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prisoners received no pay during the time they were on bread and water。
Corporals received fifty per cent。 more pay than privates察 and sergeants
and company clerks one hundred per cent。 more。 Prisoners were required
to work eight hours each day察Sundays excepted´commencing at eight a。
m。察with one hour for dinner察and ending at five p。 m。察and to attend night
school from six p。 m。 until eight p。 m。 five nights in the week察and once a
week musicians and singers visited the prison and gave entertainments。
The company quarters were only one´story high察 but were large and
well ventilated察being eighty feet square with wide verandas and furnished
with steam and hot water pipes for cold weather察and lighted throughout
by incandescent lamps。
The beds were all singly arranged in rows and well furnished with
mattresses察blankets察sheets and pillows察and the room had nine large wash
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basins at one end of the room察 where all the company could wash their
hands and faces and comb their hair。
The captains were required to sleep in the same rooms with the
prisoners察 and to eat with them in the dining´room察 and were held
responsible for their care and good conduct。 He could sentence them for
misconduct to three days on bread and water察but for serious offences they
were tried by a Court of three Judges察appointed by the Minister of Justice。
The regimental dining´room where all the companies dined was
divided into three sections察with partitions eight feet high between them察
each section having a door connecting with the kitchen察 and the food
furnished of good quality察but differing in degree according to grade。
The hospital was on one side of the square察and was fitted with every
modern appliance and at the distance of half a mile was a pest house察to
which all prisoners suffering from leprosy察 cancer察 syphilis and other
malignant diseases察were consigned。 What most attracted my attention was
the bath house察a one´story building察one hundred feet long察adjoining the
laundry。 It had a swimming tank in the middle of it sixty feet long察forty
feet wide and twelve feet deep。 At the two ends were porcelain bathtubs
for the old and feeble察with hot and cold water faucets察and on one side
were shower´bath nozzles overhead察with hot and cold water connections察
on the side next the laundry were rows of shelves reaching to the ceiling
and numbered from one to eighteen hundred察holding a change of clothing
for the entire regiment of prisoners察 with a passageway and counter in
front察and every prisoner was compelled to bathe on every Sunday察passing
over the counter the clothes worked in察 when they had undressed and
when they had bathed察they received clothes察washed and ironed察to put on。
Any prisoner who did not bathe was placed in solitary confinement for
three days on bread and water察 then taken to the bathhouse and well
scrubbed。
Two prisoners were assigned to work as chiropodists to keep the feet
of the prisoners in good condition察and the laundrymen察besides washing
and ironing all the clothes察 sheets and pillowcases察 had to wash and
disinfect all the blankets once a month。 There were no walls surrounding
the prison building察but the reservation being the headquarters of an army
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corps with barracks on all sides察escapes by prisoners were very rare。
On marching out of the dining´room after breakfast the roll was called察
and also after supper察by the captains of companies察and after nine p。 m。
the doors were locked and no smoking or talking was permitted。
A parole commissioner appointed by the Minister of Justice resided at
the prison察 who was also Superintendent of the Night School察 with
authority to parole any prisoner according to law that in his judgment was
a fit person to be paroled。 A paroled prisoner察if he did not have friends to
take care of him察 was given employment by the Government察 and no
money deposit was required。 The Government paid over to him what
money he had earned察 and gave him a dress suit and a working suit of
clothes and two changes of underclothing´by those acts of justice giving
him encouragement to become a useful member of society。 He was
required to report by a letter once a month to the Governor of the District
from which he came察and the Governor was authorized by law to pardon
him when he thought proper。 Those rules and regulations applied equally
to both sexes。
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CHAPTER IV。
THE BANK OF EURASIA。
Leaving the prison察 I returned to the Capitol and察 calling at the
Department of Finance察 was given a copy of the laws governing it察 and
learned that it operated under the name of the Bank of Eurasia察 with
headquarters in the capital察having a branch in every district and in every
town of one thousand inhabitants or more。 It paid out all money owed by
the Government and received and receipted for all taxes due察and accepted
all deposits from one dollar upwards察and issued all banknotes and bills of
exchange察 and in consequence there were no panics and no necessity of
issuing clearing´house certificates。 To avoid the folly of locking up large
amounts of money received for taxes each year on the one hand察 or
permitting stock´gamblers and money´sharks察on the other hand察to use it察
each district was allowed by law to issue district banknotes of one dollar
denomination察 guaranteed by the Government察 drawing two per cent。 a
year interest up to eighty per cent。 of the yearly expenses of the district。
The taxes were payable on the first day of November察and if not paid on
that day a delinquent tax of ten per cent。 The banknotes issued by the
district were called in and canceled by this means察keeping the money of
the people in circulation。
Every branch bank in a district was required to send daily accounts of
all money received and paid out to the central branch bank of the district察
which in turn sent a daily account of all bank transactions in the district to
the Bank of Eurasia at the capital。 No district treasurers were required察nor
treasurers in any department of the Government察but vouchers to be paid
by the Government had to be signed and scaled by the proper authorities。
The bank also conducted a National Lottery察with tickets for sale at every
branch bank for one dollar per ticket察drawings monthly察and the highest
prize drawn was five thousand dollars察 and the lowest five dollars。 Five
per cent。 of the gross proceeds going to the Government for the
maintenance and education of orphan children。 The amount received each
month and the names of the prize winners was published in the National
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Gazette a weekly paper察 and a copy sent to every prize winner。 This
paper was published by the Government and every voter was free to
subscribe for it without cost察but no advertisements were allowed in it。 It
published the work of every department of the Government and all bills
approved by Parliament察and all laws recommended by the Parliament for
whilst the Parliament could approve and legalize all Government
expenditures察it could only recommend by a two´thirds vote the amending
or creating of any acts pertaining to the Political察Civil and Penal Codes察
which had to go before the people at the next general election察when they
became the law of the land by a two´thirds vote of the qualified voters
who took part in the election察 and had a universal circulation察 as the
Government owned and operated all railways察 telegraphs察 teleposts察
telephones察 wireless telegraphy stations and levees察 all wa