Chaplain Tappman is nearly destroyed by the news of Nately’s death. His initial reaction is to pray that Nately and other men whom he knows are not really among the casualties. But he realizes that such a prayer is a request that other fine young men are dead. The chaplain is crying and walking over to share his grief with Yossarian when a stout colonel and a hawk-faced major stop him and insist that he “Come along. . . . You’d better come along with us, Father. . . . We’re from the government. We want to ask you a few questions.” More men join them, and they take the chaplain by staff car to a cellar beneath Group Headquarters where he is interrogated.
