CHAPTER 25 SUBJECT H.-EVENTS IN THE DAILY ROUTINE-GENERAL DUTIES IN CONNECTION WITH LIFE ABOARD SHIP THE ROUTINE IN PORT AND AT SEA (a) Daily routine in port. A. M. 4.00. Call ship's cooks of the watch. 4.45. Call police petty officers, boatswain's mates, buglers, and hammock stowers. 5.00. Reveille; call all hands, pipe “up hammocks," serve out out coffee; light the smoking lamp. 5.15. Haul over hammock cloths and stop them down; police petty officer report decks clear of hammocks. 5.20. Pipe sweepers; sweep down thoroughly before decks are wet. 5.25. Off shoes and socks, or put on boots, ac cording to weather conditions; get out wash-deck gear. 5.30. Turn to; out smoking lamp; execute A. M. 7.00. Up all hammocks. 7.15. Mess gear; light smoking lamp; publish morning orders; stow away ditty boxes; clear lower decks. Five minutes before sunrise station men for turning off anchor, boom, and gang way lights; scrub clothes. 6.00. Knock off scrubbing clothes; trice up lines; hoist ashes. 6.45. Take off gun covers and hatch hoods, unless the weather is foul; hammock stowers haul back hammock cloths. uniform of the day. 7.30. Breakfast. 8.00. Colors. 8.15. Turn to; out smoking lamp; deck and gun brightwork. 8.30. Sick call. 8.45. Retreat from brightwork; sweep down; stow away all wash-deck gear and all ditty boxes; clear up the deck for quarters. 9.10. Officers' call; divisions fall in for muster. 9.15. Quarters for muster and inspection; physical drill, followed by the drilí prescribed. 11.30. Retreat from drill; pipe down scrubbed clothes, if dry; sweep down; light smoking lamp; mast for reports and requests. 11.45. Mess gear. M. 12.00. Dinner. P. M. 12.30. Band call; band concert till 1. 1.00. Turn to; out smoking lamp;. pipe sweepers; pipe down aired bedding if up; pipe down wash clothes, if dry. 1.30. Drill call. 2.30. Retreat from drill; turn to. 4.00. Knock off work; pipe down clothes, if up; sweep down; light smoking lamp. 4.30. Lay aft the liberty party. 5.30. Clear up decks; stow away ditty boxes. 5.45. Mess gear. P. M. 6.00. Supper. Five minutes before sunset call guard of the day and band; station detail for all lights; turn out lights at sunset. 6.30. Turn to; pipe sweepers; wet down decks for scrubbing clothes. 7.30. Hammocks; no smoking below the main decks. 8.00. Muster the anchor watch; searchlight and signal drills, if ordered. 8.30. Trice up the clotheslines. 8.55. First call; out smoking lamp. 9.00. Tattoo; pipe down; silence; muster and set first anchor watch. 3.50. Call the watch section. tion and lifeboat's crew; light smoking head lookouts. 5.00. Call idlers and section of the watch sleeping in; coffee. 5.20. Pipe sweepers, 5.30. Turn to; out smoking lamp; execute morning orders. 6.00. Relieve the wheel and lookout; trice up clotheslines. 6.45. Hammock stowers haul back hammock cloths. |