Garrison duties in Memphis included several other activities. Guarding a steamboat at the wharf, guarding goods at the levee, standing on a corner providing a presence, etc. Robert Johnson described another activity:
Then, maybe,with an officer and a number of men, it was a tramp, begun after bed-time, to the suburbs, all quietly; a sort of scouting expedition that always ended in weary legs and good appetites for breakfast.
