The barracks were arranged in one block consisting of twelve to fourteen barracks, a communal mess hall, bath, and shower facility, toilets, laundry, and recreation hall. The barracks were built of plywood nailed to studs and covered with thin paper with no inside wall. They were newly built so many had cracks in the floors as well as in the walls which let dust go into the living area. The Caucasian military and administrative personnel had their own houses which were almost always bigger and better built than the internee living quarters. Within the vicinity of the barracks was a variety of furniture: two canvas cots, a cotton mattress, a short supply of bedding sheets, a pillow, and blanket, a stove for the burning of coal, and an uncovered
