From: "MPCgram" To: Subject: MPCGram 948 Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 10:53 AM =========================================== MPC GRAM =========================================== Covering the entire World of Military Numismatics Series 004 - Number 948 Wednesday June 25, 2003 WWII US Internment Camps Submitted by Warner Talso The following article is reprinted, with permission, from The E-Sylum: Volume 6, Number 25, June 20, 2003: an electronic publication of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society. It describes a new (to me) dimension of coins and scrip used in internment camps. TYPES OF INTERNMENT CAMPS Karen Ebel of New London, NH writes: "To understand the internment camps coins, background on the government's "enemy alien" program is necessary. All German, Japanese and Italians aliens (approximately 1,000,000 people) were classified as "enemy aliens" immediately following the Pearl Harbor attack. These folks were mostly permanent resident aliens, many with families, who had immigrated here years before. As enemy aliens, they had no Constitutional protections and were subject to internment for the duration of the war if they violated any of the many restrictions on their travel/personal property rights or if they were deemed to be "potentially dangerous to the public peace." The evidentiary threshold required for internment was quite low and many were interned on the basis of suspicion of being sympathetic to Germany, some for 6-7 years. No internee was ever convicted of anything. Most internees had no clue why they were interned and were forbidden to speak of it when they left the camps. Many died without telling their children. To this day, the fact of the enemy alien program is largely unknown in this country. That is why few know that 11,000 Germans and 3,000 Italians were interned, but the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 remains alive and well for future use. Back to coins. The federal government operated two distinct systems of camps during World War II. The Department of Justice (through the INS) operated a set of internment camps for German, Japanese and Italian "enemy aliens" and their families (including many American-born children). The Wartime Relocation Authority, a branch of the military, operated another set of camps exclusively for the evacuated West Coast Japanese Americans. Some West Coast Japanese did end up in the DOJ camps (pursuant to the same procedure which applied to Germans and Italians), but most were in the WRA camps. I presume that different forms of "scrip" were issued in each system of camps. I don't know anything about the WRA camps. My father was a German enemy alien internee at the Ft. Lincoln internment camp in Bismarck, ND. His scrip is marked specifically with the name of that camp and is gray pressed paper. On Mr. Jacobs' site is an image of Crystal City scrip which is orange: http://www.foitimes.com/internment/Facesplaces.htm Scroll about halfway down the page. (A picture of my father working on the railroad while he was interned is right next to it, by the way.) The DOJ operated a number of internment camps for German, Italian and Japanese enemy aliens throughout the country, including Ellis Island. See http://www.foitimes.com/internment/small.htm. (Many Germans were still held in Ellis Island up to 3 years after the war.) There may very well have been different "issues" of scrip at each camp. Individuals held in the DOJ camps got a standard monthly payment of scrip and also were paid for work in the camps in scrip. Only scrip could be used for purchases in the camps. Thank you to your membership for their interest in this subject. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me through Mr. Homren (Editor of The E-Sylum). If anyone has any scrip from any of the other internment camps, I'd be interested to know about it. For further details on internment history, please see http://www.foitimes.com/internment/gasummary.htm. PS: I noticed that some of your readers are in Mexico and South America. They might be interested to know that over 4,050 German Latin Americans were taken from their homes during World War II by Latin American governments at the behest of the US Government. They were brought here on US military transport ships, including over 80 German Jews. These individuals were interned here and many were then exchanged back to the Germany for American and Latin American prisoners held in Germany. It's not clear whether any Jews were sent back, but I hope not. There were also approximately 2000 Japanese Peruvians. The Japanese Peruvians sued the US Government and have received a settlement of $5000 per individual and an apology. The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. For more information please see our web site at http://www.coinbooks.org/ =========================================== Editorial/opinion =========================================== I am now on the road to Colorado Springs. I hope to check email along the way and will try to keep my cell phone on. I got many things done/shipped before I left. Other things I anticipate working on from the Springs (have my computer). Others will have to wait for a week. I cancelled participation in the second week because of the daunting pile of things pressing on me so it will only be one (very busy) week. I look forward to seeing the folks at the seminar and will miss the rest of you (next year?), but there is another way to look at this. All of the current columnists will be in Colorado. If you want to read about things other than the Seminar, you better send in some material?stories, reports, questions, comment, complaints (really). Send them in. =========================================== MAIL CALL =========================================== Attention Gramsters, (If I've got the power, then here it is) The mini Fest will be at 2PM on FRIDAY July 4th (not Saturday) due to scheduling conflicts for some of the festers. Looks like we have Harold Kroll, David Seelye, me (Larry Gibbs a fest newbee) Fred? And who else? Fred said a show and tell item is your admission. That sounds good to me. Any other ideas for a brief activity? Larry Gibbs 2003 Co. Springs mini fest chairman (by default!) Dear Larry, Is this what you want or do you want Fri AND Sat? Editor Dear Gram, At the Memphis M2C2 meeting each FESTER present was given a FEST IV T-shirt. By now, most of the other FESTERS should have received their T-shirt. If anyone would like to purchase one, they are costing $15 (with $5 going to the Scholarship fund) and also you may want to order a Sweat Shirt - (cost $25). Again $5 to scholarship fund. Contact Doug Bell with any orders. This most be done within the next 10 days. The vendor only holds silk screen for thirty days!! Marv Mericle Dear Gram, You asked who was going to be in Baltimore? I for one am looking forwaed to seeing all the W.W.II notes issued by Guerilla Forces in the Philippines, USAFFE,United States Forces in the Philippines, Philippine Corps/7th Military District, 109th DivisionUSFIP, 116th Inf. Regt.USFIP, P.Q.O.G. Markings Guerillas,11th Guerilla Div.IX Phil.Corps, USFIP Luzon USAFFE and the many Municipal notes issued by various U.S. Army officers. I feel all of these fit into the Military Currency catagory. Looking forward to seeing you all there at the meeting! Thanks John Glass Dear Gram, Do newbees get issued a paybook at their first mini fest? Guess we'll do two Friday and Saturday @1400 hours as per your option. See you then. Larry Gibbs Dear Larry, Pay books are issued for participation in a major even?Fest/seminar. Editor Editor Ref the comments Russ make about going to the ANA World Fair of Money in Baltimore, I will be there all day Thus the 31st. On Fri the 1st, all morning there is a tour to the BEP that I have signed up for. I would love to attend a Mini Fest either Thus or Fri afternoon. That would be three of us with Gary, Russ and myself, is anyone else going to be there?? Robert Dear Editor, After writing several e-mails about the MiniFest in Colorado Springs, it would seem to me that you would know I will be attending this event. Harold Kroll =========================================== CALENDAR OF EVENTS =========================================== http://calendar.yahoo.com/mpcgram Military Numismatics Summer Seminar Session I dates are Saturday, June 28, to Friday, July 4; session II, Saturday, July 5 to Friday, July 11, 2003 Link for more and general information: http://www.money.org/sumsem2003.html Link to photos from Seminar II http://www.money.org/summer2002images5.html application for military money scholarship http://www.papermoneyworld.net/news/MilitaryNumismatists Scholarship Fund 2003.pdf July 4 AND 5, 1400 mini Fest at Colorado Coin Show in Colorado Sprigs, CO. Estimated participants: Larry Gibbs, Robert Drew, Joe Boling, David Seelye, Fred Schwan, Doug Bell, Mark/Sparky Watson, Warner Talso, Wendell Wolka, Harold Kroll (others please speak up!). Bring pay books. American Numismatic Association Convention. Philippine Collectors Forum that Ray Czahor is putting together on Friday Aug.1 at 1 P.M. in Room 317 of the convention center in Baltimore at the ANA convention. Reports participants: Russ Walsh, Howard Daniel, Joe Boling, John Glass, Gary Hicks, Nancy and John Wilson, Robert Drew. Lyn Knight Auction [including major, old-time military money collection] August 20-24 Sheraton Grand Hotel 4440 West John Carpenter Freeway, Irving, Texas 75063 (972) 929-8400. Mini Fest anticipated, take your pay books! PCDA National and World Paper Money Convention. November 19-23, 2003. St. Louis Hilton Airport Hotel, 10330 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63134. Lyn Knight auction, consignment deadline September 30, 2003 2004 CPMX February 26-28, Lyn Knight auction. Consignment deadline January 10, 2004. April 23-25, MPCFest V, reservations now being accepted. 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