Latrine visits during marches were regulated by law to prevent desertion.

Evidence

At the end of the day a count would be taken giving the number and description of broken or lost equipment as well as the number of desertions. 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

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