This document is a German notice which was found at Holnon, northwest
of St. Quentin. The document bore the official seal of the German
commander.
HOLNON, 20th July, 1915.
All workmen, women and children over fifteen years of age
must work in the fields every day, also on Sunday, from four
o'clock in the morning until eight o'clock at night, French
time. For rest they shall have a half-hour in the morning,
an hour at noon and a half-hour in the afternoon. Failure to
obey this order will be punished in the following manner:--
1.--The men who are lazy will be collected for the period of
the harvest in a company of workmen under the inspection of
German corporals. After the harvest the lazy will be
imprisoned for six months and every third day their
nourishment shall be only bread and water.
2.--Lazy women shall be exiled to Holnon to work. After the
harvest the women will be imprisoned six months.
3.--The children who do not work shall be punished with
blows from a club.
Furthermore, the commandant reserves the right to punish men
who do not work with twenty blows from a club daily.
Workmen in the Commune of Verdelles have been punished
severely.
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