The U.S. Marshals during War War I:
      Internment of Enemy Aliens

Wanted Poster Click on images for larger versions

Form for Presidential Arrest Warrant

The arrest and internment in Army camps of suspicious enemy aliens was not done under the authority of the U.S. courts, but under the authority of presidential arrest warrants. These warrants commanded the U.S. Marshals to arrest the specified individual and deliver him to the internment camps at Hot Springs, North Carolina, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and other places.  Once in the camps, the prisoners were in the custody of the Army, unless they escaped.

The pictures of camp life show some of the activities of the prisoners at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. The captions were written at the time by Justice Department officials who visited the camps.

	Interior view of one of  the prison camp barracks.
	Their chief occupation was gardening.  The vegetables from these gardens went to the general mess.
	Their chief sport was volleyball.  Picture shows ball in the air.
	The prison as it looked from the road draws many sightseers from all parts of the United States
	Should the outbreak be more than one prisoner, the machine gun was always ready.

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