:04:03
Well, major, what did you think
of the hanging?
:04:07
Looked very efficient.
Then again, I'm not an expert.
:04:10
I meant, how did you
personally feel about it?
:04:15
It wasn't the nicest way
to spend an evening.
:04:17
Well, it wasn't staged
for your entertainment, you know.
:04:20
I hope Private Gardner
was aware of that.
:04:22
-Private who?
-Private Gardner.
:04:24
He was the object of the exercise.
:04:28
There happens to have
been a reason, major.
:04:31
I've got your service record here, major.
:04:35
A lot of fireworks. A lot of transfers.
:04:39
One tough scrape after another,
very short on discipline.
:04:44
Very short on discipline.
:04:49
I hear you did a pretty good job in Italy.
:04:52
Then you loused it up by exceeding your
orders. And that's not the first time.
:04:56
-I didn't write those reports, sir.
-What is that supposed to mean?
:04:59
I don't necessarily agree
with what's in them.
:05:02
-Maybe you'd like to write your own?
-No, thank you, sir.
:05:07
I'm not very interested in embroidery,
only results.
:05:13
Now, you hold it right there.
:05:16
This war was not started
for your private gratification.
:05:19
And you can be damn sure
that this Army. . .
:05:22
. . .isn't being run for your
personal convenience, either.
:05:28
You've been waiting for a transfer
for over two months now.
:05:31
With a record like yours,
you could go on waiting forever.
:05:35
However, I get orders too.
And right now I've got some. . .
:05:39
. . .that sound as if they were made
for somebody just like you.
:05:42
Personally, I don't go for this
behind-the-lines nonsense.
:05:45
As far as I'm concerned, a soldier's job
is to wear his uniform and kill the enemy.
:05:51
But that's another matter.
:05:53
I'm gonna ask General Denton
to read these orders. . .
:05:55
. . .just as they came down to us.
:05:57
After, if you have any questions, ask.
Understand?