Sorry, 3refs - I've heard a couple of quite funny stories about POW camps in Canada, but this ain't one of them. As for the Commander's approach being peculiarly Canadian - well, yeah, I've seen a Canadian kid attack another wielding a hockey stick like a club, from behind, after the whistle blew ... it was ugly, but it was Canadian, all right. I've seen people whacked around the head with lacrosse sticks, too. Fortunately, I've never witnessed anyone being lambasted with a baseball bat, and I hope I never do.

Wonder how that Commander would have handled the situation if his camp was only a few hundred miles from the front?