I enjoyed this story very much do to the military aspect of it. As a member of the Military I was able to appreciate Bierce’s selection in vocabulary. Phrases such as “parade rest” was something that I was a to picture vividly in my mind do to the fact that I to stand on occasion in that stance. At first I followed along in the story reading as though the content was in chronological order. Then towards the middle of the story it said that he had some how become free from his restrains and swam to shore, it was at this point that I had become officially lost. As I read on the story stated that he ha