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| A canteen wash. |
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| Assembly (artillery). |
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A common mode of washing was for one man to pour water from a canteen into the hands of his messmate, and thus take turns; but this method was practised most on the march.
In settled camp, some men had a short log scooped out for a washbasin.
Some were not so particular about being washed every day, and in the morning would put the time required for the toilet into another “turn over” and nap. As such men always
slept with their full uniform on, they were equivalent to a kind of Minute Men, ready to take the field for rollcall, or any other call, at a minute's notice.
As soon as the Assembly sounded, the sight presented was quite an interesting one.
The men could be seen emerging from their tents or huts, their toilet in various stages of completion.
Here was a man with one boot on, and the other in his hand; here, one with his clothes buttoned
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