5. The Cairo Citadel Camp.
(Visited on January 3, 1917.)
This camp occupies the curious Jewel-Palace, one of the monuments of the citadel, and contains only women and children coming from Hedjaz, who were captured near Mecca.
The dates of arrival are as follows:
| Women and Children. | ||||||
| 1st | convoy | of | 123 | … | September 11, | 1916 |
| 2nd | " | " | 66 | … | October 16, | 1916 |
| 3rd | " | " | 26 | … | " 28, | 1916 |
| 4th | " | " | 82 | … | November 7, | 1916 |
| 5th | " | " | 132 | … | " 29, | 1916 |
Numbers.—The total includes 229 women and 207 children (7 of whom were born in camp), and a further batch of 200 women is expected shortly.
The Head Matron is Miss Lewis. It is she who has the management and full control of this camp, which, by its character and its diversity of nationalities, classes and religions, demands great patience, tact and kindness—qualities possessed in the highest degree by Miss Lewis. She devotes herself entirely, and most capably, to this often very ungrateful task, and we welcome this chance of conveying to her the expression of our appreciation.
Those interned are divided into three classes. The first class consists of officers' wives and children; the second class, of those of the non-commissioned officers; and the third class, of soldiers' wives and servants. This classification has been adopted in order that the dormitories shall be occupied by persons of as nearly as possible the same social standing.