a separate current account with the camp
accountant.

Letters take from three weeks to three months to get from the sender to
the prisoner to whom they are addressed. Some of them are sent through
the American Consul at Cairo. Very few of the prisoners can write, but
these may do so as often and for as long as they wish. There is no
system of delaying correspondence after delivery or before despatch.

_Prisoners' Aid._--There is no relief committee in the camp; so far, no
general relief funds have been sent. Sergeant-Major Hussein Hissan, a
native of Constantinople, told us that, although there were many poor
prisoners in the camp, there was no need to send help, as all prisoners
are well fed, well clothed and supplied with tobacco.

_Prisoners' Behaviour._--What strikes one more than anything else on
entering the camp is the prevailing orderliness and cleanliness. A
Turkish sergeant-major commands each group of huts, and a Turkish
sergeant is responsible for each dormitory. The prisoners are smart,
give the military salute and come to attention at the orders of the
non-commissioned officers when those in command pass through the camp.

Sergeant-Major Hassar Mohammed, from Angora, and Hamid Abdallah, from
Koniah (Asia Minor), told us, on behalf of their fellow prisoners, that
they had no complaints to make, and assured us of the kind treatment
which they receive.

On their part, the English officers and non-commissioned officers
declared that the prisoners are well disciplined and very willing. In
short, we took away with us an excellent impression of Heliopolis Camp.

~2. Hospital No. 2, at Abbassiah, near Cairo.~

_(Visited on January 2, 1917.)_

This hospital, on the pavilion system, and arranged in accordance with
the requirements of modern practice, is reserved exclusively for
German, Austrian, Bulgarian and Turkish prisoners of war. It is staffed
by head doctor Wickermann, assisted by four English doctors. Some
English Red Cross nurses and 18 Turkish orderlies attend to the sick and
wounded. These nurses and orderlies are engaged only with treatment. The
rough ward work and cleaning are done by native employes. The pavilions
are built of stone and separated by intervals of 32-1/2 feet. The roofs
are of cement. Along one side runs a covered gallery wherein beds and
arm-chairs are placed for the open-air cure of patients for whom it is
prescribed. The floor of the pavilions is a kind of linoleum