[30]General Orders No. 23, March 24, 1877, Fort Robinson, Nebraska Selected Post Orders, 1874-97, NARS, RG 98. General Orders No. 43, December 29, 1874, Camp Sheridan, Nebraska Orders, 1874-1881, NARS.
[31]General Orders No. 16, Fort Robinson, Nebraska, January 24, 1888 give this routine:
I. Hereafter the calls of this post will be sounded as follows:
| First Call | 15 minutes before sunrise | ||
| March | 10 minutes before sunrise | ||
| Reveille and Assembly | Sunrise | ||
| Breakfast Call | Immediately after reveille | ||
| Sick Call | 7:30 | A.M. | |
| Fatigue Call | 7:45 | A.M. | |
| Guard Mounting Assembly of Trumpeters | 9:00 | A.M. | |
| Guard Mounting Assembly of Details | 9:05 | A.M. | |
| Guard Mounting Adjutants Calls | 9:10 | A.M. | |
| School Call (for children) | 9:00 | A.M. | |
| Drill Call Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays | 9:30 | A.M. | |
| Water Call | 9:45 | A.M. | |
| Recall from Drill | 10:30 | A.M. | |
| Recall from Fatigue | 11:45 | A.M. | |
| 1st Sergeants Call | 11:45 | A.M. | |
| Dinner Call | 12:00 | M | |
| Fatigue and School Call (School call for children) | 1:00 | P.M. | |
| Drill Call | 1:30 | P.M. | |
| Recall from Drill | 3:00 | P.M. | |
| Water Call (which shall be recall for cavalry from fatigue) | 3:30 | P.M. | |
| Stable Call | 3:45 | P.M. | |
| Recall from Fatigue | 5:00 | P.M. | |
| Retreat First Call | 5 minutes before sunset | ||
| Retreat Assembly | Sunset | ||
| Tatoo First Call | 8:45 | P.M. | |
| Tatoo March | 8:55 | P.M. | |
| Tatoo and Assembly | 9:00 | P.M. | |
| Taps | 9:30 | P.M. | |
| Dress Parade | 15 minutes before sunset | ||
| Dress Parade, Assembly | 5 minutes after sunset | ||
| School Call for Soldiers (Saturday and Sunday excepted) | 7:00 | P.M. | |
| School Call for Officers Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday | 1:00 | P.M. | |
| School Call for non-com Officers Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday | 10:45 | A.M. | |
| Sunday Morning Inspection | 9:00 | A.M. | |
| Sunday Morning Assembly | 9:00 | A.M. | |
| Signal Instruction Wednesday from 2:30 to | 3:30 | P.M. | |
[32]Telegram, Lt. Biddle to Assistant Adjutant General, Department of the Platte, October 16, 1891, NARS, RG 98. Artificer Cornelius Donovan died of a fractured skull inflicted by Sergeant of the Guard Jackson.
[33]“Record of the Medical History of Post,” op. cit.
[34]This brief summary of the Cheyenne Outbreak is not detailed; there are numerous longer descriptions and eyewitness accounts.
[35]Martin F. Schmitt, ed., General George Crook, His Autobiography (Norman, Okla., 1946), p. 226.
[36]Crawford was named for Capt. Emmet Crawford, Third Cavalry, who played a prominent role in the history of Fort Robinson. He was killed in Mexico in January 1886 while pursuing hostile Apache Indians.
[37]Col. Edward Hatch to Adjutant General, U. S. Army, April 20, 1888; Lt. A. R. Egbert to the Coroner of Dawes County, Chadron, Nebr., August 31, 1886; Endorsement, Proceedings of a Board of Survey, September 23, 1886; Major A. S. Burt to the Hon. Judge Dundy, U. S. Circuit Court, Omaha, Nebr., January 4, 1888; Fort Robinson, Nebraska, Selected Letters Sent, 1884-1900, NARS, RG 98.