The Devil's Brigade Page #5

Ain't that a purty language?

Sure is marvelous

sharing quarters with you Canucks.

- Yeah, what's so marvelous about it?

- Now, let me think...

Bronc, this man is one of

the handpicked best, right, Corporal?

Thank God they're our friends.

Imagine what would happen

if we fought against them.

We could take Canada in two weeks,

if we wanted it.

- Right, Manella?

- More like two days.

Is that a fact?

- Just you try it, mate!

- Back!

Good thing your wife wasn't under there.

Now, you listen to me,

you dirty-mouthed buggers!

I'm not one to pull rank,

but if there's any more of your filthy talk...

...or your foul, rotten tricks,

you'll pay for it.

Now, is that clear?

Right. This man is right. Let's cut it out.

- Very sorry, Corporal.

- It won't happen again, Corporal.

Very well, then.

Sweet dreams, Corporal.

Fall in.

We have very little time to determine...

...who is and who is not qualified...

...for the difficult job assigned to this unit.

The training continues today

with a 30-mile hike.

Normally, you would carry

a full pack and a rifle.

I regret to say that our weapons

and much of our equipment...

...have not yet arrived.

We shall therefore

have to do without them.

However, we do have rucksacks...

...which are loaded

with 50 pounds of rocks.

Each man, each officer, and each unit...

- He's got to be kidding.

- Don't you wish?

Corporal.

"Yankee doodle went to town,

riding on a pony

"Stuck a feather in his hat,

and he called it macaroni"

- Peacock?

- Yes, sir.

Your stripes are not a license

to behave like an ass.

No more derogatory behavior

or insulting remarks to the Yanks.

- Is that clear?

- Yes, sir.

There will be no more

derogatory insults about the Yanks!

Is that clear?

Would ordinary insults be acceptable, sir?

Sir, what am I going to do about my men?

They're a bunch of eight balls.

Half of them, if they don't belong in jail,

should be put in a loony bin.

- How many of them keep pet rattlesnakes?

- Sir?

How many of them have been

in and out of nine different camps?

Would you like to try for 10, Major?

It's very easy.

All right, now, look alive.

I know this is in route-step, but shape up.

I see you circling up there,

and I know who you're following, too.

Fifteen miles back.

"The contents of this can

are not fit for human consumption."

- Maj. Crown?

- Sir?

The Canadians seem to be

in better condition than I expected.

That's very good of you to say so, sir.

"Very good of you to say so, sir.

Thank you, sir."

Bunch of gung-ho volunteers,

they give me the galloping trots.

I can't make it.

- I just can't make it.

- The hell you can't.

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