From what I know of the particular era, the negotiations were highly formal back then - in fact, they were rather formal even up to the WW1, which could be seen as a turning point in many ways. After all, back during the American War of Independence, the officers were gentlemen first and foremost. Even though it was possible for an enlisted man to become an officer after committing a deed so profondly heroic, his commanding officer decided he deserved it, the other officers (and this was still going on with the British in WW2) usually treated the said "mustang" like an enlisted man, because he was a common soldier, not a gentleman.
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"Listen to me, nugget, and listen good. Don't go poppin' your head out like that, unless you want it shot off. And if you do get it shot off, make sure you're dead, because if you ain't, guess who's gotta drag your sorry ass off the field? Were short on everything, so the only painkiller I have comes in 9mm doses. Now get the hell out of my foxhole!" - an unknown medic somewhere, 2013.
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