Capt. Webb Calhoun: Open the gate, Sergeant. Muro, give me your saber.
Sgt. Barhydt: Sir, you're not going to let 'em in!
Capt. Webb Calhoun: That's the sign for palaver. I'm going out.
Sgt. Barhydt: But they're Sioux! That don't mean nothing but a trap. I'm going with you!
Capt. Webb Calhoun: You'll stay here... just in case. Open the gate!
Sgt. Barhydt: Just in case he don't come back.
Trooper Muro: If he don't come back, there won't be any case.

- Wally Cassell in Oh! Susanna (1951)

Jake Ledbetter: We didn't move out yesterday when some whipper-snapper Lieutenant told us to, and we're not moving out today! The yellow stuff in that creek back there tells us we're going to stay right here for quite a spell.
Trooper Muro: (to other troopers) Answer me this. How do they better themselves with the top of their heads gone?

- Wally Cassell in Oh! Susanna (1951)

Trumpeter Benton: Wishing you could fill up on whiskey, Mr. Riorty?
Trooper Riorty: I told ya, whiskey don't make a man brave. It just helps him forget he's petrified!

- Wally Cassell in Oh! Susanna (1951)

[Captain Calhoun has just told his company that Trooper Riorty was decorated for heroism four times during the Civil War]
Trumpeter Benton: Four separate battles?
Trooper Riorty: Well, you see, I, uh, I joined up late.

- Wally Cassell in Oh! Susanna (1951)