metal
medallion attached to the tunic.

We can assert that the commissariat of the Egyptian prisoners leaves
nothing to be desired. The fact that the prisoners prepare their own
food insures them a diet suitable to their tastes and customs. The
quantities supplied are calculated upon a very liberal scale. The
quality, whether of bread, meat or vegetables, is excellent and
constant.

The officers' mess is entrusted to private contract. They arrange their
own menu. The daily board is very moderate. Well-stocked canteens enable
them to obtain additions at prices fixed by the authorities.

The sick in hospital have a regimen suited to their condition prescribed
by the doctors. The milk provided is of excellent quality.

The health department is remarkably well organised everywhere. Drinking
water and water for washing purposes are equally abundant. There is an
_ad libitum_ supply for douches and baths in every camp. The
arrangements for laundering linen are very efficient.

Each camp is provided with a disinfecting furnace, linen and upper
garments being sterilised once weekly. There are no vermin anywhere.
Special pains are taken over the cleansing of prisoners newly arrived
from the front. The result of these measures and of the system of
vaccination is seen in the entire freedom of the camps from epidemics.

Turkish or English latrines are sufficient in number, odourless, and
regularly disinfected.

In every camp medical attention is given by a staff of first-class
English physicians, assisted by Armenian or Syrian doctors; hospital
orderlies keep the quarters in perfect order. The infirmaries are
spacious, well lighted, thoroughly stocked with drugs and with surgical
apparatus and dressings.

If dentistry be needed, which is rare among Ottomans, it is supplied by
dentists from the town or resident in the camps.

Cases of mutilation are provided with artificial limbs.

An examination of the medical register in all the camps has convinced
us of their good sanitary condition. The small number of sick, and the
slight character of the ailments, corroborate what we have ourselves
observed from the hygienic point of view. The death-rate is very low.

Deceased prisoners are interred with military honours and according to
the rites of their religion.

The space enclosed within the camps permits the prisoners to enjoy
walking exercise as well as outdoor games.

The English military authorities have not sanctioned