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Medical supplies, such as they were, had been taken from the different mission hospitals and pharmacies of Palestine  these "requisitions" being made by officers who knew nothing of medical requirements and simply scooped together everything in sight. MEDICAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS THEY WERE HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM THE DIFFERENT MISSION HOSPITALS AND PHARMACIES OF PALESTINE THESE REQUISITIONS BEING MADE BY OFFICERS WHO KNEW NOTHING OF MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS AND SIMPLY SCOOPED TOGETHER EVERYTHING IN SIGHT
eat tent-city grew up. And everywhere that the Turkish soldiers went, disorganization and inefficiency followed them. 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. Through the laziness and stupidity of the Turkish commissariat officers, which no amount of German efficiency could counteract, no adequate provision was made for feeding them, and incredible numbers succumbed to starvation and neglect. Their great carcasses dotted the sand in all directions; it was only the wonderful antiseptic power of the Eastern sun that held pestilence in check. The soldiers themselves suffered much hardship. The crowding in the tents was unspeakable; the water-supply was almost as inadequate as the medical service, which consisted chiefly of volunteer Red Crescent societies--among them a unit of twenty German nurses sent by the American College at Beirut.  WHERE A GREAT TEN CITY GREW UP AND EVERYWHERE THAT THE TURKISH SOLDIERS WENT DISORGANIZATION AND INEFFICIENCY FOLLOWED THEM 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 THROUGH THE LAZINESS AND STUPIDITY OF THE TURKISH COMMISSARIAT OFFICERS WITH NO AMOUNT OF GERMAN EFFICIENCY COULD COUNTERACT NO ADEQUATE PROVISION WAS MADE FOR FEEDING THEM AND INCREDIBLE NUMBERS SUCCUMBED TO STARVATION AND NEGLECT THEIR GREAT CARCASSES DOTTED THE SAND IN ALL DIRECTIONS IT WAS THE ONLY WONDERFUL ANTISEPTIC POWER OF THE EASTERN SUN THAT HELD THE PESTILENCE IN CHECK THE SOLDIERS THEMSELVES SUFFERED FROM MUCH HARDSHIP THE CROWDING IN THE TENTS WERE UNSPEAKABLE THE WATER SUPPLY WAS ALMOST AS INADEQUATE AS THE MEDICAL SERVICE WHICH CONSISTED CHIEFLY OF VOLUNTEER RED CRESENT SOCIETIES AMONG THEM A UNIT OF TWENTY GERMAN NURSES SENT BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF BURROTT
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