See Here, Private Hargrove Page #4

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No accounting for

taste, is there, sir?

Not "sir," Hargrove.

Just "sergeant," or

just nothing at all,

but please, not "sir"!

No, sergeant.

Will there be anything

else, sergeant?

There better not be, Hargrove.

[Sighs]

How's the platoon

coming, sergeant?

Whipping the boys into shape?

Oh, pretty good.

I'd like to get out on the rifle

range in a hurry, though.

What's the rush? The

platoon's pretty green.

I think maybe Hargrove

might get himself shot...

accidentally.

Then the outfit would

be in great shape.

Oh, him.

Yeah, him.

I been watching that kid.

He's got an idea that this

is some kind of a picnic.

Well, he don't get away with

that stuff in this battery.

Well, you know how it is.

They're a bunch of kids.

Sometimes they don't

quite realize...

they gotta realize.

They gotta realize

we're fighting a war.

The army didn't take them in to build

them up and then let them loaf.

We're going to turn this crew

into fighting men, heldon.

Sometimes I wonder.

Say, maybe I could ease

Hargrove out of the battery.

That is, if you and

the old man help...

not a chance. He

stays and he works

and he gets to be a

pretty good soldier

even if we have to mash him flat

and start off from scratch.

Ok. You keep a miracle

up your sleeve

for emergencies.

Right shoulder, ho!

Hut! Arms!

Left shoulder, arms!

Order, arms!

Right shoulder, arms!

Order, arms!

At ease, Hargrove.

There. You did that perfectly.

Yes, sir. Uh, yes, sergeant.

That's fine, Hargrove.

Now, what else did we

learn today, Hargrove?

I must not salute the

non-commissioned officers.

I must salute the

commissioned officers.

Thank you, Hargrove.

Now, that's enough

of the rifle.

All right, now get this.

We'll pretend I'm a

commissioned officer.

I've just come along the

drill field. Ready?

Yes, sir.

[Clack]

No, Hargrove, no!

You don't click your heels

and bow when you salute.

Oh, I'm sorry,

sergeant, I forgot.

All right.

Now I'm a non-commissioned

officer again.

Oh, they busted you, huh?

Later on we'll have

the jokes, Hargrove.

Now, how do you...

uh-oh.

That's all.

Yes, sir.

[Whispering] Now, look.

Whatever you do,

don't ball me up.

That's the old man and I'm

not supposed to be out here

drilling you alone like this.

Now, remember, you salute.

You don't click your heels.

You don't bow.

Yes, sir.

You don't say sir. I

mean, you do say sir...

you're confusing me!

You say sir to me... to him...

not to me... you s...

uh... uh...

[Both click heels]

Where did you learn that

salute, sergeant? Vienna?

I'm sorry, I was

just out here...

I mean, I'm sorry, sir!

All right, sergeant,

don't shout.

At ease, Hargrove.

Thank you, sir.

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