About seven o'clock
Then came a swift but all-seeing inspection of every occupied room in barracks . Swiftly , indeed , was this done , for at 6.30 the tap of the drum sounded mess call for breakfast . The cadet corps formed outside the north sally port and marched to breakfast . About seven o'clock breakfast ended . The corps marched back to barracks and was dismissed . By 7.15 every young man was hard at work , `` boning '' hard over the studies in which he must recite during the forenoon . He `` boned '' until 7.55 .