In barracks many slept on bunks made of boards with straw on top as cushioning others were lucky enough to have straw mattress ticks. In a frontier fort, soldiers ordinarily lived in small, crowded barracks, or when on maneuvers slept five or six men in a tent we would call a pup tent today. Most fatigue duties rewarded the men with an extra gill (1/4 of a pint) of whiskey each day, one of the few comforts these men could anticipate.
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Officers and sergeants were very creative in seeing that their men had little or no free time. A multitude of other duties awaited the hapless private, and idle hands and feet were never knowingly allowed in a military camp. When he is Smartened up and completed as before directed he will be put on duty.” Record Group 98, NARA, Orderly Book, Clemson’s Company, 1st Infantry Regiment, 1807, Standing Orders of the 1st U.S. an old Soldier for a Comrade, who is qualified to instruct him in the duties of a Soldier teach him to clean himself, arms & accoutrements. Hamtramck directed that “the officer Commanding the Company assign a recruit to. Such responsible men were also assigned to instruct recruits. Other soldiers were detailed to act as servants, “waiters” or “batmen” to officers (“bat” being an archaic word for personal belongings and equipment). “A careful man will be appointed to take care of the Sick and an Orderly man will be allowed to do the Drudgery work of the Hospital,” Col. More responsible men were given more sensitive duties, like working in the hospital and caring for the sick. Another duty was sweeping the fort’s chimneys, a task carried out by a non-commissioned officer and two privates on the mornings of the first and third Mondays of each month. When not busy marching and countermarching the men were kept busy with fatigue duties like policing the camp, cutting timber and splitting wood, building or repairing items, blacksmithing, maple sugaring, bringing water into camp, airing bedding, and digging new “sinks,” or latrines. A soldier’s day was rigidly structured and repetitive, much of it filled with parades, inspections, and drilling and marching with muskets. Little time was available for socializing and recreation, however. There was rarely any excitement at frontier fortifications, as there were few Indian conflicts during this period. More strenuous activities like prisoner’s base and dancing also took up some off-duty time. Cards and dice were forbidden, but the men still used them on penalty of punishment if caught by the officers.
Diversions consisted of simple games in the off-duty hours, like checkers and backgammon.
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Voices, Adam Arkin, Murphy Guyer, Sam Waterston, Matthew Broderick, Kevin Conway, Tantoo Cardinal.ĭVD, region 1, full screen presentation Dolby Digital surround stereo.The life of a soldier in a frontier camp or garrison often consisted of boring routine, and it could be lonely. WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) production company. Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm) distributor. Special features: Ken Burns: Making history a Conversation with Ken Burns the making of Lewis & Clark featurette Charlie Rose interviews with producers Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan and author Stephen Ambrose.Įditors, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers narrator, Hal Holbrook cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns, Allen Moore. Full Bibliographic Record Publication information:Ĭlosed captioned for the hearing impaired.Ģ videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color, black and white sequences 4 3/4 in.Ī film by Ken Burns a Florentine Films and WETA-TV produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns written by Dayton Duncan.
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