Chapter 2: Around the Barracks
This chapter is designed to give you a feel for "life in the Scout Barracks." We hope to get you familiar with the layout of the building and to give you an idea of what daily life will be like during our week on the Island.
Sample Kaper Chart
Kapers
Floor Plan of Barracks
Room-by-Room Rules
Barracks Procedures
Sample Kaper Chart
Kapers
Floor Plan of Barracks
Room-by-Room Rules
Barracks Procedures
GENERAL DAILY SCHEDULE
6:45 am Cooks rise and shine
7:00 am Light on, everyone rise and shine
7:15 am Cooks report to kitchen in uniform
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Barracks Flag
9:10 am Assembly, Inspection ~ Downtown and Cemetery Flags
9:20 am Assembly, Inspection ~ Avenue, Fort & Governor Flags
9:30 am Raise Flags
9:45 am 1st Duty fall out and report to assigned posts
10:00 am Lock-Out ~ Kapers in Progress ~ No One in Barracks
11:15 am First Lunch ~ 2nd Guide Duty and anyone in the barracks eats
11:15 am Crafts are put out in the dining hall or on the back porch
12:05 pm 2nd Guide Duty Assembly, Inspection and Report to Duty
12:20 pm 2nd Guide Duty Relieves 1st Guide Duty
12:30 pm Second Lunch ~ 1st Guide Duty and anyone in the barracks
2:25 pm 3rd Guide Duty Assembly, Inspection and Report to Duty
2:55 pm 3rd Guide Relieves 2nd Guide Duty
4:30 pm Crafts are put away
5:15 pm All Scouts Must Return to Barracks
5:30 pm 3rd Guide Returns to Barracks
6:00 pm Retire Barracks Flag
6:10 pm Assembly, Inspection ~ Downtown and Cemetery Flags
6:20 pm Assembly, Inspection ~ Avenue, Fort and Governor Flags
6:30 pm Retire Flags
7:00 pm Dinner
7:45 pm Evening Program
9:00 pm Call to Quarters, Evening Snack, Announcements
10:00 pm Taps …. Lights Out
-- Crafts available in the dining room and on porch (weather permitting)
after morning kapers have been completed. Clean up by 4:00 pm
7:00 am Light on, everyone rise and shine
7:15 am Cooks report to kitchen in uniform
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Barracks Flag
9:10 am Assembly, Inspection ~ Downtown and Cemetery Flags
9:20 am Assembly, Inspection ~ Avenue, Fort & Governor Flags
9:30 am Raise Flags
9:45 am 1st Duty fall out and report to assigned posts
10:00 am Lock-Out ~ Kapers in Progress ~ No One in Barracks
11:15 am First Lunch ~ 2nd Guide Duty and anyone in the barracks eats
11:15 am Crafts are put out in the dining hall or on the back porch
12:05 pm 2nd Guide Duty Assembly, Inspection and Report to Duty
12:20 pm 2nd Guide Duty Relieves 1st Guide Duty
12:30 pm Second Lunch ~ 1st Guide Duty and anyone in the barracks
2:25 pm 3rd Guide Duty Assembly, Inspection and Report to Duty
2:55 pm 3rd Guide Relieves 2nd Guide Duty
4:30 pm Crafts are put away
5:15 pm All Scouts Must Return to Barracks
5:30 pm 3rd Guide Returns to Barracks
6:00 pm Retire Barracks Flag
6:10 pm Assembly, Inspection ~ Downtown and Cemetery Flags
6:20 pm Assembly, Inspection ~ Avenue, Fort and Governor Flags
6:30 pm Retire Flags
7:00 pm Dinner
7:45 pm Evening Program
9:00 pm Call to Quarters, Evening Snack, Announcements
10:00 pm Taps …. Lights Out
-- Crafts available in the dining room and on porch (weather permitting)
after morning kapers have been completed. Clean up by 4:00 pm