PRISONER OF WAR  )	WAR DEPARTMENT
CURCULAR No. 1      )	Washington, 24 September 1943.

REGULATIONS GOVERNING

PRISONERS OF WAR

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter			Page
I		Introduction	1
		A.  General	1
		B.  Definitions	3
		C.  Jurisdiction of The Provost Marshal General	5
		D.  Jurisdiction of Service Commanders and Camp Commanders	7
II		Prisoner of War Facilities	7
		A.  Designation	7
		B.  Construction of Prisoner of War Camps	8
		C.  Officer Prisoners	10
III		Processing of Prisoners	10
		A.  Personnel Record	10
		B.  Serial Numbers	11
		C.  Personal Effects	16
IV		Organization of Prisoners	18
V		Supplies	21
VI		Medical Attention and Sanitation	30
VII		Canteens	31
VIII		Employment and Compensation	33
		A.  Employment of Prisoners	33

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		B.  Compensation	36
		C.  Compensation for Injured Prisoners	37
		D.  Care of Sick and Injured	38
		E.  Rest	38
IX		Social Privileges	39
X		Discipline	43
XI		Military Courtesies	46
XII		Communications, Parcels, Books, Newspapers and Magazines	47
		A.  Notification of Address	47
		B.  Letters and Cards	47
		C.  Parcels	51
		D.  Form of Address	52
		E.  Cables, Telegrams and Telephone Calls	53
		F.  Red Cross Express Messages	53
		G.  Books	54
		H.  Newspapers and Magazines	55
XIII		Censorship	56
		A.  Letters and Cards	56
		B.  Parcels	58
		C.  Cables and Telegrams	58
		D.  Books	59
		E.  Miscellaneous	59
XIV		Complaints and Requests	60
XV		Death and Burial	62

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PRISONERS OF WAR

I.  Introduction.

        A.  General.

                1.  These regulations are published for the guidance of those concerned with the military custody of prisoners of war in continental United States, and will also be applied in theaters outside the continental United States to such extent as is deemed feasible by the theater commanders concerned.  They supersede conflicting Army Regulations, Circulars and Manuals, including Tentative Internee Regulations enlisted Civilian Enemy Aliens and Prisoners of War (without date but published April 1942); Memorandum #3,  Request of Foreign Officials to Visit Internment Camps - 24 April 1942;  Memorandum #4, Internees' Complaints - 24 April 1942;  Letter 17 September 1942, Internee Mail;  Letter 3 November 1942, Internee Mail;  Letter 26 November 1942, Free Postage for Internee Mail;  Letter 9 December 1942, Internee Mail and Telegrams; Letter 14 January 1943, Routing of Incoming Domestic Internee Mail via District Postal Censor; Letter 29 January1943, Red Cross Express Messages;  Letter 2 February 1943, Censorship of Books and Parcels;  Letter 12 February 1943, Internee Parcels;  Letter 25 March 1943, Newspapers and Magazines for Prisoners of War;  Letter 26 March 1943, Internee Mail;  W.D. Memorandum No. S340-9-43, 19 May 1943, Handling of Internee Mail;  W.D. Memorandum

W580-6-43, 21 August 1943, Compensation for Injured Prisoners of War;  W.D. Memorandum S580-5-43, 30 July 1943, Payment of Prisoner of War Orderlies;  W.D. Memoranda W580-3-43, 27 June 1943, Mo. W580-3-43, 16 July 1943, and No. W580-3-43, 21 July 1943, Prisoners of War Supplies; W.D. Memorandum No. W580-1-43, 15 June 1943, Serial Numbers for Prisoners of War;  W.D. Memoranda AG 383.6 (3-26-43)  OB-S SPMGA-M, 9 April 1943, and No. W580-1-43, 15 June 1943, Serial Numbers for Prisoners of War.  These are superseded by reason of their inclusion of these regulations or otherwise.

                4.  Article 2 of the first Convention referred to provides:  "Prisoners of war are in the power of the hostile Power,

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but not of the individuals or corps who have captured them.  They must at all times be humanely treated and protected, particularly against acts of violence, insults, and public curiosity.  Measures of reprisal against them are prohibited."

                5.  Article 3 of the same Convention provides:  "Prisoners of war have the right to have their person and their honor respected.  Women shall be treated with all regard due to their sex.  Prisoners retain their full civil status.

        B.  Definitions.

                6.  The term "Geneva Convention" as used in these Regulations refers to the Convention of July 27, 1929, Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War.

                7.  Every person included in the following classes who is captured by the Armed Forces of the United States because of war is while in custody entitled under international law to be recognized and treated as a prisoner of war:

                        a.  Members of the enemy Armed Forces, both military and naval, including both combatants and noncombatants in service with those forces, with the exception of protected personnel (chaplains and medical and sanitary personnel).  If it is found necessary to detain protected personnel, they will, pending repatriation, receive treatment no less favorable than that accorded prisoners of war of equivalent rank.

                        b.  All persons accompanying or serving with the

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armed forces of the enemy, whom the captor nation believed it expedient to detain, provided they are in possession of an appropriate certificate of identity from the military authorities of the armed forces which they are accompanying.

                        c.  Citizens of an enemy country who rise en masse to defend their territory or district from invasion, who satisfy the requirements of Article 1 or Article 2 of the Hague Regulations (FM 27-10, par. 9a or 9b).

                        d.  High civil functionaries, including the sovereign and members of the royal family, the president or chief of a state, and the ministers who direct the policy of a state, whether or not they accompany the enemy Armed Forces.

                        e.  Civil officials and diplomatic agents attached to the enemy Armed Forces.

                        f.  Persons whose services are of particular use to the hostile army or its government, such as the higher civil officials, diplomatic agents, couriers, guides, etc., also all persons who may be harmful to the opposing state while at liberty, such as prominent and influential political leaders, journalists, local authorities, clergymen, and teachers, in case they incite the people to resistance, may be made prisoners of war.

                        g.  Civilians entitled to be treated as prisoners of war under the provisions of subparagraphs b through f above, will be treated as officers or enlisted men in accordance with

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the information on their certificate of identity, if within the provisions of subparagraph b, or, if not within this subparagraph, in accordance with their duties while with the armed forces, or their standing in civilian life, so far as these can be determined.  In case of doubt, civilians will be treated as enlisted men.

                8.  The word "prisoners" as used herein refers to all prisoners of war, save where specific exception is made in the text.  The phrase "officer prisoners" includes warrant officers who have the assimilated rank of commissioned officers and civilian prisoners of war entitled to be treated as such in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 7g above.

                9.  The Commanding Officer of a prisoner of war camp will be referred to in these regulations as "Camp Commander."

        C.  Jurisdiction of The Provost Marshal General.

                10.  Under the provisions of paragraph 7, AR-10-15, the Personnel Division, W.D.G.S., is the agency responsible for plans and policies affecting personnel of the Army of the United States and personnel in the service of the Armed Forces of the United States who are prisoners of war, and enemy prisoners of war including, with respect to enemy prisoners of war in the continental United States, their internment or other disposition, location, employment, treatment, and security.  Within the Army Service Forces, The Provost Marshal General exercises staff supervision over the internment, care and treatment of prisoners and is charged with the application of the terms of the Geneva Convention.  Subject to staff supervision

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by the Personnel Division, W.D.G.S., The Provost Marshal General's responsibilities include:

                        a.  Supervision and execution of War Department policies to make effective the provisions of this Convention.

                        b.  The discharge of the War Department's responsibility in the supervision and administration of arrangements between belligerent powers with reference to prisoners of war.

                        c.  The supervision and administration of all matters affecting prisoners of war arising under arrangements or dealings with neutral powers or agencies, including the Central Agency for Information in neutral countries, and the PRotecting Powers.

                        d.  Formulating the necessary rules and regulations relative to the War Department's responsibility in the control of prisoners of war.

                        e.  Coordination with other Federal Agencies of policies and procedures concerning prisoners of war.

                        f.  Establishment and operation of the Prisoner of War Information Bureau and the Enemy Alien Information Bureau.

                11.  The prisoner of War Information Bureau is established in the Office of The Provost Marshal General pursuant to Article 77 of the Geneva Convention.  This Bureau is charged with the following duties:

                        a.  To receive reports and maintain records

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concerning enemy prisoners and concerning Americans held as prisoners of war by the enemy.

                        b.  To collect and maintain current information respecting capture, internments, transfers, releases, exchanges, escapes, hospitalization, deaths, burials, and other information necessary to the record of each prisoner.

                        c.  To reply to inquiries concerning prisoners.

                        d.  To receive and keep safely the wills of prisoners and personal effects of deceased prisoners.

                        e.  To transmit periodically to the Protecting Powers and the Central Agency of the International Red Cross Committee information to facilitate the identification of each prisoner.

        D.  Jurisdiction of Service Commanders and Camp Commanders.

                12.  Prisoner of war camps will be operated under the direction and supervision of the Commanding General of the appropriate Service Command in accordance with War Department regulations and directives.

                13.  The camp commander under the jurisdiction of the post commander, if any, will command the camp and be responsible for its operation, administration, management, and the control and treatment of the prisoners of war in his care.

II.  Prisoner of War Facilities.

        A.  Designation of Facilities.

                14.  Military facilities for the reception, detention,

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and internment of prisoners are designated Prisoner of War Collecting Points, Prisoner of War Inclosures and Prisoner of War Camps.

                15.  Prisoner of War Collecting Points are localities designated in the areas of front line combat divisions for the assemblage of prisoners, pending examination and arrangement for further evacuation.

                16.  Prisoner of War Inclosures are installations with facilities for the processing and temporary detention of prisoners in combat or communication zones.  Inclosures are established by Commanding Generals of Theaters of Operations or field Armies, and in special instances by corps or divisions.

                17.  Prisoner of War Camps are installations established for the internment of prisoners.  The address of these camps will follow the designation "Prisoner of War Camp" as a means of identification, for example, Prisoner of War Camp, Alva, Oklahoma, and Prisoner of War Camp, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

                18.  Prisoner of War Compounds are fenced-off subdivisions of prisoner of war camps.

        B.  Construction of Prisoner of War Camps.

                19.  Prisoner of War camps are constructed at sites approved by the Commanding General, Army Service Forces.  The type of construction of prisoner of war camps is equivalent to that provided for United States troops at base camps.

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                22.  In theater of operations, shelter for each Prisoner of War Inclosure will be of temporary construction.  Available facilities will be utilized when possible.

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        C.  Officer Prisoners.

                23.  Officer prisoners will be sheltered and messed in camps or compounds separate from noncommissioned officers and privates.  They will be provided quarters consistent with their rank.

III.  Processing of Prisoners.

        A.  Personnel Record.

                24.  Basic Personnel Record, W.D., P.M.G. Form No. 2 will be prepared to the extent possible by the first unit which is able to effect at least partial processing.  This record will contain the name of the prisoner, his serial number, photograph, fingerprints, inventory of personal effects and other personal data.  Typewriters will be used in preparing this record if available, otherwise pen and ink or indelible pencil, in which case names will be written in imitation of printed capitals.  Signatures will be written in black ink if available.

Amended Cir #2       

                25.  The Commanding officer of the prisoner of war inclosure is responsible for the preparation of the Basic Personnel Record unless this record has been completed previously.  The record will be prepared in quadruplicate.  The original will accompany the prisoner and three copies will be forwarded to the Prisoner of War Information Bureau.

                26.  Pursuant to agreement between the War and Navy Departments, the Basic Personnel Record for prisoners received from the Navy Department will be accomplished by the Navy in quintuplicate prior to the transfer of the prisoners to the Army.  One copy will

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be signed and returned to the Navy as a receipt for the prisoner.  Four copies will be delivered to the Army, the original of which will accompany the prisoner, and three will be forwarded to the Prisoner of War Information Bureau.

        B  Serial Numbers.

                27.  A serial number will be assigned each prisoner.  Numbers assigned under previous regulations will be retained.  Prisoners not already processed will be assigned serial numbers in accordance with the following regulations.

                28.  Serial numbers for prisoners captured by the Army of the United States normally will be assigned at the first prisoner of war inclosure or prisoner of war camp to which the prisoner is sent.  The serial numbers for prisoners will consist of two components separated from each other by a dash.  The first component will consist of two symbols as follows:

                        a.  The first symbol will be a number designating the command in which the prisoner was captured.  The numbers used are as follows:  1 for Eastern Defense Command;  2 for Greenland Base Command;  3 for Western Sector, Crimson Project;  4 for Eastern Sector, Crimson Project;  5 for Western Defense Command;  6 for Central Defense Command;  7 for Southern Defense Command;  8 for Northwest Service Command;  21 for Caribbean Defense Command;  22 for U.S. Army Forces, South Atlantic;  31 for U.S. Army Forces in the European Theater of Operations;  41 for U.S. Army Forces in the Central Pacific Area;

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42 for U.S. Army Forces in South Pacific Area;  51 for Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area; 61 for U.S. Army Forces, China, Burma, and India, Forward Echelon;  62 for U.S. Army Forces, China, Burma, and India, Rear Echelon;  71 for U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East; 71 for U.S. Army Forces in Central Africa;  81 for U.S. Forces in the North African Theater of Operations.

                        b.  The second symbol will be the first letter of the name of the enemy country in whose armed forces the prisoner was serving, e.g., "G" for Germany, "J" for Japan, and "I" for Italy.

                29.  The second Component will consist of an individual number assigned consecutively to each prisoner processed in the appropriate command irrespective of which country he served.  Thus, the first prisoner processed by the U.S. Army Forces in the European Theater of Operations, if a German, would be assigned 31G-1 and the tenth prisoner processed by the same command, if an Italian, would be assigned 31I-10.  The first prisoner processed by the U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East, if a German, would be assigned 71G-1 and the tenth prisoner processed by the U.S. Army Forces in Central Africa, if an Italian, would be assigned 72I-10.

                30.  The commanding general of the appropriate command in his discretion may assign blocks of numbers to the subcommands or stations within his command.  Numbers for commands established in the future will be designated by the Commanding General, Army

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Service Forces.

                31.  Prisoners transferred to continental United States without having been processed by the capturing command and those captured within the Service Command will be processed by the Service Command at the prisoner of war camp where they are first delivered.  Serial numbers for prisoners in this class will consist of two components.  The first component will contain three symbols.  The first symbol will be the number representing the appropriate Service Command, from one to nine, inclusive.  The second symbol will be a "W" to represent the War Department and to show that the prisoner, except for those captured in the nine service commands, was not processed by the capturing command.  The third symbol will be the first letter of the name of the country he served, e.g., "G" for Germany, "J" for Japan, and "I" for Italy.  The second component will consist of an individual number assigned consecutively to each prisoner processed in the Service Command irrespective of which country he served or where captured.  The first prisoner processed in the Second Service Command, if a German, would be 2WG-1 and the tenth prisoner processed in the same Service Command, if an Italian, would be 2WI-10.

                32.  a.  It is to be expected that many prisoners will arrive in the United States without having been assigned serial numbers.  The preceding paragraph provides for the assignment of serial numbers to prisoners in this category.  These serial numbers will

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be assigned at the direction of the commanding generals of the respective service commands.  Each commanding general may assign blocks of numbers to the subcommands or stations within his command.

Rescinded New Par. Cir. #10

                        b.  With reference to prisoners who arrive in this country without serial numbers, it frequently cannot be determined for a long time whether or not serial numbers in particular cases were assigned overseas.  From the standpoint of identification it is necessary to have serial numbers assigned without too much delay.  The commanding general of each service command may therefore assign serial numbers whenever he deems it necessary to prisoners who arrive in the service command without previously having been assigned numbers, and in instances where it cannot readily be determined whether or not numbers have been previously assigned.  In each case where a second number has been assigned before it was known that one had been assigned previously, the first number will be the controlling one and will be used to identify the prisoner.  The second number, which becomes obsolete, will not be assigned to anyone else.

                        c.  As soon as prisoners have been processed and assigned serial numbers as hereinbefore designated, three copies of W.D., P.M.G. Form No. 2 (Prisoners of War--Basic Personnel Record) will be forwarded to the Prisoner of War Information Bureau, Provost Marshal General's Office.  The Prisoner of War Information Bureau will also be notified in instances where it

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becomes known that more than one serial number has been assigned to a prisoner.  This notice will contain the serial number first assigned and also the obsolete number.

                33.  Pursuant to agreement between the War and Navy Departments, prisoners captured by the United States Navy will be assigned serial numbers by the Navy Department as soon as practicable, following the landing at a naval shore station.  Each serial number will consist of to components, separated by a dash, as follows:  The first component will include the numerical designation of the Naval District in which the shore station is located, and a letter indicating the nationality of the prisoner using a "G" for German, an "I" for Italian and a "J" for Japanese, etc.  The second component will consist of the number assigned to the individual prisoner and the symbol "NA" showing that the prisoner was captured by the Navy.  Each Naval District will assign consecutive numbers as prisoners are received and processed.  As an illustration, the fourth prisoner received and processed at the Naval Shore Station in the Fourteenth Naval District, if a Japanese, would be assigned 14J-4NA, and the twenty-fifth prisoner received and processed in the Fifth Naval District, if a German, would be assigned 5G-25NA.  In lieu of having the numbers run consecutively within a District, the Commandant may, in his discretion, assign any shore activity therein a block of numbers.

                34.  Prisoners captured by Allied Nations and transferred

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to the custody of the United States will retain the serial numbers assigned by the capturing nation.  If serial numbers have not been assigned by the Allied Nations, numbers will be assigned as though the prisoners had been captured by the Army of the United States.

        C.  Personal Effects.

                35.  It is the responsibility of the officer in direct custodial charge of prisoners to safeguard the money, valuables and personal effects on the person or in the immediate possession of each prisoner.  Property found in the possession of a prisoner may be in one of four classes:

                        a.  Personal effects which he may be allowed to retain.

 

                        b.  Personal effects taken from him temporarily but returned as soon as practicable.

                        c.  Personal effects which he is not permitted to retain while interned, including money and any article which may be used to facilitate escape.

                        d.  Articles which he is not permitted to retain at any time and which will be confiscated.

                36.  Each prisoner will be searched individually when captured.  Prisoners captured by Allied Nations will be searched upon delivery to the Armed Forces of the United States.  Prisoners will be permitted to retain clothing, insignia, decorations, identification cards or tags, and helmets and gas

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masks when necessary.  All equipment and implements of war, ammunition, bombs, explosives or material used in manufacture of explosives, army code or cipher, or army picture, map or sketch of a military or naval installation will be confiscated.  Signal devices, including flash lights, cameras, field glasses, binoculars, radio transmitters and short wave receiving sets will be denied prisoners while interned.  The possession of other articles considered dangerous may be denied prisoners.  The camp commander may receive for safekeeping valuables, clothing, or other personal effects of prisoners.

                37.  Personal effects which are ultimately to be returned to the prisoner while interned or when released will accompany the prisoner during transfer and be delivered to the camp commander.

                38.  All valuables, clothing and personal effects, including all goods received or taken away from the prisoners except military equipment and implements of war will be inventoried, marked, identified and, when necessary, securely bound or packaged.  It is the responsibility of the officer in charge to insure the safekeeping of all money and other valuables belonging to the prisoners.  Statement of Inventory, W.D., P.M.G. Form No. 3, will be executed in triplicate and signed by the prisoner and the officer in charge.  The duplicate will be given to the prisoner.  The prisoner will place his initials opposite each item returned, on both the original and duplicate receipts.  Any item which has

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been confiscated or the possession of which has been denied other than military equipment and implements of war will be noted accordingly on all receipts.  The original receipt will accompany the prisoner during transfers.  The triplicate receipt will be forwarded to the Prisoner of War Information Bureau.

Amended by Cir.       # 10

                39.  Upon each transfer of the prisoner, the personal effects not returned to the prisoner will be delivered to the camp commander or other receiving officer.  The receiving officer will assure himself that the personal effects are in accord with the inventory and receipt in the possession of the prisoner.  He will give the delivering officer a receipt for all money, valuables, personal effects, receipts, inventories and other records received for the prisoner.

                40.  Camp commanders will forward to the Prisoner of War Branch, Military Intelligence Service, War Department, any captured documents containing information relating to battle order, new weapons, intentions or morale.  After review, such documents will be returned to the camp commander for delivery to the prisoner.

IV.  Organization of Prisoners.

                41.  So far as possible, prisoners of more than one nationality or race will not be interned in any one prisoner of war camp.  Upon arrival at camps, prisoners will be assigned to companies of approximately 250 prisoners each.  In the event of transfer from one camp to another within the zone of the interior, prior to departure the prisoners involved will be officially notified of their destination.

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                42.  Each company will be commanded by a commissioned officer of the Army of the United States.  There will be assigned also to each company the following military personnel:  1 sergeant, grade to be determined by the Service Command, 1 mess and supply sergeant, 1 corporal company clerk, and if necessary 2 cooks.

Substitute New Par. 42-C

                43.  At each prisoner of war camp, prisoners will select from their number a spokesman to represent them a agent intermediary before the military authorities and the Protecting Powers.  The selection of the spokesman and his continuance in that capacity will be subject to the approval of the camp commander.  In camps of officer prisoners and assimilies, the senior officer prisoner in the highest grade, unless incapacitated or incompetent, will be recognized as the spokesman.  Medical personnel and chaplains are not considered prisoners of war and are not eligible to act as spokesman of prisoners.  If camps are occupied by both officer and enlisted men prisoners, each of these groups will be represented by its respective spokesmen.  The camp commander in his discretion may authorize the selection by the prisoners of such additional spokesmen for prisoner units as he may deem appropriate.  These additional spokesmen may be removed at the will of the camp commander.

                44.  In addition to their other duties the spokesmen will be responsible for the maintenance and cleanliness of the quarters of their respective units.  They may also be used to relay orders to their units.

                45.  Officer prisoners will be assigned orderlies from enlisted prisoners of the same nationality on the basis of one

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orderly for each general officer, one for each group of three field officers and one for each group of six company officers.  In addition cooks necessary for officers will be assigned from among enlisted prisoners.

Roster Amended Cir. #2

                46.  a.  An additional roster arranged alphabetically showing last name, first name, rank (German abbreviation), internment serial number, date of birth, name of next of kin, address of next of kin (See W.D., P.M.G. Form No. 28, 1 September 1943) will be prepared by each camp commander immediately upon the arrival at the camp of German prisoners of war.  This roster will indicate the SPMGA number and Main number when available.  An initial roster giving last name, first name, rank (Italian abbreviation), internment serial number, place of birth including provence, date of birth, name of next of kin, address of next of kin (See W.D., P.M.G. Form No. 29, 1 September 1943) will be prepared by each camp commander upon the arrival at the camp of Italian prisoners of war.  This roster will indicate the SPMGA number and Main number when available.  These rosters will be forwarded in duplicate direct to the Prisoner of War Information Bureau, Office of The Provost Marshal General.

                        b.   camp roster arranged alphabetically by company containing the same information as initial roster will be forwarded in duplicate quarterly direct to Prisoner of War Information Bureau, Office of The Provost Marshal General.

                47.  A strength report of prisoners in custody will be submitted to The Provost Marshal General through channels by each camp commander on W.D., P.M.G. Form No. 8 whenever there is a change in number of prisoners.

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V.  Supplies.

                48.  Approved items of clothing and equipage, general supplies, subsistence and fuel will be supplied by the service commander upon requisition.

                49.  Except as circumstances warrant or climate requires, no uniform or suit will be issued as a replacement to a prisoner who is not an officer until the one in which he was captured has become unfit for use.  The uniforms of prisoners will be renovated and used when practicable.  Prisoners will be permitted to wear insignia of rank and decorations.

                50.  Except for clothing of officer prisoners and the national uniforms of prisoner enlisted men, outer garments worn by prisoners will be marked in the following manner:

                        a.  All coats, shirts, blouses and jackets will be marked across the back with the letters "P W" six inches high and in like manner on the front of each sleeve between the elbow and shoulder with letters four inches high.

                        b.  Trousers will be marked in the same manner with letters four inches high across the back immediately below the belt and on the front of each leg immediately above the knee.

                        c.  Black indelible ink will be used for stenciling light colored or white clothing and white or light shade of ink or paint with a zinc base will be used on dark clothing.  In the discretion of the camp commander serial numbers or other identification marks may be written or stamped on the inside of any prisoner clothing for identification.

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                        d.  Each prisoner of war camp will be furnished sets of stencils by the Quartermaster General, through the Service Command, for marking prisoners' clothing.

Amended Cir # 2 New Par. Flag & Emblem

                51.  Articles of the United States Army uniform will not be issued unless altered in a manner that will prevent them from being mistaken for parts of the Army uniform.  All outer garments will be dyed dark blue by the Quartermaster before issue to prisoner of war camps.  However, officer prisoners will be permitted to so alter or decorate their uniforms as to permit officer uniforms to be distinguished from those of enlisted prisoners.  Officer prisoners also may be permitted to wear uniforms purchased by themselves of the same general pattern, design and color as their own national uniform.

                52.  The following is a table of allowance of clothing and equipage for prisoners:

Item                                                          Quantity per individual
Bags, Barrack	1
Bed, Sacks	2
Belts, Waist	1
Blankets or Comforters	2
Breeches, cotton, or trousers, working, denim	2 (pair)*
Caps, or Hats cotton	1
Coat, Cotton Khaki or Coat, working, denim	2*
Coats, wool	1
Cots, canvas	1
Drawers, cotton	4 (pair)
Gloves or Mittens	1 (pair)

* When deemed necessary by the camp commander.

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Item                                                          Quantity per individual
Leggings (When Breeches are issued)		1 (pair)
Overcoats (or suitable substitute)		1
Raincoat (dismounted)		1
Pillows		1
Shirts		2
Shoes		1 (pair)
	A second pair of shoes is authorized for issue when deemed necessary by the camp commander to safeguard the health of prisoners against inclement weather
Socks		4 (pair)
Trousers or Breeches (wool)		2 (pair)
Undershirts, cotton		4
	Straw or an adequate substitute for bedding may be issued at the rate of 15 pounds per man per month.
	In addition, the following items are authorized for officer prisoners:
Cases, pillow		2
Chair, steel or folding		1
Cot, steel or bedstead, wooden		1
Covers, mattress		2**
Mattress		1
Sheets, bed		4

                53.  Items of clothing and equipage will be supplied from the following sources in the indicated order of priority:

                        (1)  Obsolete Stock.

**In lieu of, not in addition to, bed sacks

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