Then I turned to Allan and I asked him, “How many people do you have on the force now who are working Hwy. 90 or this part of Montana Allan?”
“Our roster expanded to twenty-four last week, Will. Why do you ask?”
“How many of those men have seen combat, do you know?”
“No, that was not one of the required answers on the application forms we were provided by Butte. But it would be easy enough for me to find out I suppose. I think a well educated guess based on conversations would be maybe fifteen out of that group.”
“Do we have any other source of manpower we could draw upon and create a fighting force here Allan?”
“Butte has a National Guard outfit there. But hell, Will, those people don't have any officers who are combat experienced and worst of all they don't have any non-coms who are
