The army replaced brute force with twice-daily roll-calls to catch deserters

Evidence

Ahmed Bey, the Colonel of the 10th Regiment, who was appointed in charge of the fortress of Acre after its fall, wrote to Ibrahim Pasha complaining of the situation, and instead of requesting the dispatch of bedouin troops to catch the deserters, he suggested a simple, but effective solution: a roll-call (tadad), he said, should be taken twice a day; those found missing would be recorded as firar, i.e. as deserters, and when found a day or more later the penalty for desertion would be inflicted on them. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 628

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

Related

• Egyptian soldiers sacked Acre after its 1832 fall, prompting the roll-call discipline system (similarity 0.82)
• Desertion was widespread even among the desertion-catching guard regiments (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Even the guards and elite regiments tasked with catching deserters deserted themselves #contradicts (0.55) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1344