42 BULLETIN 583, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The camp clerk acted as the deputy warden's assistant in the 
management of the camp, and in the absence of that officer was 
in full charge of the camp. It also was his duty to keep all camp 
records, to prepare all requisitions for supplies with the approval 
of the deputy, and to receive such supplies when delivered. He was 
in full charge of the commissary and of the issuing of food and sup- 
plies to the cook, foremen, etc. His entire salary and the full cost 
of his board are properly chargeable against the cost of camp main- 
tenance. 
The work of the night watchman is implied by the name. He 
entered upon his duties each day with the return of the convicts 
from the road work and remained responsible for the safety of the 
camp property and the security of the convicts until the force was 
sent to work again in the morning. His entire salary and the expense 
of his board are chargeable against the maintenance cost. 
The two foremen were in charge of parts of the road work under 
the deputy warden. Incidentally, of course, they exercised a reas- 
onable surveillance over the convicts, but as the work could not have 
been carried on successfully with less than two foremen, and as their 
duties resembled those of foremen in charge of squads of free workmen 
more closely than those of convict guards, it is believed that their 
salaries and board are properly chargeable to the construction work. 
None of the officers was armed in any way. 
The cost of camp supervision for the months from January 10 
to July 10 are shown in Table 30. 
Table 30. — Costs of camp supervision from January 10 to July 10, 1916, Fulton County, 
Ga., Experimental Convict Camp. 
Deputy warden, 45| days, at $2. 724 $124. 64 
Camp clerk, 183 days, at $1. 897 $347. 20 
Night watchman, 179 days, at $1. 568 $280. 67 
Total cost Jan. 10 to July 10 $752.51 
Total number of convict calendar days 7, 174 
Cost of camp supervision per convict per calendar day $0. 1049 
HEALTH OF THE CONVICTS. 
All candidates for the camp underwent a thorough physical 
examination before they were accepted to determine that they had 
no physical defects or infirmities which would render them unfit 
for road work or cause them to be a menace to the health of other 
prisoners. The examinations of the first 48 men assigned were 
made by an officer of the public health service, the others were 
examined by the county physician. Convicts too weak to be of 
service in the camp were refused admittance; others whom the ex- 
amination showed to be suffering with infectious diseases also were 
included. Those accepted were little if any above the average 
