Prisoners in the Stewartstown POW World War II camp lived inside a wire-fenced enclosure arranged to meet their day-to-day needs from early summer through the fall harvest season. They slept in tents on what is now the adult baseball field, while other tents served as mess tents, a canteen, a first aid station, a dental lab, and toilets around an open lawn used for recreation. Guard towers stood at the corners of the enclosure, and guards, enlisted men, and officers stayed in tents outside the fence. The mess hall was in what is now the Boy Scout building, the canteen for army personnel stood at the site of the current concession stand, and the Community Building served as enlisted men's quarters. Prisoners rose early for breakfast and roll call, then left to work in local fields, orchards, and canneries. They could spend money earned from labor at the prisoner canteen on small items such as candy, cigarettes, soft drinks, toothbrushes, and toothpaste. They were well fed, receiving the same food as the guards and other soldiers at the camp. In the evenings they sang, played cards or chess, read mail from home, and did chores such as mending their POW uniforms and doing laundry. The day ended at 10 p.m. with the playing of "Taps," after which they returned to their tents.