(6) WATER.
Plentiful drinking water for men and animals will be found in the following localities:
Rum, Mudawra, El Jefer, Bair, Wadi Dakhl (vide attached march tables).
(7) MEDICAL.
A casualty hamla, with capacity for dealing with 24 cases (12 sitting and 12 lying) will be organized at Akaba, to accompany the column, by Major Marshall, M.C., R.A.M.C., under instructions to be issued by the O.C. Troops, Northern Hejaz.
A general scheme for the evacuation of casualties during the operations will be prepared by Major Marshall and forwarded through O.C. Troops, Northern Hejaz, to this office for information as early as possible.
(8) AMMUNITION.
260 rounds S.A.A. per man, and 2,000 rounds per Lewis gun will be carried.
(9) EXPLOSIVES.
(a) Under arrangements to be made by the O.C. Troops, Northern Hejaz, an explosive hamla, carrying 2,500 lb. of gun-cotton, will accompany the column from Akaba to Mudawra. Empty camels and drivers should return from Mudawra to Akaba on the conclusion of that phase of the operations.