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The Major issues uniform to the men, but Sandy’s is a bit tight which causes a bit of a sight when he bends down to tie his boots.

Sandy manages to confuse the Sergeant Major with an apparent act of levitation.

While marking time, Sandy manages to kick a fellow recruit into the air, which leads to more chaos.

Sandy was first to fall into line, which meant he was first to move. After Sandy had caused more mayhem, the drill Sergeant gave the order “about turn”, hoping that, at the back of the company, he wouldn’t be able to cause much disruption.

The Major brings in a veteran drill sergeant to teach the men, but Sandy doesn’t like being ordered about. The Major calms the situation with some diplomtic words on both sides.

The Major asks the Home Guard volunteers if any of them knows how to drill. Sandy volunteers but it turns out that he thought the Major was talking about turnip seed drilling.

Sandy refuses to divulge to his wife what went on at the Home Guard meeting and they don’t speak to each other for several days. When Sandy arrives at the next meeting, everyone else is hiding in case he has brought along another gun like Auld Betsy.

Sandy shows Aul Betsy to the Major, explaining that it was last fired during the Boer War. The gun then blows up unexpectedly, causing quite a commotion.