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captivity, such as disposing of property, making wills, giving consent to marriage, voting, orexecuting a power of attorney. 4889.21.2 Legal Documents and Assistance. The Detaining Powers shall provide allfacilities for the transmission, through the Protecting Power or the Central POW InformationAgency provided for in Article 123 of the GPW, of instruments, papers, or documents intendedfor POWs or sent by them, especially powers of attorney and wills. 489 In all cases, the DetainingPower shall facilitate the preparation and execution of such documents on behalf of POWs; inparticular, they shall allow them to consult a lawyer and shall take what measures are necessaryfor the authentication of their signatures. 4909.21.2.1 Preparation of Wills. Wills of POWs shall be drawn up so as to satisfythe conditions of validity required by the legislation of their country of origin, which will takesteps to inform the Detaining Power of its requirements in this respect. 491 For States with federalsystems like the United States in which the requirements of wills may vary according tojurisdictions within the State, the will should satisfy those provincial or state law requirements.At the request of the POW, the will shall be transmitted without delay to the ProtectingPower; a certified copy shall be sent to the Central POW Information Agency. 4929.22 INTERNAL DISCIPLINE OF POW CAMPS9.22.1 POW Camp Commander. Every POW camp shall be put under the immediateauthority of a responsible commissioned officer belonging to the regular armed forces of theDetaining Power. 493 For example, a non-commissioned officer, a contractor, a civilian, amember of a paramilitary force, or an enemy POW may not be the camp commander. 494 ThePOW camp commander has disciplinary powers over POWs. 495488 2004 UK MANUAL 8.70 (“It means that prisoners of war are free, so far as captivity permits, to take legal stepsin their state of origin, for example to dispose of property, make wills, give consent to marriage, or vote. Suchaction will normally be taken by appointment of an attorney or proxy.”).489 GPW art. 77 (“The Detaining Powers shall provide all facilities for the transmission, through the ProtectingPower or the Central Prisoners of War Agency provided for in Article 123, of instruments, papers or documentsintended for prisoners of war or despatched by them, especially powers of attorney and wills.”).490 GPW art. 77 (“In all cases they shall facilitate the preparation and execution of such documents on behalf ofprisoners of war; in particular, they shall allow them to consult a lawyer and shall take what measures are necessaryfor the authentication of their signatures.”).491 GPW art. 120 (“Wills of prisoners of war shall be drawn up so as to satisfy the conditions of validity required bythe legislation of their country of origin, which will take steps to inform the Detaining Power of its requirements inthis respect.”).492 GPW art. 120 (“At the request of the prisoner of war and, in all cases, after death, the will shall be transmittedwithout delay to the Protecting Power; a certified copy shall be sent to the Central Agency.”).493 GPW art. 39 (“Every prisoner of war camp shall be put under the immediate authority of a responsiblecommissioned officer belonging to the regular armed forces of the Detaining Power.”).494 See GPW COMMENTARY 239-40 (“The principle that a responsible commander should be appointed in each campwas already set forth in the 1929 Convention, Article 18, paragraph 1: “Each prisoners-of-war camp shall be placed578