midday
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 . Then mess call , or `` come and get it , '' as the soldiers facetiously term it , was sounded over the camp , and officer and man alike hastened to the well-earned midday meal . `` We ought to have a huge crowd , '' spoke Corporal Noll Terry , at camp table . `` We ought to , but we wo n't , '' predicted Sergeant Hupner . `` Why not , Sergeant ? ''