Three canteens furnish all kinds of commodities to the prisoners—­ham, sausages, preserves, cakes, chocolate, fruits, wine, beer, etc.  The prices are exactly the same as in the English army canteens.  A shop, run by a Bulgarian merchant, is permitted for the sale of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes.  Besides this there is a Viennese who makes cigarettes in the camp itself.  On Christmas Day the commandant made a generous distribution of cigarettes to all the interned men at his own expense.  They can also obtain at the bar tea, coffee and other drinks.  In point of fact, we made sure that the camp administration has organised the commissariat in a manner that meets all needs.

Clothing.—­The men arrived in camp in their own clothes.  When these began to wear out the administration furnished a new outfit, which consists of two flannel shirts, two knitted pairs of drawers, a vest and trousers of blue cloth, an overcoat, a police hat or a fez for the Turks, socks and slippers.  The Mahometans receive Turkish slippers.  All prisoners have a red scarf and two handkerchiefs.  A well-found shop sells under-clothing at moderate prices, and articles of outfit, scent, post-cards and watches.

Hygiene.—­Drinking water, abundant and wholesome, is brought from the mains of the town of Alexandria.  Besides the toilet lavatories, there are 4 bathrooms supplied with hot water and cold douches always available.  The prisoners go in parties to bathe in the sea near the camp, under guard of British soldiers.

The prisoners do their own washing, numerous wash-houses being provided for the purpose.

The latrines are partly on the English and partly on the Turkish system, 1 to every 10 men, cleanly kept.  They are disinfected daily.  The floor and the lower part of the chambers are treated with cresol; the upper part is whitewashed.  The sewers discharge into the sea.  The sweepings are burnt in a special stove.

Medical Attention.—­The sanitary condition of the camp is inspected at regular intervals by the Colonel, medical director of Hospital No. 21, Alexandria.  Captain (Dr.) Dunne is resident in the camp; he pays a medical visit each day at 9 o’clock.  Eight to ten prisoners out of the total in camp may present themselves for treatment, among them 1 or 2 Ottomans.

An interned Turkish civilian, Abrahim Assan, by calling an employee in a Constantinople factory, who speaks French and English perfectly, serves as orderly-interpreter.

An English Red Cross orderly assists the doctor.  An Austrian dentist, formerly in business at Cairo, gives dental attention to the prisoners; he has a complete outfit of instruments.

The infirmary is well housed in a stone building.  It contains a consulting-room, supplied with a full-flushed lavatory basin; a sick ward with 6 iron beds, mattress and coverings ad libitum; an isolation ward, and a dispensary.