buttons, and a red fez. Leather slippers for
privates and shoes for sergeants and corporals complete the outfit, the
smartness of which leaves nothing to be desired. Although on the day of
our visit the thermometer stood at about 53 deg.F. many of the men were also
wearing their thick cloth overcoats. Every prisoner has fastened in his
tunic a small metal plate bearing his registration number.
Non-commissioned officers are distinguished by a white linen armlet,
crossed by a blue band for corporals, and by a red band for sergeants.
The sergeant-major wears a red armlet.

_Hygiene._--The drinking-water used in camp is drawn by two steam pumps
from a well sunk to a great depth close to the Nile. The Nile water,
after passing through a kind of natural filter, is thus lifted into a
reservoir above the camp, and is distributed in all directions by
gravity. The bacteriological analysis made every week when the supply
was first opened--now once a month--showed the water to be perfectly
pure.

Water for washing purposes is plentiful. Hot and cold shower-baths are
installed throughout the camp. The prisoners are obliged to use them
once a week, but may, if they choose, have a bath four times a day. In
summer especially the baths are never idle.

Prisoners get plenty of soap and wash their own linen on wooden tables
arranged under water taps.

Two high-pressure steam disinfecting chambers serve the camp, and once a
week all blankets are passed through them. The camp contains no fleas,
lice, or bugs.

The day latrines are 100 yards from the living quarters. They are of the
Turkish kind, with movable tubs--1 tub for every 10 men. Every tub
contains some cresol solution. The night-soil is removed daily by the
Cairo road authorities and converted into manure. Some latrines close to
the barracks are kept for night use and are locked up during the day.

_Medical Attention._--The medical service of Maadi Camp is in the hands
of head-doctor Captain Scrimgeour, who in time of peace practised in
Nazareth. He is assisted by an English doctor-adjutant, and 4 Arab
doctors, natives of Syria. All these doctors speak Turkish and Arabic.
Nine English orderlies and 12 Turkish orderlies carry out the sick
duties. A dentist comes to camp when required.

The infirmary included three well-appointed quarters built in masonry,
and able to hold 40 patients.

The infirmary bedding accommodation consists of iron bedsteads with
spring mattress