Ollie is a love-struck private who is drilled by his unsympathetic lieutenant at reveille. The colonel of the regiment wants his daughter to marry the lieutenant but she has her heart set on the chubby-faced Hardy, who himself is in love with another woman. He is thrown into a cell for disobeying orders, where he later escapes with the assistance of his sweetheart, and a casual touch of assault when he bumps the guard with his large stomach. The final chase scene ends with everyone getting what they want.

Cast

Oliver Hardy

Pvt. Plump

Billy Ruge

Lt. Runt

Bert Tracy

Col. Tracy

Florence McLaughlin

His daughter

Ray Godfrey

The sweetheart of the regiment