12 o'clock
As the `` Kid , '' in his overweening confidence , said , `` Ai n't we peaches ? When we get down south we will have a little target practise , and the ` dagos ' will be so scared that they will haul down their colors tight away . '' During the day we steamed slowly along , a bright lookout being kept by the men at the foremast-head for suspicious steamers . After dinner at eight bells -LRB- 12 o'clock -RRB- , the smoking lamp , which hangs near the scuttle butt aft , was kept lighted about fifteen minutes . Smoking is allowed aboard only when the smoking lamp is lighted , and as `` Hay '' was wont to say , it was lighted `` when you did not want to smoke . '' At ten minutes past one `` turn to '' was piped by the boatswain 's mates , followed by the call for sweepers . Then came the order , `` Stand by your scrub and wash clothes . ''