It was a long while afterward before a bugler blew the first call to reveille, which is the "Army alarm clock," the signal to rise. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks or, Two Recruits in the United States Army] Reference
Bugles called reveille, and the piquets who had guarded the sleeping army around Aragaum cleared their muskets by loosing off shots. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Fortress]
Since he had to be up early in the morning to sound "reveille" the bugler slept in the guard room to be awakened in good time. From Wordnik.com. [Coming of Age: 1939-1946] Reference
She was asked to sound the "reveille," which she did. From Wordnik.com. [A Horse's Tale] Reference
"reveille" had finished echoing along the decks, and went above to see what might be doing. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of a Trooper] Reference
Of sweetness chimes reveille through the sense. From Wordnik.com. [The Hours of Fiammetta A Sonnet Sequence] Reference
Sunday, November 24th, reveille sounded at 6 o'clock. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
That donning them at reveille is sure an awful fright. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919] Reference
| That donning them at reveille is sure an awful fright. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919] Reference
When the reveille sounded the next morning we were leaving camp. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier's Life Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle] Reference
September 30th was one of the days reveille sounded at 4: 30 a. m. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
The reveille had sounded in the dark at three o'clock in the morning. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions of a War Correspondent] Reference
Friday morning, December 20th, reveille was held in the rain at 5: 45 o'clock. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
One squad of the company was particularly noted for their tardiness at reveille. From Wordnik.com. [History of Company F, 1st Regiment, R.I. Volunteers, during the Spring and Summer of 1861] Reference
I couldn't sleep, just kept tossing and turning till reveille routed me out again. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
Sunday, January 12th, it was raining when the troops answered reveille at 5 o'clock. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
No reveille to wake them in the morning, no taps to send them to their beds at night. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys in the French Trenches Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with the Enemy] Reference
We could distinctly hear the reveille of the rebel troops, and the hum of their camps. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
"Well," continued the Sergeant, "reveille at four, and in line at five in the morning.". From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
In the crowd I saw the officer with whom I had had the passage at reveille that morning. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Getting to the office by 9 seems like vacation to people used to be awoken by reveille before dawn. From Wordnik.com. [Back in the World] Reference
It was raining at reveille call and still raining when call was sounded at 9: 30 o'clock for a hike. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
As was usually the case in army routine, early reveille did not vouch for an early departure from camp. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
Southward from Oak Dale Cemetery awaiting the final reveille, are calmly sleeping not a few of that Grand. From Wordnik.com. [Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre.] Reference
He cometh forth at reveille, is present also at retreat, yea, even at tattoo, and retireth, apparently, at taps. From Wordnik.com. [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference
But he did not tell me -- said it was an old army custom to have the drums beaten along the officers 'walk at reveille. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
The first thing I have to do is to see that everybody gets up at reveille -- a charity, Charles, which has to begin at home. From Wordnik.com. [Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914] Reference
Morning brought awakening to the two friends with the sounding of reveille from bugles, seemingly just outside their window. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts on the Trail] Reference
Too tired to want much food, the men sank down with the delightful nightcap that reveille might again be expected at 3.30 a.m. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
They shag them all over the lot at reveille or take them on a cross-country chase like a smart rabbit trying to outrun hounds. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
But at daybreak, when reveille is sounded, these wanderers must come trooping back again in time for "hard-tack" and double quick. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
Between retreat and reveille of one July night, Private Wilson, led by visions of love and a brigadier-general's star, took to the hills. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
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