As for the volunteer's stripes, he sewed them on when he was drunk and went on wearing them because he was incessantly drunk, his constitution having been weakened by dysentery.
boluntario-galoiei zegokienez, mozkorraldi batean josi zituela, eta beti eramaten bazituen, beti mozkortuta egoten zelako zela, gorputza, beherakoak jota, ahul-ahul zeukalako.