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He
took
a
sip
.
"
I
have
your
orders
,
gentlemen
,
"
he
announced
,
"
and
your
temporary
commissions
.
"
He
went
on
,
"
But
I
want
to
be
sure
you
understand
your
status
.
"
We
had
already
been
lectured
about
this
.
We
were
going
to
be
officers
just
enough
for
instruction
and
testing
--
"
supernumerary
,
probationary
,
and
temporary
.
"
Very
junior
,
quite
superfluous
,
on
good
behavior
,
and
extremely
temporary
;
we
would
revert
to
cadet
when
we
got
back
and
could
be
busted
at
any
time
by
the
officers
examining
us
.
We
would
be
"
temporary
third
lieutenants
"
--
a
rank
as
necessary
as
feet
on
a
fish
,
wedged
into
the
hairline
between
fleet
sergeants
and
real
officers
.
It
is
as
low
as
you
can
get
and
still
be
called
an
"
officer
.
"
If
anybody
ever
saluted
a
third
lieutenant
,
the
light
must
have
been
bad
.
"
Your
commission
reads
'
third
lieutenant
,
'
"
he
went
on
,
"
but
your
pay
stays
the
same
,
you
continue
to
be
addressed
as
'
Mister
,
'
the
only
change
in
uniform
is
a
shoulder
pip
even
smaller
than
cadet
insignia
.
You
continue
under
instruction
since
it
has
not
yet
been
settled
that
you
are
fit
to
be
officers
.
"
The
Colonel
smiled
.
"
So
why
call
you
a
'
third
lieutenant
'
?
"
I
had
wondered
about
that
.
Why
this
whoopty-do
of
"
commissions
"
that
were
n't
real
commissions
?
Of
course
I
knew
the
textbook
answer
.
"
Mr.
Byrd
?
"
the
Commandant
said
.
"
Uh
...
to
place
us
in
the
line
of
command
,
sir
.
"
"
Exactly
!
"
Colonel
glided
to
a
T.
O.
on
one
wall
.
It
was
the
usual
pyramid
,
with
chain
of
command
defined
all
the
way
down
.
"
Look
at
this
--
"
He
pointed
to
a
box
connected
to
his
own
by
a
horizontal
line
;
it
read
:
ASSISTANT
TO
COMMANDANT
(
Miss
Kendrick
)
.
