing), 10 March 1917; Richard Pretzell and Dr. Otto Hellmut Hopfen: Memorandum concerning the founding of the Neudeutsche Verlags- und Treuhandgesellschaft, Berlin, zur Gesundung des deutschen Pressewesens.- (The German Officers' Corps in the Future). Description of the current grievances in Germany, Apr. 27, 1917; "Das Wirtschaftsleben während der Kriegszeit", edited by Bankhaus Gebr. Arnhold (Druck), Apr. 28, 1917; Memorandum of the Verein Deutscher Eisen- und Stahl-Industrieller and the Verein deutscher Eisenhüttenleute "Zur Einleibung der französisch-lothringischen Eisenerzbecken in das Deutsche Reichsgebiet" (Druck), Dec. 19, 1917; "The economic life during the wartime", edited by Bankhaus Gebr. Arnhold (Druck), Apr. 28, 1917. 1917; "Die staatatsrechtliche Stellung des Thronsugers", edited by the headquarters of the Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz, Charleville (print), 1. Jan. 1918; Recording of protection treaties under international law (sent by H. Hatzfeldt with letter of 23. March 1918) Wilhelm Hall-Halfen: "Eine für Alle! Overthrowing Financial Project for the Repayment of War Debts" (print), March 1918

Miscellaneous (General). Prisoners, including: Proposal by the International Committee of the Red Cross for measures to enable the identification and removal of the killed and wounded on the field of battle. Repatriation from India on the SS Golconda of the wives and children of Austrian and German prisoners interned at Ahmednegar Camp, including: Petition from the Reverend C R Handmann, requesting safe conduct for the wives and children of the prisoners, endorsed by the Austro-Hungarian Government. Official reply to the Austro-Hungarian Government, and their response alleging the forcible repatriation of the civilian passengers. Printed list of passengers who embarked on the SS Golconda at Madras. Arrangements for the Zeeland Company to convey the passengers to the Netherlands, following their arrival in the United Kingdom. Repatriation from South Africa of enemy seamen on the SS Erna Woermann , with a copy of Army Council Instruction No. 285 of 1916, Prisoners of War - Repatriation of Merchant Seamen. Exchange of invalid civilian prisoners of war , Army Council Instruction No.338 of 1916. Repatriation of enemy subjects from South Africa to Holland on the SS Vondel and the SS Rindjani , with passenger lists (in docket nos.34900 and 45369). Repatriation of enemy civilian prisoners from Tilbury to Flushing in Holland. Repatriation of Jesuit priests on the second voyage of the SS Golconda : enquiry about the legal situation regarding their proposed residency in Holland or Germany. Instructions to Governors of the Colonies requesting early notification of the repatriation of enemy subjects. Mrs Maria Johanna Markart and Miss Anna Marie Kathe Sturm: repatriation from Durban to Rotterdam on the SS Prinz der Nederlanden. Details of passengers repatriated from Cape Town to Holland on the SS Ophir and the SS Prinz der Nederlanden (in docket no.48815). Mr Bado J Dangers, a passenger on the SS Vondel : request for the return of his passport. Details of passengers repatriated from Cape Town to Holland on the SS Tamboura and the SS Prinses Juliana March (in docket no.59563). Departure of Miss Martha Elizabeth Alwine Budde from Durban to Rotterdam on the SS Kawi. Parliamentary question from Mr Rawlinson on the exchange of civilian prisoners. Passenger lists of German subjects on the second voyage of the SS Golconda (in docket nos. 84126 and 104044 ). Report by the German Acting-Consul of Madras, Albert Brill, on conditions on board the SS Golconda ; response to the report by the Foreign Office. Details of civilian prisoners repatriated from Cape Town to Holland on the SS Ophir (in docket no.154635). Details of civilian prisoners repatriated on the SS Kawi (in docket no.179099). Repatriation of German prisoners from Malta to the United Kingdom, with some names (in docket no.180634). Printed lists of enemy prisoners interned in India who were exempt from repatriation (in docket no.193745). Details of civilian prisoners repatriated from Cape Town to Rotterdam on the SS Goenteur (in docket no.211497). Details of civilian prisoners repatriated from Cape Town to Amsterdam on the SS Orange (in docket no.223859). Repatriation of Mrs Ulrichs, her four children and their nurse, Miss Kopke, on the SS Rindjani. Arrest of Mr Campbell, a Times correspondent, at Delémont in Switzerland, on charges of spying; protest by the British Government, and subsequent release of Mr Campbell. Correspondence regarding a petition from certain Egyptians interned in Malta requesting repatriation to Egypt. Proposal by the National Council of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) to provide the names of Allied prisoners in Russia and Germany requiring food parcels from America. Amended scale of rations for prisoners of war , Army Council Instruction No. 103 of January, 1916. Conditions at the military and civil camps at Ahmednagar and Belgaum in India, including: Complaints by the German and Austro-Hungarian governments about conditions at the camps. Report by Mr James A Smith, American Consul-General at Calcutta, on the military and civil camps at Ahmednagar; printed response to the findings of the report by the Army Department of the Government of India. Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence, Supplement to Second Edition of Manual of War Precautions (Melbourne, 1915). Reports (French language) by M Edward Glardon on conditions at prisoners of war camps at Dorchester and Alexandra Palace. Extracts from The Times of April 10 and April 13, 1916, reporting on speeches made in the German Parliament (The Reichstag) by Herr Cohn. Grant of working pay to interned civilians , Army Council Instruction No. 1280 of 1916. Instructions relative to the Internment and Treatment of Enemy Subjects - Amendment to Instruction No. X , Army Council Instruction No. 1511 of 1916. Employment of soldier prisoners of war. Amendment of A.C.I. 1421 of 1916 , Army Council Instruction No. 1552 of 1916. Employment of soldier prisoners of war , Army Council Instruction No. 1572 of 1916. Proposals by Colonel Earle for the provision of employment to British prisoners interned in Switzerland. Scale of Rations for Prisoners of War. Substitutes for Potatoes , Army Council Instruction No. 2397 of 1916. Policy on postal services for prisoners, including: Customs duty payable on parcels addressed to prisoners interned in the United Kingdom. Policy on correspondence addressed by prisoners interned in the United Kingdom to diplomatic officials in neutral countries. Policy on enquiries regarding prisoners in Germany addressed to the American Embassy in Berlin. Postal facilities between the prisoner of war camp in Ahmednagar, India, and German East Africa. Communication with prisoners of war interned abroad , General Post Office, November 1915; updated copy, December 1916. Prisoners of War. Penal Restrictions on Correspondence , Army Council Instruction No. 337 of 1916. Enquiry about the exemption from postage charges for the Commission des Otages and the Serbian Red Cross Society in Switzerland. Inland postal charges for prisoners in the United Kingdom. Code 1250 Files 114-11519.

Miscellaneous (General): Prisoners, including: Bebdon, a pan-Islamic agitator proceeding from Constantinople to Morocco via Gibraltar and Algeciras: if found in Gibraltar he should be arrested. Treatment of prisoners in internment camps, including: International Red Cross Committee to investigate welfare of prisoners. German prisoners in English concentration camps. Professor Edouard Naville, Vice President of Geneva Red Cross: sent by International Red Cross Committee of Geneva to visit prison camps in England. Report of Mr John B Jackson, of the United States Embassy at Berlin, on his visit to England, made at the request of the German Government, to inspect ships and other places where German prisoners were held. Reports (in German) on visits to prison camps in United Kingdom and Colonies, France, Siberia and Germany. Reports laid before Budget Committee of the Reichstag. Sir Louis Mallet's reports on prison camps at Frongoch, Bala, Merionethshire; Leigh, Lancashire; Shrewsbury, Shropshire; and Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire. Colonel W C Anderson's reports on internment camps at Alexandra Palace, London; Stratford, East London; Stobs, Hawick, Roxburghshire; Shrewsbury, Shropshire; Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire; Leigh, Lancashire; Frongoch, Bala, Merionethshire; Dorchester, Dorset; and Holyport, Maidenhead, Berkshire. Heating of places of internment for officers. Arrest of German Medical Officer from the prize ship Spreewald ; his subsequent release. H F Weinlig detained at Pietermaritzburg, Union of South Africa: asks to be transferred from general camp to officers' camp because he had been Acting Consul General at Cape Town. British and French interests at Tsingtau (Qingdao), China. Remittances to enemy countries, including: Remittances to British subjects in Germany and Austria. Remittances to Union of South Africa subjects in Germany. Remittances to Madame Neumann, a Russian subject at Hanover. Remittances to Mr Gideon Roos, a South African, at Gottingen. Payments made through the American Embassy. Rates of exchange at which payments are to be made from British Funds in hands of United States Ambassador, Berlin. Repatriation of alien enemies. Shipment of Austrian or German subjects on Italian vessels. Foreign Office Circular about communication with enemy countries: General Post Office's comments on draft. Graves of British soldiers in France, including: Desire of Victoria League to take over the charge of British graves. Reburial of British soldiers. Identification of British soldiers buried in France: facilities for Red Cross representations. Repatriation of Germans and Austrians. Pay of prisoners interned in Union of South Africa. Code 1250 Files 1073-4143.