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An
army
that
is
mostly
organization
,
red
tape
,
and
overhead
,
most
of
whose
"
soldiers
"
never
fight
.
But
what
do
"
officers
"
do
who
do
not
command
fighting
men
?
Fiddlework
,
apparently
--
officers
'
club
officer
,
morale
officer
,
athletics
officer
,
public
information
officer
,
recreation
officer
,
PX
officer
,
transportation
officer
,
legal
officer
,
chaplain
,
assistant
chaplain
,
junior
assistant
chaplain
,
officer-in-charge
of
anything
anybody
can
think
of
,
even
--
nursery
officer
!
In
the
M.
I.
,
such
things
are
extra
duty
for
combat
officers
or
,
if
they
are
real
jobs
,
they
are
done
better
and
cheaper
and
without
demoralizing
a
fighting
outfit
by
hiring
civilians
.
But
the
situation
got
so
smelly
in
one
of
the
XXth
century
major
powers
that
real
officers
,
ones
who
commanded
fighting
men
,
were
given
special
insignia
to
distinguish
them
from
the
swarms
of
swivel-chair
hussars
.
The
scarcity
of
officers
got
steadily
worse
as
the
war
wore
on
,
because
the
casualty
rate
is
always
highest
among
officers
...
and
the
M.
I.
never
commissions
a
man
simply
to
fill
vacancy
.
In
the
long
run
,
each
boot
regiment
must
supply
its
own
share
of
officers
and
the
percentage
ca
n't
be
raised
without
lowering
the
standards
.
The
strike
force
in
the
Tours
needed
thirteen
officers
--
six
platoon
leaders
,
two
company
commanders
and
two
deputies
,
and
a
strike
force
commander
staffed
by
a
deputy
and
an
adjutant
.
What
it
had
was
six
...
and
me
.
Table
of
Organization
"
Rump
Battalion
"
Strike
Force
--
Cpt
.
Blackstone
(
"
first
hat
"
)
