Depreciation of buildings, fittings, blankets and other things provided is not included in these figures.

Canteen.—­The regulation food of the prisoners being ample, the canteen plays a very minor part in the feeding arrangements.  It sells tea, coffee, and light refreshments.  A cup of sweetened tea costs 5 paras, or about one-third of a penny.  The canteen also deals in letter paper, post-cards, thread, needles, buttons and other small odds and ends.

The men receive 2 ounces of tobacco free every week.  They never get alcohol.

Clothing.—­Each prisoner is supplied with two complete sets of underwear:  shirts, drawers, and socks.  The uniform consists of trousers and coat of dark blue cloth.  The brass buttons give it a military appearance.

All the men wear the red fez.  They are allowed to wear their decorations.  That they are prisoners is shown only by their having on them a white metal plate about 1-1/2 inches in diameter, bearing a registration number and the two letters P.W. (Prisoner of War).  In our opinion this kind of medallion is a more judicious form of indication than the bands, armlets or large letters used elsewhere.  In summer the cloth uniforms are replaced by linen uniforms of the same cut and colour.

All men wear indoors leather slippers of the Eastern kind.  Shoes are used only by prisoners engaged on gardening, and by non-commissioned officers.

Linen, clothes and footwear are renewed on fixed dates or according to need.

Hygiene.—­Everything that has to do with hygiene and the sanitation of the camp is the province of Lieut.-Colonel E.G.  Garner, Medical Office Inspector of Prisoner-of-War Camps in Egypt.

Water is supplied from the Heliopolis town mains, is of good quality, and is provided in sufficient quantities.

For toilet purposes the prisoners have the use twice a day of shower baths and water taps.  The floor of the lavatories is sloping cement, and the water drains away through a gulley between the two rows of baths.  Prisoners can get hot water from the kitchen when they need it.  Soap is supplied ad libitum.

For washing their clothes the prisoners have some very convenient arrangements.  Once a week each prisoner’s blankets and clothes are passed through the disinfecting chamber and thoroughly sterilised.  Thanks to this precaution, there is not a trace of vermin to be found in the camp.

Ten Turkish barbers are occupied in cutting the hair of prisoners and shaving them in a well-managed barber’s shop.

The latrines are clean and numerous enough.  Some of them are on the English system; the rest on the Turkish.  They are disinfected daily with carbolineum.  All discharge into the sewers.

Medical attention.—­The camp medical service is staffed by Colonel E.G.  Garner and two Armenian doctors (Arsen Khoren and Leon Samuel).  Four English hospital orderlies are assisted by three Turkish orderlies.  An English dentist visits the camp at the doctor’s request.