six in the morning
There is no room of course for all those extra men and horses at the farm , and when a few days before their arrival -LRB- sometimes it is only one , and sometimes only a few hours -RRB- an official appears and informs us of the number to be billeted on us , the Man of Wrath has to have temporary sheds run up , some as stables , some as sleeping-places , and some as dining-rooms . Nor is it easy to cook for five hundred people more than usual , and all the ordinary business of the farm comes to a stand-still while the hands prepare barrowfuls of bacon and potatoes , and stir up the coffee and milk and sugar together with a pole in a tub . Part of the regimental band is here , the upper part . The base instruments are in the next village ; but that did not deter an enthusiastic young officer from marching his men past our windows on their arrival at six in the morning , with colours flying , and what he had of his band playing their tunes as unconcernedly as though all those big things that make such a noise were giving the fabric its accustomed and necessary base . We are paid six pfennings a day for lodging a common soldier , and six pfennings for his horse -- rather more than a penny in English money for the pair of them ; only unfortunately sheds and carpentry are not quite so cheap . Eighty pfennings a day is added for the soldier 's food , and for this he has to receive two pounds of bread , half a pound of meat , a quarter of a pound of bacon , and either a quarter of a pound of rice or barley or three pounds of potatoes . Officers are paid for at the rate of two marks fifty a day without wine ; we are not obliged to give them wine , and if we do they are regarded as guests , and behave accordingly .