Turkey: Prisoners, including: Financial arrangements for prisoners in Turkey, including:...

Turkey: Prisoners, including:

Financial arrangements for prisoners in Turkey, including:

• Request for clothing for Indian prisoners interned at Konia.
• Enquiry from the War Prisoners Fund about the supply of clothing to British prisoners in Turkey.
• Arrangements for supplies for British prisoners to be sent from Mersina to Baghdad.
• Notification of a meeting of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Relief Measures for Prisoners of War from Kut-el-Amara to be held on 5 October 1916; minutes of the meeting; question of the need for the committee to continue in existence.
• Despatch of supplies for Indian prisoners in Turkey; suggestion that the ship, curently docked at Port Said, could also be used to transport supplies to British prisoners.
• Agreement by the French Government for a neutral ship to be sent to Mersina with supplies for British prisoners; agreement for the French Government to decide on the type of vessel used and related issues.
• Rates of relief for Cypriot prisoners in Turkey.
• Reverend G W Trevor: enquiry about the delivery to his son, Captain Trevor, of a parcel containing clothing.
• Lists of non-commissioned officer and men of the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Regiment captured at Kut-el-Amara (in docket no.200881) provided to the War Prisoners' Fund, with additional names (in docket no.204907).
• Provision of winter clothing to prisoners at Castamouni and Yozgad.
• Reports from Konia on the poor condition of prisoners captured at Kut.
• Hagop Rafael:confirmation by the Turkish authorities that an Ottoman subject of that name had been transferred to Ismidt.
• Proposal for supplies to prisoners shipped to Mersina to be distributed by the Turkish authorities; unsuitability of the American SS Desmoinesfor transporting supplies; possible availability of two Dutch vessels blockaded in the port at Smyrna.
• Despatch of sporting equipment to camps at Castamouni, Yozgad and Afion Kara Hissar.
• Mr W H Buckler: request for Ali Riza Bey to be allowed to accompany him to Turkey.
• Distribution of relief for British subjects at Smyrna.
• Enquiry about the despatch of mail to and from New Zealand prisoners at Bilmedik-Pouzanti.
• Supply of clothing for British and Indian prisoners in Turkey.
• List of additional names of prisoners from New Zealand interned in Turkey (in docket no.217992).
• Communication from the War Office about the obligations of the Turkish Government towards prisoners in their hands.
• Funds available for the relief of Australian prisoners.
• Authorisation for the British Consul at Mersina to obtain quilts and blankets locally for distribution to prisoners; recommendation for the American Embassy at Constantinople to obtain clothing locally for similar purposes.
• Unavailability of Dutch vessels at Smyrna for transport purposes, following their requisition by the Turkish authorities; suggestion that the British Government should hire an American ship.
• Interpretation of 'free transit' with reference to parcels for prisoners in Bulgaria and Turkey; costs for the transportation of parcels through France.
• Committee for Syrian Relief: request for permission to send money collected in Egypt to America for the purchase of provisions.
• Prisoners of War Committee: communications with the Central Prisoners of War Committee and the Indian Soldiers Fund.
• Supplies for invalid prisoners at Baghdad.
• Despatch of two consignments of supplies for prisoners at Ras-ul-Ain.
• Central Prisoners of War Committee: enquiry about the disposal of various sums of money provided for the relief of British and Indian prisoners.
• Enquiry from the Red Cross about efforts to send a neutral ship to Mersina with supplies for prisoners.
• Enquiry about relief pay for New Zealand prisoners.
• Letter from the British Embassy in Washington on American attitudes towards Germany and the Allies.
• Weekly allowance payable to Australian prisoners.
• Enquiry from the High Commissioner of Australia's Office about conditions for Australian prisoners in Turkey, following a letter from Trooper R M McColl of the Second Australian Light Horse Regiment.
• Request for increased relief payments for the Cypriot community at Smyrna; grant of additional relief.
• Despatch of briar pipes for British officer prisoners.
• Collection by the Mohammedan community in Burma for distribution to Indian prisoners.
• Negotiations regarding the use of the US collier [coal-ship] Caesar for the relief of British prisoners in Turkey.
• Recommendation for the use of gold currency by the American Embassy in Constantinople for the purchase of supplies for prisoners.

Code 1244 File 599 (papers 195715-end).

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