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Operator 14:
By the way, Colonel, I think we ought to have about 75,000 men down here.

Col. Buttz:
Oh, don't make me laugh. We've only got 19,000! Ha ha ha, oh yeah! Ha ha ha ha!

[Operator 14 writes on a piece of paper:
"19,000 men."]

Operator 12:
But I reckon we ought to have about 350 heavy pieces of artillery, don't you think?

Col. Buttz:
Ah, that's where we've fooled 'em! We've only got 18 pieces!

[Operator 14 writes on a piece of paper:
"18 big guns."]

Operator 12:
Operator 12: 18 pieces? A mere handful!