Seeing what chums the lads were, the officer in command had placed them in the same watch, for here on land the same routine was observed as on board ship.

The duties were not severe.

The guns were kept bright and polished, the arms and accoutrements were as clean as if at sea.

Each day the tars went through a certain amount of drill, and fatigue parties went daily down to the harbor to bring up stores, but beyond this there was little to do.

One of the occupations of the men was chopping wood for fuel.