_Bedding._--Each prisoner lies on a mat of plaited rush, and has four
blankets. Every morning the mats are brushed and rolled up and the
blankets folded, so that during the day there is a large clear space
inside the building. The detention cells have the same sleeping
accommodation.


_Exercise._--The space left between the barracks of the separate
sections is amply sufficient for exercise, which is quite unrestricted
during the regulation hours.


_Food._--Provisions are purchased by the commissariat and brought every
morning into a special barrack, whence each section draws its daily
rations. Bread comes from the Cairo bakeries. It is of good quality and
agreeable to the taste. The kitchens are in the open and heated by wood
fires. They are staffed by a detachment of prisoners under a head cook.
At meal times each section sends men to draw the rations for each room
in large metal bowls. Every man has his own spoon, bowl and drinking
cup, all of metal. The hours of meals are ordinarily as follows:

5 a.m.; 11 a.m.; and 4 p.m.

The last meal is the principal one of the day.

We have examined the various food materials given the prisoners and
found them to be of excellent quality.

The menu of the Turkish prisoners of war now interned in Heliopolis Camp
consists of bread, meat, vegetables, rice, butter, pepper, salt, onions,