Chapter 8: Fourteen Minutes Past Two
Charlie and Tommo are at army camp with the Sergeant Horrible Hanley. He talks about how Horrible Hanley picks on Tommo and Charlie the most because Charlie refuses to be scared of Hanley. Tommo then explains how Charlie was the best rifle shooter in the whole camp which Charlie receives a red marksman's badge for this. Then one day while they were doing army exercises, they hear distant gun fires and Tommo notices that fright flashes in every bodies eyes, even Charlie's. Soon, they are all off on a boat and are shipped off to France which was very unpleasant because of a storm which caused Tommo and Charlie to constantly vomit and were forced to go down into the stable where it was much calmer and they soon felt much better. When they reach France they see all the wounded soldiers. Some on stretchers and others just on the side of the road. They cheered them on and told them to "Give 'em all you got!". One day Horrible Hanley tells Charlie that his cap badge is crooked and shouts at him "Your a blot on creation. What are you?" and Charlie would reply "Happy to be here!". This got Charlie a punishment of extra sentry duty which caused Charlie to soon become extremely tired.One morning when they are drilling and they were standing to attention, Horrible Hanley grabs Tommo's rifle and tells him it's dirty. The punishment was that Tommo had to do 5 times doubling around the parade ground holding their rifle above their head. Tommo accidentally dropped his rifle and had to do 5 more! Tommo didn't have the energy to do it any more and passed out. This made Charlie angry so he charged at Hanley telling him exactly what he thought of him. Every one cheered for him but Charlie got marched off to the guard room under arrest. The next day Charlie was lashed to a gun wheel and was lashed all day in the rain.
Charlie and Tommo are at army camp with the Sergeant Horrible Hanley. He talks about how Horrible Hanley picks on Tommo and Charlie the most because Charlie refuses to be scared of Hanley. Tommo then explains how Charlie was the best rifle shooter in the whole camp which Charlie receives a red marksman's badge for this. Then one day while they were doing army exercises, they hear distant gun fires and Tommo notices that fright flashes in every bodies eyes, even Charlie's. Soon, they are all off on a boat and are shipped off to France which was very unpleasant because of a storm which caused Tommo and Charlie to constantly vomit and were forced to go down into the stable where it was much calmer and they soon felt much better. When they reach France they see all the wounded soldiers. Some on stretchers and others just on the side of the road. They cheered them on and told them to "Give 'em all you got!". One day Horrible Hanley tells Charlie that his cap badge is crooked and shouts at him "Your a blot on creation. What are you?" and Charlie would reply "Happy to be here!". This got Charlie a punishment of extra sentry duty which caused Charlie to soon become extremely tired.One morning when they are drilling and they were standing to attention, Horrible Hanley grabs Tommo's rifle and tells him it's dirty. The punishment was that Tommo had to do 5 times doubling around the parade ground holding their rifle above their head. Tommo accidentally dropped his rifle and had to do 5 more! Tommo didn't have the energy to do it any more and passed out. This made Charlie angry so he charged at Hanley telling him exactly what he thought of him. Every one cheered for him but Charlie got marched off to the guard room under arrest. The next day Charlie was lashed to a gun wheel and was lashed all day in the rain.