9 o'clock
The Colonel himself would not have thought of it either , if the Chaplain had not reminded him of it . Everybody wondered how even the Chaplain could keep track of the days well enough to know when Sunday came -- but that was chiefly what he wore shoulder-straps and drew his salary for . It was the general impression that he either carried an almanac in his pocket , or else a stick in which he cut a notch every day with his jack-knife , and in that way managed to know when a new week began . `` There 'll be guard-mountin ' at 9 o'clock , '' continued the Orderly , `` regimental inspection at 10 , preachin ' at 11 , an ' dress-parade at 5 in the evenin ' . All of ye wants to tumble out right promptly at revellee an ' git yer breakfast , an ' then clean up yer guns an ' put all yer traps in apple-pie order , 'cause the Colonel 's goin ' to look at 'em . He 's got sharp eyes , an ' I reck 'n he 'll be mighty pertickler . If there 's anything that ai n't jest right he 'll see it quicker 'n litenin ' .