eleven o'clock
They were dismissed at half-past seven , but the recruits were kept a quarter of an hour longer , when the breakfast bugle sounded . The room orderly , I should say , is a man told off to keep the room in order , to draw all rations for the day for his room , to have meat and vegetables weighed , to see that they are correct in quantity and quality , and to take them to the cook of his company . At the sound of the bugle , the orderly-men ran to the cook-house for their coffee , a pint of which was served out to each man in a white basin , with a pound of somewhat brownish bread . Breakfast over , the orderlies cleared away , while the rest of the men commenced cleaning their appointments for parade , which was to be at eleven o'clock . This was in full uniform and light marching order . The recruits were to appear in plain clothes . A sergeant came to Marshall and me , and told us to fall in .