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Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 21
The First Contingent:
The North-West Mounted Police, 1873-74
by Philip Goldring
Appendix B. Daily Routines
During the training of the Mounted Police force at Lower Fort Garry,
several different routines were developed for officers, men and horses.
Although these routines changed almost weekly in one detail or another,
there were only three substantial revisions, imposed by the following
three entries in the order book. [1]
| 12 November 1873 |
| Reveille | 6:00 a.m. |
| Stables | 6:30 to 7:45 a.m. |
| Breakfast | 8:00 a.m. |
| Guard mounting | 9:45 a m |
| Parade | 10:00 a.m. |
| Office | 11:00 a.m. |
| Stables | 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
| Dinner | 1:00 p.m. |
| Parade | 2:00 p.m. |
| Tea | 4:50 p.m. |
| Stables | 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. |
| Retreat |
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| Picket mounting | 7:00 p.m. |
| Night guard | 9:00 p.m. |
| First post | 9:30 p.m. |
| Last post | 9:45 p.m. |
| Lights out | 10:00 p.m. |
5 January 1874 |
| Reveille | 6:30 a m. |
| Stables | 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. |
| Breakfast | 8:15 a.m. |
| Office | 10:00 a.m. |
| Parade | 10:30 a.m. |
| Stables | 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
| Dinner | 1:00 p. m. |
| Guard mounting | 1:45 p.m. |
| Parade | 2:00 p.m. |
| Tea | 4:30 p.m |
| Stables | 4:45 to 5:30 p.m. |
| Retreat | 4:45 p.m. |
| Picket mounting | 5:30 p.m. |
| Night guard | 5:30 p.m. |
| First post | 9:30 p.m. |
| Last post | 10:00 p.m. |
| Lights out | 10:15 p.m. |
15 April 1874 |
| Reveille | 6:00 a.m. |
| Stables | 6:30 to 7:30 a m. |
| Breakfast | 8:00 a.m. |
| 3rd class ride | 8:45 to 10:00 a.m. |
| 1st class ride | 9:45 to 11:00 a.m. |
| 2d class ride | 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 noon |
| Stables | 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. |
| Dinner | 1:00 p.m. |
| Guard mounting and parade | 2:00 p.m. |
| Tea | 5:00 p.m. |
| Stables | 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. |
| Retreat, picket and night guard | 7:00 p.m. |
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