this army comedy and a favorite milieu with star comedian and be one of the good three stooge short i have watch . it plot start in wwi and then move on to the present ( 1935 and in this case ) anticipate one of laurel and hardy best feature film and blockhead ( 1938 ) . the boy be layabout during the war ( they even manage to sleep through combat . ) who fall foul of their sergeant while year later and we find them a tramp willing to do any work . theyre eventually direct to an office building which and unbeknownst to them and be the city army recruit post represent there they meet again their old sergeant and who naturally keen to get even with them . during the film surreal climax and where theyre assign to cannon fire practice and the stooge contrive to sink a visiting admiral ship and demolish a number of building in the vicinity for which theyre soon face the firing squad only the weapon turn out to be the cannon itself and the executor of the sentence be none other than their vindictive sergeant .