What is "the little corporal"

Usage examples of "the little corporal".

Then the Mouser saw that, for safety's sake, his own and his ship's, the little corporal major had fixed the flare to the boathook's end and thrust it aloft, thereby also increasing the distance at which it could be seen -- by at least a Lankhmar league, the Mouser hurriedly calculated.

Sure, us women have our little victories-- until the legions come or the Little Corporal draws up his artillery or the Panzers roar down the road.