See Here, Private Hargrove Page #8

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And don't think any civil

war is coming along

to get you out of this.

Well, hurry it up, will you?

It's almost train time.

"And that on his

return to camp,

"he applies himself diligently to

writing articles for the paper,

thereby earning extra money

for the association."

Gentlemen, I am touched

by the generosity

of your proposal

to finance my

furlough to New York.

Especially as you

ask no security,

other than all the money I may

earn during the rest of my life.

Could I ask one question?

Mm-hmm.

How am I expected to live?

Oh, we advance you

further sums...

small ones, to be sure...

which are added to the

principal sum of the debt.

Oh, I see.

Just to make sure that I never

get out of your clutches, huh?

I'd like to make a motion

that Private Hargrove

is permitted

to bum cigarettes,

cokes, and movie tickets

from any member of

the association.

Approved. Any other

suggestions or complaints?

Uh-uh.

Uh-uh.

A pen, Esty?

Oh.

Oh, don't you want

me to sign in blood?

Just one more thing.

When you get to New York,

you will visit all

the publishers

and do everything possible to

get your articles published

in book form.

You mean if the

book is published,

you guys get in on that, too?

Right.

But...

right. Right.

I don't know.

I hadn't thought about...

I hadn't...

Well... Ok.

Just sign it where I

marked an "x" there.

Oh!

[Indistinct chattering]

Hey, here's my

mother's phone number.

If you get a chance, call

her up in Jersey City

and tell her I'm feeling fine.

I'll do it first thing.

Now take care of

yourself, Hargrove.

Remember. You're

all we've got.

Yeah. Oh... take care of

my garbage cans, will you?

Ok.

[Train whistle]

Mulvehill...

Hurry up, this is New York.

New York...

New York!

[Chattering]

Take it easy, will you?

Hey, where you going, boy?

Dummy!

What's going on here? Hey!

Do you mind, sir, if I...

not at all. Go right ahead.

Thank you.

Conductor:
New York!

New York!

Oh, thank you.

Yes, sir.

What do you think?

I don't know.

It don't look right to me.

Marion!

Hi!

Hello.

Hello.

Did you have a nice trip?

Oh, fine, thanks.

Did you...

Darling!

Oh, that's wonderful!

Where did you get

the coat, bub?

Well, you see, I'm from Fort

Bragg, North Carolina...

you're from the guardhouse

on governors island

if you don't get out

of the coat, bub.

Yes, sergeant.

Must have been a mistake

in the washroom.

I know.

You like that coat?

Oh, yes, sir.

I... I guess it's your coat.

What's your name?

H-Hargrove, sir.

Private Marion Hargrove, "D"

battery, first batta...

never mind, that's enough.

Where are you from?

Fort Bragg, North

Carolina, sir.

Hargrove, Fort Bragg.

Yes, sir.

All right.

But in the future, Hargrove,

keep your wits about you.

Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

And don't go around town

impersonating no

officers, bub.

Well, you see, I'm not

a general, Carol.

I was a corporal for

one day, though.

Marion Hargrove, do

you mean to tell me

you didn't deliberately put

on that officer's coat

just to get me to kiss you?

Oh, no, Carol, I

swear I didn't.

It was all just a mix-up.

Well, it was a wonderful idea.

You should have thought of it.

Good evening, sir.

My name is...

Hargrove.

We're all pretty familiar

with that name around here.

Come on in, son.

I'm Carol's dad.

Oh, how do you do, sir?

Let me take your things here.

Here we are.

Put these down here.

Carol's primping.

She'll be down pretty soon.

Let's come over here and

make ourselves at home.

Want a cigar?

Oh, yes, thank you.

[Sniffs]

Mmm, nice.

I'll smoke this after dinner.

Ahh.

It's certainly different

from the barracks at camp.

Yeah, guess so. I was in the

a.E.F. In '17, you know.

Oh, you were?

Yeah, I'd be interested to know

what you think of this army.

Well, I'd be very happy to tell

you anything that I can...

well, for one thing, do you like

it? Does it agree with you?

Well, yes, I'd say.

Oh, there's nothing

like the army.

You know, later on you'll

look back on these days

as the happiest

ones of your life.

Got any stripes on

that sleeve yet?

Well, I...

oh, I had my ups

and downs in 1917.

3 times I was up

there, a top sergeant,

and 3 times busted.

Well, I was a corporal

until the maneuvers...

I was busted once on account

of overstaying my leave.

I got the right train

all right, you know,

but I fell asleep,

missed my connection.

Well, that's like when I was coming

back on the train to New York.

I...

then there was that trip

overseas with my unit.

For 14 days I went

without a cigarette.

I followed one guy

all around the ship,

waiting for him to

throw away a butt.

And he finally threw it over

the side and into the ocean.

Well, that's like our first

day at Fort Bragg...

and over in France, you know,

we used to exchange

our drinking water

for the wine with

those frenchmen.

It was a toss-up as to which tasted

worse, the water or the wine.

We used to guzzle

it down, you know,

out of those leather

skin things,

spill it all over the front

of our uniforms, ha ha ha!

Oh, and those uniforms, oh!

How do you like the new ones?

Well, the uniforms are...

Yeah? Go on.

Oh. Well, now the uniforms

are really very...

well, they couldn't have been

anything like that g.I. Stuff in 1917.

Well, Mr. Halliday,

I've certainly enjoyed

sitting here talking to you

about my experiences

in the army,

but I think I'm taking up

too much of your time.

Oh, ha ha!

Maybe Carol is ready...

nonsense. I could listen

to you for hours.

It's been a pleasure listening

to your experiences.

Carol:
Hello, Marion.

Oh, hello, Carol.

Did you two get acquainted?

Well, your young man's had

some very interesting

experiences.

We'll have to have

another talk.

Two old army men, huh?

Yes, sir. I'd certainly

like that.

Uh, do you use a pipe?

Yes, sir, sometimes.

Here's a new one I just got.

Take it and let me know

what you think of it.

Oh, thank you. Thank

you very much.

Will you excuse us, dad?

Sure, run along.

Have a good time.

Good night, sir.

Good night.

[Band playing jazz]

My name is Hargrove,

Mrs. Burk,

and Bill asked me to call you.

Ah. Uh-huh.

Mm-hmm?

Oh, Bill's fine, Mrs. Burk.

Yes, he likes it fine, and

he's a swell soldier.

Oh, they treat us fine.

Sure, the food is good.

The cookies?

Oh, they were wonderful!

Uh, send more next

time, Mrs. Burk,

because there's a heck of a

lot of us in the barracks.

Yeah. Well, I'll tell Bill.

Good...

Oh. Well, I... I don't think

I can hug him for you.

He'd punch me right

in the nose.

Yeah, well... well, good-bye.

Oh. I'm glad I finally

got that call in.

I wouldn't want Bill to think

that I forgot about it.

It was nice of you to

phone Burk's mother.

Well, Bill was one of the boys

who made my furlough possible.

Marion, uh...

hmm?

Do you think we

should have come

to such an expensive place?

Well, it just so

happens, Carol,

that I'm a man

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