Corporal Hal Overton of the Thirty-fourth Infantry borrows signal flags, wins promotion and finds that wearing sergeant’s stripes means enforcing discipline on men who were his messmates. A dandified new lieutenant, a sullen private named Hinkey, a stain on a soldier’s honour and a chase after a deserter test him and his chum Noll.
A brisk boys’ army story from the series, for young readers who like adventure with a military setting. Download the free EPUB.