Q. Did you ever go round and inspect or go down and inspect the interior of the hold?

A. I did.

Q. Approximately how many times?

A. Once in two days, sometimes I did it every day . . .

Q. Did the prisoners-of-war get the same scale, same amount of rations as Japanese and the Korean guards?

A. They were receiving the same amount.

Q. Did you ever inspect the rations?

A. I did . . .

Q. Were any facilities given for; were any soap or towels ever given to the prisoners-of-war or did they wash themselves?

A. On board the ship no such thing was supplied.

Q. Do you think the cleanliness on board the ship was important?

A. It is important.

Q. Do you think that the cleanliness of the body important?

A. I thought that was very important, therefore I had encouraged to keep their bodies clean.

Q. Did you make any effort to provide in getting any soap for them?

A. I had approached the man in charge in the ship but he told me that it was not according to regulations that the ship should supply those things.

Q. When you came down with them as a draft from the Thailand prisoners-of-war Camp did you not try and assure that each prisoner had sufficient soap to last them up the journey?

A. I did acquire for them.

Q. In other words, some of them had soap then.

A. They had soap.

Q. I know you might not be able to answer this question but do you know what was the fresh water situation like on board the ship?

A. Does that include tea or you are asking only about the fresh water?

Q. I am just talking about fresh water.

A. I had allowed them to get fresh water.

Q. How often?

A. A healthy person was allowed to have one water bottle full of water and apart from them the sick were allowed to have as much water as they required . . .

Q. When you stopped at Manila were any of the prisoners allowed off the shore?

A. At Manila a few prisoners were allowed to go on shore to transport vegetables into the ship. They were only allowed to remain on the wharves.

Q. Did any prisoners ask to go ashore to buy fresh fruit etc. for the sick?

A. No one was allowed.

Q. Did anyone ask if they could go ashore?

A. No one asked to be allowed to go on shore to buy those things but they asked the Japanese soldiers to buy fruits for them.

Q. Do you think it would be a good idea to get these prisoners ashore in order that they could get some exercise, some fresh air?

A. The Anchorage Command never allowed any PoW to be taken around in the town . . .

Q. How many sick were there approximately?

A. About 150.

Q. Did the sick receive any special food?

A. They were getting rice gruel and soup.