accusations had no real foundation.  Mme. S. assured us that meat was only provided three times weekly.  We have proof that meat is served six times each week, a quarter of an English pound being supplied to each person.  After telling us that the cheese and olives were of the worst quality, she finished by owning that she only found the cheese too salt and the olives monotonous.  Mme. S., who purchased coffee, biscuits, fruit and bonbons at the canteen, would not touch ordinary bread because it was not good enough for her.  This bread, which is provided by the best bakery in Cairo, is served fresh twice a day to whoever desires it.  Mme. S. has enough money to buy any food that she wishes, either from the canteen or by ordering it in from the town.  Her companions, less rich and less dainty, find the food provided by the camp kitchen both excellent and abundant.

As Dr. Suleiman Bey complained that his two sick children, interned at the Citadel with their mother, received no medical care, they were examined by Dr. Blanchod.  The one suffered on its arrival in camp from ophthalmia, now completely cured, no trace of photophobia remains, no redness nor oedema; the other had its sub-maxillary glands enlarged; these glands are now reduced and nothing to worry about.

These two children have received constant care from (Dr.) Captain Scrimgeour, their names are repeatedly entered in the infirmary register, and their mother herself expressed gratitude for the care which had been lavished upon them.

Dr. Suleiman Bey’s complaints upon this point therefore proved equally inexact.

6.  The Ras-el-Tin Camp.

(Visited January 5, 1917.)

This camp of interned civilians is situated on a rising ground beside the sea, 5 kilometres (3 miles) from Alexandria.

The camp contains 45 Ottoman civilians of military age, and 24 others; the latter are all elderly men, or have been exempted from military service owing to illness.  There is one priest (imaum).  We also found 400 Austro-Germans interned at Ras-el-Tin; many of them had been in Egypt when war was declared and could not get home.

Though our mission was to visit the Turkish prisoners, we made a point of concerning ourselves equally with the Austrians and Germans, and of entering into conversation with them.

Several Ottoman prisoners in the camp were making the pilgrimage to Mecca when they were captured by the Sherif’s troops and passed over to the English authorities, who interned them.  The camp at Ras-el-Tin was to be evacuated in a few days’ time, and all the occupants were to be transferred to Sidi Bishr Camp, now prepared to accommodate 5,000 men.  In this camp there will be a special section for civilians.

The commandant of Ras-el-Tin is Major F.G.  Owens, who takes the greatest interest in his prisoners.  Every day he personally receives anyone who has a wish or a complaint to bring forward.