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None
of
these
is
in
the
line
of
command
,
so
let
's
consider
only
us
apes
and
what
it
takes
to
lead
us
.
This
imaginary
division
has
10,800
men
in
216
platoons
,
each
with
a
lieutenant
.
Three
platoons
to
a
company
calls
for
72
captains
;
four
companies
to
a
battalion
calls
for
18
majors
or
lieutenant
colonels
.
Six
regiments
with
six
colonels
can
form
two
or
three
brigades
,
each
with
a
short
general
,
plus
a
medium-tall
general
as
top
boss
.
You
wind
up
with
317
officers
out
of
a
total
,
all
ranks
,
of
11,117
.
There
are
no
blank
files
and
every
officer
commands
a
team
.
Officers
total
3
per
cent
--
which
is
what
the
M.
I.
does
have
,
but
arranged
somewhat
differently
.
In
fact
a
good
many
platoons
are
commanded
by
sergeants
and
many
officers
"
wear
more
than
one
hat
"
in
order
to
fill
some
utterly
necessary
staff
jobs
.
Even
a
platoon
leader
should
have
"
staff
"
--
his
platoon
sergeant
.
But
he
can
get
by
without
one
and
his
sergeant
can
get
by
without
him
.
But
a
general
must
have
staff
;
the
job
is
too
big
to
carry
in
his
hat
.
He
needs
a
big
planning
staff
and
a
small
combat
staff
.
Since
there
are
never
enough
officers
,
the
team
commanders
in
his
flag
transport
double
as
his
planning
staff
and
are
picked
from
the
M.
I.
's
best
mathematical
logicians
then
they
drop
with
their
own
teams
.
The
general
drops
with
a
small
combat
staff
,
plus
a
small
team
of
the
roughest
,
on-the-bounce
troopers
in
the
M.
I
.
Their
job
is
to
keep
the
general
from
being
bothered
by
rude
strangers
while
he
is
managing
the
battle
.
Sometimes
they
succeed
.
Besides
necessary
staff
billets
,
any
team
larger
than
a
platoon
ought
to
have
a
deputy
commander
.
But
there
are
never
enough
officers
so
we
make
do
with
what
we
've
got
.
To
fill
each
necessary
combat
billet
,
one
job
to
one
officer
,
would
call
for
a
5
per
cent
ratio
of
officers
--
but
3
per
cent
is
all
we
've
got
.
In
place
of
that
optimax
of
5
per
cent
that
the
M.
I.
never
can
reach
,
many
armies
in
the
past
commissioned
10
per
cent
of
their
number
,
or
even
15
per
cent
--
and
sometimes
a
preposterous
20
per
cent
!
This
sounds
like
a
fairy
tale
but
it
was
a
fact
,
especially
during
the
XXth
century
.
What
kind
of
an
army
has
more
"
officers
"
than
corporals
?
(
And
more
non-coms
than
privates
!
)
An
army
organized
to
lose
wars
--
if
history
means
anything
.
