@@@@@"We're going to have to dump them," he
@@@@@"We're going to have to dump them," he said
The sullen Jap seemed to know what he meant, for he stepped off the trail and waited with his back turnedThe shot caught him behind the ear
Another soldier came up behind the prisoner with the swollen genitals and gave him a shove which sprawled him on the groundHe gave a single scream of pain before he was killed
The third one was half in coma and had no idea of what happened

Two weeks later Major Dalleson sat in the newly finished operations and training shack and ruminated pleasurably about the past, present, and futureNow that the campaign was over, the division's headquarters had moved back almost to a cool pleasant grove not far from the seaAt night the breezes made sleep quite enjoyable
The training program was going to begin the next day, and this was the part of military life that the Major found most congenialEverything had been got readyThe troops had set up their permanent bivouacs in squad tents, the walks through the bivouac had been graveled and every company had finished building racks over each man's cot to hold his equipment neatlyThe parade ground was finished and the Major was proud of it, for he had supervised it personallyIt had been a considerable feat to clear three hundred yards of jungle and level the ground in only ten days
Tomorrow there would be the first parade and inspection, and the Major anticipated it eagerlyHe obtained a simple childish joy from seeing the troops march past in clean uniforms, in picking a file at random and inspecting their riflesBefore they moved on to the Philippines he was determined to get the division marching decently again
His days were quite busyThere were any number of details to be carried out and the training schedule gave him a lot of difficultiesWithout the proper facilities it was going to be troublesome to give all the courses he wantedThere would be rifle marksmanship, of course, and the care, nomenclature, and operation of the machine gunThere could be a class in special weapons, and one in compass and map reading, another in military disciplineAnd of course he was going to keep them busy with inspections and paradesBut still there were many other things they should haveIn any case, he could always fill the gap with hike