As usual, the charge led by Captain Stark completely decimated the 22nd cavalry. This regiment has acquired such a reputation that it becomes impossible to reconstitute it with volunteers. For this reason, General Alexander sees only one solution: To hire troops among the many immigrants and foreign workers who land every day on American soil. Chesterfield is therefore appointed instructor and, accompanied by Blutch, he goes to a camp where he has to take charge of a dozen men. But what is not his surprise when he discovers that among the men in question, none speak English, none have signed a commitment and, above all, none have come to join the army!