TCD MS 3416 page 84
[December 1916]
[in]formed me that there was a man, obviously a European gentleman, in the lane; I ran down to find the same was Mr Brossier, who together with M. Fischer were making a tour of inspection round the prisoners camps on behalf of the International Society of Geneva: we were all delighted to see them, and we hastened to collect our innumerable complaints which we had already written out on paper. Col Chitty and Major Baines had compiled very accurate accounts of our treatment from the general & Medical points of view, they had also a true account of the treatment which we had received at the hands of the Comdt of Angora when we passed through that town on our way to Yozgad. M. Fischer interviewed Col Chitty, who did not in any way mince matters, while M. Brossier came round our rooms.
I had the opportunity of having an undisturbed interview with him, and each of us in turn explained “That Kaizim Bey, our Comdt was openly inamicable, neglectful, & discourteous, & that if only he could be removed that there would be more chance of us becoming as contented as our fellow prisoners at Afion Kara Hissa and Kashamounie, and that there would be more likelihood of our leaving Turkey with more good will and less animosity against the Turk.”