The army itself is further on.

You were found and brought in by some young officers of that most singular company composed of Americans and English who are always quarreling among one another, but who unite and fight like demons against anybody else." "A dollar to a cent it was Wharton and Carstairs who brought me here," said John, smiling to himself.
"What does Monsieur say ?" "Merely commenting on some absent friends of mine.

But this isn't a bad place, Picard." The shed was of immense length and breadth and just beyond it were some small buildings, evidently of hasty construction.

John inferred that they were for the nurses and doctors, and he wondered which one sheltered Julie Lannes.

The forest seemed to be largely of young pines, and the breeze that blew through it was fresh and wholesome.