Through our partnership with Fort Davis National Historic Site, we welcome you to experience "A Day at the Fort" through bugle calls and photos, starting with "Morning at the Fort."
The below videos will take you through a typical morning at Fort Davis.
5:50 a.m. Assembly of Trumpeters Oh dang 5:30 already! Just seems like I went to bed – but I got to get up before the ol’ Serg starts yelling and gives us extra fatigue duty!!! Ahh…another day. |
6:00 a.m. Reveille Better get dressed and get outside for assembly – where’s my brogans? Sully check my uniform. Hat? Check…. Blouse? Check….Shoes? Check….I’m good to go. |
6:15 a.m. Stable Call Alright Thunder how’d you sleep, any skunks come through the stable last night? Let’s get you fed so I can feed myself. |
6:30 a.m. Breakfast Call (Mess Call) Mmmm…Mm.. My favorite part of the day. Sure hope ol’ Snodgrass is on cook detail today – he sure makes a mean pot of coffee that’ll wake you up. |
7:00 a.m. Sick Call Thank God I’m not one of those guys, I feel good today! Look at Hills over there – he got a terrible case of the “flux” I told him not to drink that water downstream of our camp last week while we were on patrol. But whose going to listen to me just a lowly private. |
7:30 a.m. Fatigue Call Aw man fatigue duty. The captain wants us to chop some more firewood for the commander’s wife – seems like we just did that yesterday. Better keep my mouth shut before they throw me in Barracks 13 – that’s the guardhouse – taking advice from them latrine lawyers. Then we’re probably goin’ to have to go tend the garden – hope the javelina’s didn’t get in it again. |
8:50 a.m. Assembly of Trumpeters and Dress Guard Mounting It’s my time for guard duty already? Got to find my fancy government suit – that’s my dress uniform. Got to wear it for the next 24 hours straight – we work two hours on and two hours off. We only get to sleep sitting up. Maybe there’ll be some action on the post tonight – it was just payday, some of them boys will probably get ahold of that tonsil polish and we have to throw them in the guardhouse. |
8:55 a.m. Assembly of Guard Details Fall in so we can march over to the guardhouse for the Guard Mount ceremony. Your uniform nice and clean – I want you boys looking like the “Sons of Mars”. |
9:00 a.m. Adjutant’s Call OK men welcome to guard duty. It’s extremely dry out there, so we have to especially be on the lookout for fires. Both on the mountain sides and around the quarters. Remember the time the ice machine blew up and caught on fire and burned down part of the old band barracks. |
9:15 a.m. Water Call Go ahead drink it up boy – we got mounted drill practice just as soon as I eat my breakfast too. |
9:55 a.m. Drill Call OK you gravel-pushing, beetle-crushin’, infantry soldiers fall in so we can practice battle tactics. I hope you know your right foot from your left – hand me that “Long Tom” Dupree, your rifle! – you call that clean! |
10:00 a.m. Assembly All right men looking better – you were all in step - you might just make soldiers yet. |
11:00 a.m. Recall from Drill Finally, a break from all that wood choppin’ – where’s that water barrel – I’m going to find me some shade somewhere. |
11:30 a.m. Recall from Fatigue Man, I’m glad that’s over. The sergeant worked us twice as hard today – says he’s preparing us for a 60 mile march. I’ve got to get some new brogans – these are two sizes too small and wearing big ol’ blisters on my feet. Better get my dog tent ready. |
Many thanks to our friends at Fort Davis National Historic Site for their enthusiasm and assistance on this project!
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