§ 43. Mr. MARRIOTTasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the high rate of mortality among the non-commissioned officers and men of the 1st Battalion of the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, prisoners in the hands of 1089 the Turks; if so, whether representations have been made for the amelioration of their condition; and with what result?
§ Mr. JAMES HOPE (Lord of the Treasury)His Majesty's Government are unfortunately aware that there has been a very high rate of mortality among all the British non-commissioned officers and men prisoners of war in Turkey, and constant representations have been made to the Turkish Government with a view to the improvement of their condition. The Ottoman Government recently consented to the concentration at one or two camps of all invalid prisoners of war with a view to better medical attention, but His Majesty's Government have yet to leant to what extent this measure has been carried out and what benefit has ensued from it. The prisoners of war in the Taurus and Amanus regions are being attended by British medical officers.