Egyptian army officials conducted daily minute inspections of every soldier’s body

Evidence

At eight o’clock on Thursday 3rd of Şaban 1247 [7 January 1832] on investigating the soldiers of the eight companies of the 1st Battalion of the Guardia Regiment, no disease was discovered among the musicians of the companies (musikicilerde hasta yoktur). Their tents were also found clean and warm. However, the sergeant-major of the 5th Company had hurt the thumb of his left hand while pulling a cannon. It was also discovered that a thorn had penetrated the skin between the fourth and little toes of the right foot of the fifth corporal of the same company causing an inflammation … One of the soldiers of the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion of the same regiment had the skin of his right ankle scratched as a result of his [tight] shoe rubbing against it … On seeing signs of syphilis in the mouth of the sixth corporal of the 7th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the same regiment his major was ordered to send him to the [field] hospital. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1152

Categorization

• XREF: Evidence that the Egyptian army run by Muhammad Ali adopted European inspection-discipline as touched on in earlier campaign chapters. — connects to: Egyptian military regulations spatially mapped every soldier into barracks through name labeling. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 712; The Egyptian army tracked every soldier through registers matched against physical property. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 725; Egyptian military manuals imposed minute schedules to discipline soldiers’ every activity — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 721 (+5 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Egyptian military regulations spatially mapped every soldier into barracks through name labeling. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 712; The Egyptian army tracked every soldier through registers matched against physical property. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 725; Egyptian military manuals imposed minute schedules to discipline soldiers’ every activity — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 721 (+5 more)