Time -AM | Routing | Time - PM | Routine | Remarks |
*4.55 ## | Call Boatswains Mates and hammock stowers ### | 1.25 ## | Quarters - clean guns | This is a specimen of what is known as a "Daily Routine" in the Service. It shows the hours allotted to cleaning, inspections meals etc.It should be understood that there is another, or," Weekly Routine", varied from time to time by the Captain or Admiral, regulating gunnery, gymnastics and other drills, washing days, leave etc, which are arranged so as to interfere as little as possible with the "Daily Routine." Thus ordinary drills when working by the above routine would take place between 9.50 and 11.30 a.m., and between 1.30 and 3.40 p.m."Leave", liberally given as it now is, necessarily interferes much with routines, but it is too large a question for me to do more that refer to it. |
*5.0 | Lash up hammocks | 1.30 | Disperse. Both watches fall in | |
*5.15 | Breakfast | 3.45 | Clean up decks | |
*5.45 | Hands fall in | 4.0 | Cooks | |
6.15 | Lower and clean out duty boats. Wash decks. | 4.15 | Supper. Shift into night clothing | |
6.30 | Clean mess decks and flats. Clean bright work. | 4.55 | Clear up decks | |
7.0 | Midshipmen muster for drill | 5.5 | Quarters | |
7.15 | Duty boat's crews and duty men clean | 7.30 | Stand by hammocks | |
7.30 | Quarter - clean guns. | 8.30 | Clear up messdecks and flats | |
8.10 | Hands to clean and stand easy | 9.0 | Rounds | |
8.45 | Cooks and sweepers clear up decks. Clean arms (Tuesday and Thursday) | 10.0 | Pipe down | |
9.5 | Divisions. Prayers | Winter Routine and on alternate Mondays | ||
9.30 | Evolutions | 4.0 | Quarters for inspection | |
11.40 | Clear up decks | 4.15 | Cooks | |
Noon | Dinner | 4.30 | Supper. Scrub hammocks etc | |
* Winter routine quarter hour later | 6.15 | Stop on hammocks and clothes | ||
Notes - Duty sea and boat's crews shift into night clothing at sunset or at 6 p.m. |