Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the regulations affecting the sanitary condition of the army, the organization of military hospitals, and the treatment of the sick and wounded ; with evidence and appendix. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty.
- Great Britain. Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary Condition of the Army.
- Date:
- 1858
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Credit: Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the regulations affecting the sanitary condition of the army, the organization of military hospitals, and the treatment of the sick and wounded ; with evidence and appendix. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![1st class military prison. guards, meadows, and refectory, serving also as a school room, and even as chapel ; and for those under solitary confinement, of correctional cells where the prisoners are kept both day and night. Of these there should be a number of dark ones equal to -^^ih of the confined men, and of light ones equal to ^V^h. Of a kitchen, an infirmary, linen stores, wash- house, stores for the industrial productions, and a chapel, if possible. Of a building for the administration, containing apartments for the commandant, the employes, the inspectors, four for every 100 prisoners, a recorder's oflfice, and a prison office. A walk of round, enclosed by a wall 5^ yards high, must surround the whole establishment. These are established in the principal military places of the state. First-class Military Prisons. Must be composed of a house of correction, as described for the central houses, but only for 150 prisoners. A house of custody and justice for oO men, com- prising apartments for two superior othcers, for six other officers with their mess room, quarters for non- commissioned officers and soldiers, consisting of cells or dormitories, cells for accused to be kept secluded, or for the insubordinate accused, a workshop for the men imprisoned, and a common hall. These quarters must be so arranged as to keep the accused always separated from those condemned to imprisonment. That ])art of the building destined for the men kept in custody and for the justice, must besides contaiii a room for the jailer, one for the inspectors, one for the captain reporter, one for the barristers, a postern, a jail. For the internal service, apartments for the com- mandant, the accountants, the inspectors, kitchen, infirmary, chapel, jailer's guard room ; a pathway must surround the establishment. They are placed under a commandant, an accoun- tant agent, an adjunct, and a number of inspectors proportionate to the effective. Barracks for the Galley Slaves. Stores for the Service. Those that are placed at the disposal of the Lo Minister of War are placed in barracks, huts, or for tents. The buildings for their works are under the care W< pla gal buil I roo wir of the engineers. The agent and his assistant are lodged in the T)uildings, or receive an indemnity regulated by the minister on the proposition of the intendant militaire. The inspectors, the officers of the police, as well as the troops of the line added to them are also lodged in the buildings. ^ The marechal de logis is also conveniently lodged. In winter, one warming room in common is esta- blished for every 100 men or less, two for every number above 100 men. A sufficient number of lights in the workshops is W( established by the sous-intendant militaire, with the ^Jio officer of the engineers. ^'S' Direction, Inspection, and Payment of the Works. The officers of the engineers are charged to employ the galley slaves in the works, conforming to the relative existing regulations. gi^, The utensils and their keeping are chargeable to Xo( the state or to the contractors, if the works are made sils, by contract. thei The officer of the engineers charged with the direction of the works shall see that the tools are in -^f good condition, and will give his attention to any utei complaint raised on this subject. Snd class military- prison. Cells. Officers in confine- ment. White- washing. Deteriora- tions charged as barrack damages. Galley slaves. Second-class Military Prisons. Must be composed of a house of custody, and of justice, as for those of first class. A correctional section as in the central correctional houses, but for 25 to .50 men only. For the internal service and for the courts-martial, apartments for the director, recorder, inspectors, jailer, who is also charged with the nourishment of the men in custody, the infirmary, a room for the captain reporter, one for the lawyers, a i^ostern, a jail, a parlour, and a guard-room. A pathway, if possible, must surround the esta- blishment. Dimensions of Cells. The cells shall have 90 inches length, 70 width, 120 height. Those of the guards, double. The furniture of a cell consists of a hammock, furnished, a bucket, a board fixed in the wall at the foot of the hammock, 60 inches above the ground. In dai'k cells and custody cells the hammock is replaced by a camp bedstead. The fixtures and camp beds are furnished by the engineers. Officers in confinement receive soldiers' furniture, and they can at their own expense procure other necessaries. The cooking utensils in prison are furnished by the engineers. The cells are whitewashed once a year, and those of the infirmary as often as the medical officer declares it necessary. For deteriorations the same steps are taken as for the barracks. Galley Slaves. They ai-e kept in the great war establishments and put to special works. Form No. 1. Military Division. Engineers Corps. Direction of Place of Statement of the distribution of Quarters to be assigned to the Troops, to the Officers, and to the different Administrative Services in the Military Buildings of the Place of according to the Regulations on the Barrack Service, &c., &c. Form No. 2. Engineer Corps. 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