Daily Routine in Port

A.M.
4:00Call ship’s cooks of the watch.
4:30Fires started in running steamer.
4:45Call masters-at-arms, boatswain’s mates, buglers and hammock stowers.
5:00Reveille. Call all hands, pipe “up hammocks,” serve out coffee; light the smoking lamp.
5:15Haul over hammock cloths and stop them down. Master-at-arms report decks clear of hammocks.
5:20Pipe sweepers. Sweep down thoroughly before decks are wet.
5:30Turn to. Out smoking lamp. Execute morning orders. Stow away ditty boxes; clear lower decks. Five minutes before sunrise, station men for turning off anchor, boom and gangway lights. Scrub clothes.
6:00Knock off scrubbing clothes; trice up lines; hoise ashes.
6:45Take off gun covers and hatch hoods, unless the weather is foul. Hammock stowers haul back hammock clothes.
7:00Up all hammocks.
7:15Mess gear. Light smoking lamp. Publish uniform of the day.
8:00Colors.
8:15Turn to; out smoking lamp.
8:30Sick call.
8:45Retreat from bright work. Sweep down. Stow away all wash deck gear and all ditty boxes. Clear up the deck for quarters.
9:10Officers’ Call. Divisions fall in for muster.
9:15Quarters for muster and inspection. Physical drill followed by the drill prescribed.
11:30Retreat from drill. Pipe down scrubbed clothes, if dry. Sweep down. Light smoking lamp. Mast for reports and requests.
M.
12:00Dinner.
P.M.
12:30Band call; band concert till 1:00.
1:00Turn to. Out smoking lamp. Pipe sweepers. Pipe down aired bedding, if up. Pipe down wash clothes, if dry.
1:30Drill call.
2:30Retreat from drill. Turn to.
4:00Knock off work. Pipe down clothes, if up. Sweep down. Light smoking lamp.
5:30Clear up decks. Stow away ditty boxes.
5:45Mess gear.
6:00Supper. Five minutes before sunset call guard of the day and band. Station detail for all lights. Turn on lights at sunset.
6:30Turn to. Pipe sweepers. Wet down after main-decks for scrubbing clothes.
7:30Hammocks. No smoking below the main decks.
8:00Muster the anchor watch. Searchlights and signal drills, if ordered.
8:30Trice up the clothes lines.
8:55First call; out smoking lamp.
9:00Tattoo. Pipe down. Silence. Muster and set first anchor watch.
9:05Taps.