The platoon is ordered to sea duty and Gomer disobeys orders by bringing a stray cat on board.
Gomer fouls up a raid on maneuvers, and Carter sends him into the enemy camp to be captured.
Bat Masterson helps build a road westward from Nevada to California but must face obstacles such as the bitter mountain cold, conspirators opposing progress and a cabin which stands squarely in the road's path.
Bat Masterson is on the scene when horse-thieves Cat and Jesse Crail try to trigger a war between two local tribes.