Shock Absorber
by E.G. von Wald
Shock Absorber is a short science fiction story written by E.G. von Wald which is dealing with war.
He looked up again and quickly added, "Oh, of course there is a discipline of a sort, and in its own way it is quite effective. Strict, too, as you will find. But it has few of the marks of the military academy, of which the regular officers were so fond. Perhaps that was the reason why they let the situation get away from them, and why we are in charge of it now."