Would Use German Prisoners on Roads Commissioner Coleman Suggests Plan for Making Useful Those in Concentration Camps. Captured contingents of the Kaiser's army, which have fallen into the hands of the allies, soon may be put to work in Virginia roads, if suggestions that they be sent to America for the duration of the war are carried out. State Highway Commissioner Coleman thinks it would be a capital idea to employ German prisoners in building up State thoroughfares, in event it is decided to bring them to this country, and already has taken the matter up with several officials, both of the State and national governments. In pressing the proposition, he has met with much encouragement, those in authority giving him to understand that, should such a plan of employing prisoners be adopted, Virginia claims would receive careful consideration. Mr. Coleman says he would be able to handle from 5,000 to 10,000 on the roads in this State. The idea of working prisoners of war on highways is not a new one. During the Revolutionary War, hundreds of them were used in this manner on the Alexandria road with satisfactory results. The problem of guarding them, Mr. Coleman thinks, is not such a frightful one, since thousands of convicts are made to do similar work in this State with practically no trouble. 