It becomes apparent that while there is brotherhood in war there is also a sense of every man for himself when "The Three Musketeers", as Weary refers to them, splits up. Weary felt a false sense of brotherhood with scouts and wanted to tell the tale of "The Three Musketeers" behind German lines when he returned home.
That feeling of comradeship ended when the scouts, "...told Weary that he and Billy had better find somebody to surrender to. The scouts weren't going to wait for them anymore." (49) The scouts left Billy and Weary because they thought they could get farther on their own, reinforcing the idea of every man for himself.
The brotherhood in war is normally highlighted in text, such as All Quiet on The Western Front, when Paul, Kat, Albert, and Mueller stuck together throughout the war. Why did Vonnegut decide to show that they did not stick together like you would more commonly read about?
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