people.

There is neither malaria, dysentery nor typhus in the camp, and no
epidemic malady. An early case of tuberculosis, without Koch's bacillus
in the sputa, was cured.

On the day of our visit to the infirmary we found 5 patients in bed or
crouched in the oriental manner upon their bedsteads; 1 suffering from
senile paralysis, 2 from bronchitis, 1 from inflammation of the ears,
and 1 from general debility.


_Maternity._--Confinements not being uncommon, it was necessary to
establish a maternity ward. There were 5 births during the last three
months of 1915. Two more occurred upon the day we inspected the camp,
mothers and infants doing well.


_Deaths._--Up to that time there had only been one death at the Citadel
Camp, that of a baby prematurely born, which died from debility at the
age of 18 days.


_Education._--A school has been started in the camp, and all boys as
well as girls up to 12 years old are obliged to attend it. A mistress
teaches them Turkish and Arabic, and also gives them half an hour's
instruction in English daily.


_Religious Services._--The imaum came once to hold a Mahometan service,