Egypt’s army regulated soldiers’ latrine breaks under threat of jail

Evidence

So meticulous was the control of the soldiers during the march that even going to the latrine was specified in the law: Art. 432 of Qānūn al-Dākhiliyya stipulated that any soldier or corporal wanting to go to the latrine during the march should give his rifle to one of his colleagues and march quickly to the latrine and be back with no delay, otherwise he should be imprisoned in the military jail. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 719

Categorization

• CANDY: The startling specificity of a military code legislating latrine logistics is a vivid, tellable fact about the depth of 19th-century drill discipline.
• XREF: connects to: Supply failures forced Egyptian soldiers to wear ceremonial uniforms daily in violation of regulations — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1145; Egyptian military regulations were routinely at odds with soldiers’ actual daily lives — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1107; Egypt’s army conscription manifested a new disciplinary power over bodies — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 728 (+4 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Supply failures forced Egyptian soldiers to wear ceremonial uniforms daily in violation of regulations — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1145; Egyptian military regulations were routinely at odds with soldiers’ actual daily lives — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1107; Egypt’s army conscription manifested a new disciplinary power over bodies — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 728 (+4 more)