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...only beginning to learn about military occupation of Japanese territory. But by last week a pattern for the future was forming on Saipan, first Jap territory where U.S. forces encountered large numbers of Jap civilians...
...Saipan scrawny, hungry Jap civilians were still coming out of caves where they had hidden since the battle began last June. Upon surrendering they are placed in a two-square-mile compound named "Camp Susupe" (after the nearby shallow lake), which now shelters 18,000 - 13,000 Japs, the rest Christian Chamorros, Koreans and Kanakas...
Food and Shelter. Life is primitive on Saipan. The shipping shortage and the necessity of supplying battles farther west permit only the barest necessities (even for Saipan's American conquerors, who still eat out of cans). For the captive civilians the only cover is what can be built out of weathered planks, battered sheet tin from the bomb-shattered sugar refinery, and tattered tenting...
...Susupe's residents wear whatever clothing can be salvaged from captured supplies, eat from the Japs' rice, kelp and canned stores, and take what few food essentials the U.S. can spare. Recently families have been released during the daytime to cultivate green vegetables, which grow easily in Saipan's fertile ground...
Medical Care. About 100,000 treatments have been given Saipan's civilians by Army and Navy doctors and their assistants since D-plus-five. The "Midtown Pharmacy" still treats about 1,200 cases each day. Chief ailment: malnutrition, for which vitamin B1 injections are given in severe cases. Other maladies : diarrhea, worms, beriberi...