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MAJORS |
Army officers |
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BRIGADIERS |
Army officers |
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LIEUTENANTS |
Army officers |
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CAPTAINS |
Army officers |
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COLONELS |
Army officers |
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GENERALS |
Army officers |
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ORDERLIES |
Army officers’ aides |
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SERGEANTS |
Greatness misinterpreted by army officers |
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MANIPLE |
A division of the Roman army numbering sixty men exclusive
of officers, any small body of soldiers; a company. |
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ARTILLERY |
The men and officers of that branch of the army to which
the care and management of artillery are confided. |
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COURT-MARTIAL |
A court consisting of military or naval officers,
for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses
against military or naval law. |
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APPOINTMENT |
Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army;
whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the
accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes,
swords. |
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GENERAL |
One of the chief military officers of a government or
country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a
brigade. In European ... |
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ETAT MAJOR |
The staff of an army, including all officers above the
rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters,
commissaries, engineer... |
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BOSTON |
... packs of
fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston,
Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army
... |
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DRESS COAT |
...the
frock coat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on
occasions of ceremony. The dress coat of officers of the United States
a... |
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ENSIGN |
...flag, or a
banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers;
-- as distinguished from flags indicating divisions of the ar... |
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MATERIEL |
...terials,
or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as,
the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the bu... |
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STAFF |
An establishment of officers in various departments attached
to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army.
The general's... |
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NONCOMBATANT |
Any person connected with an army, or within the
lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any
one of the medical office... |