Unnamed Sergeants and Officers

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2690
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Unnamed Sergeants and Officers
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Unnamed Sergeants and Officers
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
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In "The Tall Men," when Buddy McCallum thinks that his sons are being called up for active duty in wartime, he tells them to obey their "sergeants and officers," adding, "The Government done right by me in my day, and it will do right by you" (53).