The life of a soldier in Camp.
--As the present war possesses at least the charm of novelty — though the people of the South are as familiar as those of any other portion of the country with all ‘"the pomp and circumstance of glorious war"’--a brief statement of the daily routine of duties performed by the soldier while in camp may not be uninteresting. A volunteer says:‘ "At 5 o'clock we have reveille, when we all turn out 'armed and equipped' for 'roll call,' after which we are at leisure until 7 o'clock, when there is a company or squad drill for one hour, and at half-past 9 this is repeated. We are then allowed to employ ourselves as we please until half-past 4, at which hour the Regiment is drilled in battalion tactics by the Colonel for an hour. At half-past 6 we appear in uniform for 'dress parade,' which is nothing more than the whole Regiment drawn up in line before the Colonel, who 'puts us through' a little of the manual, and 'parade is dismissed.' At 9 P. M. comes 'tattoo,' when the roll is again called, and in a half hour thereafter, at 'taps,' we are required to put one lights and retire. Each morning a certain number, from four to five from each company, are detailed, in alphabetical order, as 'the guard' for the next twenty-four hours. They are then divided into first, second and third reliefs. The first go on at 7 A. M. for two hours, and are then relieved for four hours by numbers two and three, who serve for two hours each, when number one go on again, and so on through the twenty-four hours. Only six men from each company are allowed to go into town during the day, and it never happens that the full number do not apply for permission, which is in the shape of an ordinary 'pass,' signed by the Captain of the company."
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