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A TYPICAL DAY FOR SOLDIERS AT FORT HENRY |
5:30 a.m. |
Summer, Reveille. |
6:30 a.m. |
Winter, Reveille. After rising, a soldier would fold his bed, clean his berth, wash, and hang up accoutrements.
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| 7:45 a.m. | Bugle Call — 15 minutes to dress before breakfast. |
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast in the Barracks. After breakfast, preparation would begin for morning inspection.
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| 10:00 a.m. | Morning Parade. After parade, soldiers would be assigned duties such as fatigues, punishment parade, etc...
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| 11:45 a.m. | Bugle call — 15 minutes to Dinner. |
| 12:00 p.m. | Dinner. After dinner, soldiers would be doing drill or more fatigues. Some were given free time which was used for school, gardening, heading into Kingston, etc...
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| 4:45 p.m. | Bugle call — 15 minutes to Supper. |
| 5:00 p.m. | Supper. After supper, more fatigues and free time.
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| 8:00 p.m. | Roll Call. |
| 8:30 p.m. | Back to Barracks. |
| 9:00 p.m. | Tattoo (lights out, from October 1 to April 30).
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| 10:00 p.m. | Tattoo (lights out, from May 1 to September 30)
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Note: the word Tattoo is derived from the Dutch expression "doe den tap toe" which means "turn off the taps." Tattoo was a marching ceremony usually performed by the Regimental Band of the Corps of Drums before lights-out.
