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ŌĆØ ŌĆ£Ben Greene, I guess you are right about that,ŌĆØ said the lieutenant. ŌĆ£Will you forgive me? That is what I came to see you about. BEN GREEN I GUESS YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT SAID THE LIEUTENANT WILL YOU FORGIVE ME THAT IS WHAT I CAME TO SEE YOU ABOUT
f among these was that essential part of discipline, subordination. To one imbued from infancy with the fascinating fallacy that all men are born equal, unquestioning submission to authority is not easily mastered, and the American volunteer soldier in his ŌĆ£green and salad daysŌĆØ is among the worst known. That is how it happened that one of BuellŌĆÖs men, Private Bennett Story Greene, committed the indiscretion of striking his officer. Later in the war he would not have done that; like Sir Andrew Aguecheek, he would have ŌĆ£seen him damnedŌĆØ first. But time for reformation of his military manners was denied him: he was promptly arrested on complaint of the officer, tried by court-martial and sentenced to be shot. ŌĆ£You might have thrashed me and let it go at that,ŌĆØ said the condemned man to the complaining witness; ŌĆ£that is what you used to do at school, when you were plain Will Dudley and I was as good as you. Nobody saw me strike you; discipline would not have suffered much.  OF IT NOT ALTOGETHER TO HIS LIKING CHIEF AMONG THESE WAS THAT ESSENTIAL PART OF DISCIPLINE SUBORDINATION TO ONE IMBUED FROM INFANCY WITH THE FASCINATING FALLACY THAT ALL MEN ARE BORN EQUAL UNQUESTIONING SUBMISSION TO AUTHORITY IS NOT EASILY MASTERED AND THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER SOLDIER IN HIS GREEN AND SALID DAYS IS AMONG THE WORST KNOWN THAT IS HOW IT HAPPENED THAT ONE OF BUELL'S MEN PRIVATE BENNETT STORY GREEN COMMITTED THE INDISCRETION OF STRIKING HIS OFFICER LATER IN THE WAR HE WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT LIKE SIR ANDREW A GOUTCHEEK HE WOULD HAVE SEEN HIM DAMNED FIRST BUT TIME FOR REFORMATION OF HIS MILITARY MANNERS WAS DENIED HIM HE WAS PROMPTLY ARRESTED ON COMPLAINT OF THE OFFICER TRIED BY COURT MARTIAL AND SENTENCED TO BE SHOT YOU MIGHT HAVE THRASHED ME AND LET IT GO AT THAT SAID THE CONDEMNED MAN TO THE COMPLAINING WITNESS THAT IS WHAT YOU USED TO DO AT SCHOOL WHEN YOU WERE PLAYING WILL DUDLEY AND I WAS AS GOOD AS YOU NOBODY SAW ME STRIKE YOU DISCIPLINE WOULD NOT HAVE SUFFERED MUCH
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