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She gave no sign that she had seen or recognized Thane. He noticed that on a few of her questions, her voice went up. He saw why. The non-com had finished the body of his form and was filling in the "remarks." His stylus poised, he asked, "Why did you go to the priestess?" Astrid's voice went up as she answered, "She's all right." Then her voice went back to a dull monotone. "I I was confused.
I've been trying for three days to put 'pep' into some of them, and the K.O. frowned at me this morning." "Non-com" is the Army abbreviation for "non-commissioned officers" -corporals and sergeants -while "K.O." is Army slang for commanding officer.
Their real characters came out. You knew how far you could go with them, and what was more important, how far you couldn't go. It was at Dieval that my rank as lance corporal was confirmed. It is customary, when a rookie has been made a non-com in training, to reduce him immediately when he gets to France.
A fellow told me he heard it was because I got a level head. I can't tell you where I am, but this morning we're going to take a town. I didn't have to go, 'cause I'm a non-com., but I volunteered. I don't know what I'll have to do. "I ain't exactly scared, but it kind of makes me think about home and all like that. I often wished I'd meet Roscoe Bent over here. Maybe he wrote to you.
Thane went over to the bench. He saw that the non-com had lit a cigarette and was staring into endless boredom. For long, empty minutes nothing happened. Then there was noise at the outer doors. The doors opened and two burly guards entered. Astrid Reine was between them. They dragged her up to the desk. "They told us to bring her here." The non-com looked up. "What's the purpose?"
And Jackson, the chauffeur, was going, giving up his excellent wages to accept the thirty-odd dollars a month of a non-com, from a pure sense of responsibility. But, among the men he knew best, in business and in the clubs, the war still remained a magnificent spectacle. A daily newspaper drama. Suddenly Clayton saw Audrey Valentine.
That meant the operator was a non-com which would make it a little easier. "Get me Lieutenant Allison at Mess 187. Make it quick." The operator did some plugging and after a bit came back with a report. "Lieutenant Allison has shifted to fighter group. He is at 155, Interceptor Base." "Get him!" Stan snapped. The operator began plugging again and Stan waited.
When the sergeant came up to make a magnificent toilet for tea and for the evening in town, the soldier expressed himself with enthusiasm. "He iss a deffle of a dog, sir!" He was thought to be a "deffle of a dog" in the mess, where the non-com officers had tea at small writing and card tables.
L. Raney, Norton, and James McIntire; Adjutant, T. F. Allen; Q. M., W. M. R. Jackson; C. S., John McColgin; Surgeon, Isaac Train; Asst. Surgeons, Tullis and Barrett. Non-Com., Field and Staff. S. M., B. P. Stacy; Q. M. S., Geo. M. Ross; C. S., B. F. Powers; H. S., James Saffron; Saddler, Serg't Albert G. Sells. Captains Wm.
The Sergeant was not the modern educated non-com, with an eye to a commission, but an old-timer, unlearned in books, but an expert in handling men and horses. "What is it, Sergeant?" asked the C. O. "Just this, sir," replied the Sergeant respectfully, "I was thinkin' a man ought to be mighty keerful when he picks out a wife."
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