ten-o'-clock-to-billets

Updated: June 18, 2025

But these were bought by the soldiers before war started. At least all affirmed that this was so. Saturday was a long parade; some soldiers were drawing necessaries at midnight, and no ten-o'-clock-to-billets order was enforced that night. I drew my boots at eleven o'clock, and then the streets were crowded with our men, and merry and sad with sightseers and friends.

Patrick MacGill - The Amateur Army