Seven Days in May Page #3

that's fulsome praise indeed.

That forces me to invite you for a drink,

in the name of gratitude.

In the name of military protocol,

you force me to accept.

- Your first appointment is at 2:00, General.

- Thank you.

Incidentally, Jiggs.

The alert on Sunday, nobody from the Hill.

No congressmen.

This one must be deep and dark,

straight down the line.

I noticed that nobody from Congress

was on the list.

Hello, Colonel. Hot poop

from all around the globe.

All properly decoded in 4.0 fashion,

and respectively submitted...

...by yours truly,

Lieutenant Junior Grade Dorsey Grayson.

Give this one a reading.

"Last call annual Preakness pool."

Top secret code, too.

"$10 already deposited with Murdock.

"Give lengths your pick will win.

"Deadline:
17:00, Saturday.

Post time:
1:00, Sunday, 18 May."

Scott, where'd this come from?

General Scott's aid, you know,

Colonel Murdock.

He gave me that message

at 07:
25 this morning.

Did you get that name, Colonel?

General Scott.

Yeah, I'm so disillusioned,

I could sit down and cry.

My hero turns out to be a bookie.

Say, who'd this go to?

Nothing but the cream.

Commander Vandenburg,

Missile Center, California.

Commander...

Strategic Air Command, Omaha.

Vice-Admiral Farley C. Barnswell,

Commanding Sixth League, Gibraltar.

St. Pat, Pearl Harbor and...

...Commander First Airborne Corps Unit,

United States Army, Fort Bragg, sir.

They must have a sure thing.

Colonel, look at this.

Barnswell doesn't think so.

Just proves that sometimes even

an admiral can't cough up $10 for a bet.

Hiya, Jiggs.

How are you, Mutt?

Just fine. Good to see you.

You look great. Where are you stationed?

I haven't given a straight answer to that

in four months.

But with your clearance, you know already.

Hell, you probably got me my orders.

I'm Exec of ECOMCON, Jiggs.

ECOMCON?

Yes. Site Y.

Don't blame me for your orders.

Come on in.

You live at the base at Site Y?

Nobody could live at that hellhole.

It's bad enough when the old man

keeps me there four or five days at a time.

Mabel and I have a house in El Paso.

I'll give you the number. If you ever get

down that way, we can open a bottle.

Listen, I have to go to a party tonight.

If you're free it might be fun for you.

Jiggs, I'd love to but I just can't.

How long will you stay?

Just till the old man briefs Scott.

I think you know him. Colonel Broderick?

Broderick.

Good officer, don't you think?

For certain armies.

The kind that goose step.

You don't find a happy medium

in this man's army.

That's for sure.

Say, how many men are there

in your outfit now?

Are you up to strength yet?

Sure we are. We got the full t.o.

A hundred officers, 3,600 enlisted.

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