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From all over the country the finest camels had been "requisitioned" and sent down to Beersheba until, at the time I was there, thousands and thousands of them were collected in the neighborhood. FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THE FINEST CAMELS HAD BEEN REQUISITIONED AND SENT DOWN TO BEERSHEBA UNTIL AT THE TIME I WAS THERE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF THEM WERE COLLECTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
d among the lesser Turkish officers. Many of these, after long years of service, found themselves subordinated to young foreigners, who, in addition to arbitrary promotion, received much higher salaries than the Turks. What is more, they were paid in clinking gold, whereas the Turks, when paid at all, got paper currency. Beersheba, a prosperous town of the ancient province of Idumea, was the southern base of operations for the advance on Suez. Some of our villagers had been sent to this district, and, in searching for them, I had the opportunity of seeing at least the taking-off place of the expedition. Beyond this point no Jew or Christian was allowed to pass, with the exception of the physicians, all of whom were non-Mohammedans who had been forced into the army. Beersheba was swarming with troops. They filled the town and overflowed on to the sands outside, where a great tent-city grew up. And everywhere that the Turkish soldiers went, disorganization and inefficiency followed them.  THIS DISLIKE OF GERMANS WAS REFLECTED AMONG THE LESSER TURKISH OFFICERS MANY OF THESE AFTER LONG YEARS OF SERVICE FOUND THEMSELVES SUBORDINATED TO YOUNG FOREIGNERS WHO IN ADDITION TO ARBITRARY PROMOTION RECEIVED MUCH HIGHER SALARIES THAN THE TURKS WHAT IS MORE THEY WERE PAID IN CLINKING GOLD WHEREAS THE TURKSMEN PAID AT ALL GOT PAPAL CURRENCY BIZHEBA A PROSPEROUS TOWN OF THE ANCIENT PROVINCE OF IDUMEA WAS THE SOUTHERN BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR THE ADVANCE ON SUEZ SOME OF OUR VILLAGES HAD BEEN SENT TO THIS DISTRICT AND IN SEARCHING FOR THEM I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING ATAST THE TAKING OFF PLACE OF THE EXPEDITION BEYOND THIS POINT NO JEW OR CHRISTIAN WAS ALLOWED TO PASS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PHYSICIANS ALL OF WHOM WERE NON MAHOMEDANS WHO HAD BEEN FORCED INTO THE ARMY BITHSHEBA WAS SWARMING WITH TROOPS THEY FILLED THE TOWN AND OVERFLOWED ON TO THE SANDS OUTSIDE WHERE A GREAT TEN CITY GREW UP AND EVERYWHERE THAT THE TURKISH SOLDIERS WENT DISORGANIZATION AND INEFFICIENCY FOLLOWED THEM
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