[Note: This opening sequence was almost incomprehensible with lots of rowdy drunks and half-heard mumbled conversations in the dimly-lit bar.The has-been tramp preaches charity, kindness, plain-speaking, homely aphorisms, and a doctrine of good-neighborliness." Local official Withers urges that they won""t question what she tells hem: "Take your time, Mrs.Crosbie, remember, we""re all friends here." With all of them listening, the unimpeachable wife of the plantation owner skillfully recites what happened.In a dramatic entrance, the incomparable Katczinsky arrives with a pig over his shoulders.Obviously, he has learned how to live amidst the horrors and deprivations of war.He instructs he young recruits: "Some time, I""m going to take one of you volunteers apart - find out what makes you leave school and join he army.