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7.9.5.3 Visits of POWs Outside the Camp. Retained personnel, includingchaplains, shall be authorized to visit periodically POWs situated in working detachments or inhospitals outside the camp. 222 For this purpose, the Detaining Power shall place at their disposalthe necessary means of transport. 2237.9.5.4 Correspondence by Chaplains. Chaplains shall be free to correspond,subject to censorship, on matters concerning their religious duties with the ecclesiasticalauthorities in the country of detention and with international religious organizations. 224 Lettersand cards, which they may send for this purpose, shall be in addition to the quota provided for inArticle 71 of the GPW. 2257.9.5.5 Proposal of POWs for Examination by Mixed Medical Commissions.Retained medical personnel may propose wounded and sick POWs for examination by MixedMedical Commissions with a view towards repatriation or accommodation in a neutral countryand the entitlement to attend examinations conducted by Mixed Medical Commissions. 2267.9.5.6 No Other Compulsory Duties. Although they shall be subject to theinternal discipline of the camp in which they are retained, such personnel may not be compelledto carry out any work other than that concerned with their medical or religious duties. 2277.9.5.7 Senior Medical Officer in the Camp. The senior medical officer in eachcamp shall be responsible to the camp military authorities for everything connected with theactivities of retained medical personnel. 228 For this purpose, parties to the conflict shall agree atminimum the benefits and protection of the present Convention, and shall also be granted all facilities necessary toprovide for the medical care of, and religious ministration to prisoners of war.”); GWS art. 28 (“Personnel thusretained shall not be deemed prisoners of war. Nevertheless they shall at least benefit from the provisions of theGeneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949.”).222 GPW art. 33 (“They shall be authorized to visit periodically prisoners of war situated in working detachments orin hospitals outside the camp.”); GWS art. 28 (“They shall be authorized to visit periodically the prisoners of war inlabour units or hospitals outside of the camp.”); GPW art. 35 (“[Chaplains] shall enjoy the necessary facilities,including the means of transport provided for in Article 33, for visiting the prisoners of war outside their camp.”).223 GPW art. 33 (“For this purpose, the Detaining Power shall place at their disposal the necessary means oftransport.”); GWS art. 28 (“The Detaining Power shall put at their disposal the means of transport required.”).224 GPW art. 35 (“They shall be free to correspond, subject to censorship, on matters concerning their religiousduties with the ecclesiastical authorities in the country of detention and with international religious organizations.”).225 GPW art. 35 (“Letters and cards which they may send for this purpose shall be in addition to the quota providedfor in Article 71.”). Refer to § 9.20.2.1 (POW Correspondence Quota).226 Refer to § 9.36.5.2 (POWs Entitled to Present Themselves for Examination Before the Commission); § 9.36.5.3(Observers at the Examination).227 GPW art. 33 (“Although they shall be subject to the internal discipline of the camp in which they are retained,such personnel may not be compelled to carry out any work other than that concerned with their medical or religiousduties.”); GWS art. 28 (“Although retained personnel in a camp shall be subject to its internal discipline, they shallnot, however, be required to perform any work outside their medical or religious duties.”).228 GPW art. 33 (“The senior medical officer in each camp shall be responsible to the camp military authorities foreverything connected with the activities of retained medical personnel.”); GWS art. 28 (“In each camp, the seniormedical officer of the highest rank shall be responsible to the military authorities of the camp for the professionalactivity of the retained military medical personnel.”).443