Paper rolls and inventories were the core instruments for controlling soldiers

Evidence

After interning the soldiers in barracks it was not enough to control their movements; a need was felt to have a close inspection and analysis of their stillness. A strict regime was established creating presences and checking them. Similarly, absences had to be known, proven and accounted for. The most powerful tool in controlling men, their activities and their bodies appeared to be no more than a piece of paper: the roll-call and the inventory list. It was through these tables that the authorities came to observe the presences of the soldiers and their absences; it was according to the inventory list that equipment was accounted for and distributed; and it was by the drawing up of hospital journals (yevmiyyet) that patients were distributed in hospitals, segregated from each other and their diseases systematically classified. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 722

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Paper roll-calls and inventory lists were the army’s key tools for controlling soldiers.; Egyptian army conscription made soldiers’ bodies objects of scientific study and control — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 728; Standardizing soldiers’ bodies enabled aggregating them into one battalion-level force — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 735 (+5 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Paper roll-calls and inventory lists were the army’s key tools for controlling soldiers.; Egyptian army conscription made soldiers’ bodies objects of scientific study and control — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 728; Standardizing soldiers’ bodies enabled aggregating them into one battalion-level force — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 735 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Paper roll-calls and inventory lists were the army’s key tools for controlling soldiers. #corroborates (1.00)
• Small everyday acts of resistance effectively challenged the army’s total control #complicates (0.75) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 25