Infantry Barracks

Infantry Barracks. . Enlisted infantrymen found that privacy was not a feature of barracks life. Privates and corporals bunked together in the main room; sergeants occupied small adjoining rooms. , Each soldier stored his military gear and personal belongings on a wooden shelf above his cot and in a wooden locker at its foot. At reveille, the men rolled up their bed sacks on the cots' wooden slats. They stacked their rifles in a special circular rack in the center of the room. , Fireplaces heated the building until replaced with cast iron stoves. Kerosene lamps or candles, hung at each end of the room, provided the only light. , Foundations of the kitchen and mess hall are behind the barracks.