- Himmelstoss has the detachment perform drills.
- First, he has them lie in the mud and advance slowly at his command in a sadistic game of red light, green light.
- Then he has them march.
- When he commands them to sing, the detachment sings weakly, so Himmelstoss orders them back to the mud drills.
- The next time he orders them to sing, they sing loud and proud.