ten
minutes before noon
`` I 'll go myself ; and when it gets to Washington that the commanding officer at Boisé personally interfered with the Legislature of Idaho , it 'll shock 'em to that extent that the government will have to pay for a special commission of investigation and two tons of red tape . I 've got to trust to that corporal 's good sense . I have n't another man at the post . '' -LSB- Illustration : `` HIS PLAN WAS TO WALK AND KEEP QUIET '' -RSB- Corporal Jones had three-quarters of a mile to go , and it was ten minutes before noon , so he started his five men at a run . His plan was to walk and look quiet as soon as he reached the town , and thus excite no curiosity . The citizens were accustomed to the sight of passing soldiers . Jones had thought out several things , and he was not going to order bayonets fixed until the final necessary moment .