but there 's some kind of catch in it now , and some soldiers who dropped their guns pick 'em up again but others just stand there sorta frozen , not knowing which to do- and then they fall to the ground , too , hit by spackle weapons- and i see the mayor 's face , see it nearly splitting with concentrayshun , trying to get some men to do one thing , other men to do another , and it 's all adding up to no one doing nothing and more men are dying and the water tank is gon na fall- `` mr president ? ! ''