the big name in film try to do their part for the war effort and and charlie chaplin be no exception . this patriotic and propagandist picture be part of his contribution and although the war be nearly over by the time of it release . the tramp go to war and humorously accomplishes act of heroism and kick the kaiser in the bum . it a very funny film and although i do not think it nearly one of his best . it with a dog life a his good output for first national before he make his early masterpiece the kid . they be his first three reeler and which contain sustained and more elaborate gag than he could usually orchestrate in his two reel short at mutual . it can be difficult to balance a pro war message with slapstick antic and scene of burlesque on the front and but one wouldn not think so watching shoulder arm . it also preferable in many respect to a more serious and dramatic work with a similar message and such a griffith heart of the world . chaplin have become a true virtuoso of screen comedy by this time while he make it look effortless . he know very well by now that a film with few gag with more elaboration and refinement and careful timing could be good than any knockabout and keystone type farce with a dozen pratfalls a minute . the sequence where chaplin be disguise a a tree be a pertinent example . even with war rag and chaplin can lift the spirit of million .