five in the morning
`` Thank you , Sergeant ; I 've tried to , '' replied the fellow , with such well-pretended respect that Sergeant Hal almost fell over . `` I almost think I 've misjudged the man in thinking him one of our worst , '' Overton told himself . It had been well for the boyish young sergeant had he been but a trifle more suspicious of such sudden reform on his enemy 's part ! At five in the morning , or almost an hour earlier than usual , every officer and man in this temporary camp was routed out from under his blankets by the sharp , stirring notes of first call to reveille . Breakfast was hurriedly disposed of , and the simple duties of ordinary `` camp police '' performed by the time that it was fully light . And now more labor , for the stage settings must be arranged , that they might all be moved swiftly into place as the need came . It was noon when the men finished .