medical squad, and a number of select theorists and religious scholars, and secretly put them ashore at Tripoli.

"Among the `idcas men' and men of religion in the group was Seyh Salih Serif Tunusi. He was advisor to the Of ice of the Commander-in-Chief of the Special Organization, and its representative. Secondly, there was Bediuzzaman, who had the authority and standing to have given the first political and religious address in Freedom Square in Salonica after the proclamation of the Constitution. There was Emir Ali Pasa’s grandson, Suleyman Nasuh. As political advisor to the Group was Muhsin Setvan Bey, the brother of Yusuf Setvan Bey, the Deputy for Benghazi. And from the Royal Family was Prince Osman Fuat Efendi, the grandson of Sultan Murad V; he was going to go to Tripoli with a number of officers in a different submarine. We ; had chosen tested people possessing absolutely the qualities sought among men of ideas and religion. Enver Pasa completed our - the Special Organization's - preparations by appointing his own brother, Nuri Pasa, as commander of the military forces in Benghazi.

"We came ashore at night at a pre-arranged place in Benghazi without mishap or misadventure after a Journey the greater part of which had passed beneath the surface. And when we were successful in moving inland, our hopes increased. Our families, even, did not know where we were, and our closest friends thought we were employed elsewhere.

"We waited a while for the other submarines to arrive. Despite the Italian and British fleets which were patrolling the area, the others were able to come ashore continuously, thanks to experience from the 1911 War and the signaling of the local sailors, who were bound to us from the heart. Almost four years had passed since our struggles here against the Italians. 0ur old fighting partners came to find us and greeted us eagerly. Three of us were going to ,Seyh Ahmed Sanusi; Seyh Salih ,Serif Tunusi, Bediuzzaman, and myself. The oldest of us was Seyh Salih serif Tunusi, who was over sixty. Bediuzzaman was around forty years of age. And I was two years older than this friend of mine who had fought in the Balkan War in the ranks of the Special Organization and whose strength and courage were as exceptional as his mind and knowledge. I knew the Benghazi-Jaghbub road, for I had traveled it twice while fighting