A Military Dictionary: Or, Explaination of the Several Systems of Discipline of Different Kinds of Troops, Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry; the Principles of Fortification, and All the Modern Improvements in the Science of Tactics: Comprising the Pocket Gunner, Or Little Bombardier; the Military Regulations of the United States; the Weights, Measures, and Monies of All Nations; the Technical Terms and Phrases of the Art of War in the French Language. Particularly Adapted to the Use of the Military Institutions of the United States |
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... arms should be put into their hands ; and a manual exercise of some kind taught , for it is not material what the motions are so that the firing and loading motions are taught to be performed with dexterity and ease . The drill is then ...
... arms should be put into their hands ; and a manual exercise of some kind taught , for it is not material what the motions are so that the firing and loading motions are taught to be performed with dexterity and ease . The drill is then ...
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... arm ; but this use of the word is now deemed quaint . ARM , in geography , denotes a branch of the sea , or of a river . A & M is also used figuratively to denote power . To ARM , to take arms , to be provided || against an enemy ...
... arm ; but this use of the word is now deemed quaint . ARM , in geography , denotes a branch of the sea , or of a river . A & M is also used figuratively to denote power . To ARM , to take arms , to be provided || against an enemy ...
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... Arms may properly be classed under ) two specific heads- Arms of offence , which include mus- quet , bayonet , sword , pistol , rifle , & c . But by the common law of England now it is an offence for persons to goor ride arm- ed with ...
... Arms may properly be classed under ) two specific heads- Arms of offence , which include mus- quet , bayonet , sword , pistol , rifle , & c . But by the common law of England now it is an offence for persons to goor ride arm- ed with ...
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... arms , to prevent the piece from going off . Ce pistolet est en ar . principal of several armies acting at dif - ret is a familiar phrase among military men ferent points remote from each other . in France . This pistol is in arest , or ...
... arms , to prevent the piece from going off . Ce pistolet est en ar . principal of several armies acting at dif - ret is a familiar phrase among military men ferent points remote from each other . in France . This pistol is in arest , or ...
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... arms ; 30 pounds per musquet . Powder for small arms ; 5 pounds for every musquet in the garrison , including the spare ones . The above proportions are taken from Durtubie's Manuel De l'Artilleur . The following method of regulating ...
... arms ; 30 pounds per musquet . Powder for small arms ; 5 pounds for every musquet in the garrison , including the spare ones . The above proportions are taken from Durtubie's Manuel De l'Artilleur . The following method of regulating ...
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Page 329 - States, and if any doubt should arise, not explained by said articles, then according to your conscience, the best of your understanding, and the custom of war in like cases...
Page 108 - ... officer commanding the army, detachment, or garrison, shall prosecute in the name of the United States, but...
Page 332 - All crimes not capital, and all disorders and neglects, which officers and soldiers may be guilty of, to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, though not mentioned in the foregoing articles of war, are to be taken cognizance of by a general, or a regimental, garrison, or field officers' court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and punished at the discretion of such court.
Page 329 - ... in time of peace or war, respect a general officer, be carried into execution, until after the whole proceedings shall have been transmitted to the Secretary of War, to be laid before the President of the United States for his confirmation or disapproval, and orders in the case.
Page 324 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever, and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and Articles of War.
Page 330 - No officer or soldier who shall be put in arrest shall continue in confinement more than eight days, or until such time as a court-martial can be assembled.
Page 324 - Any officer or soldier who, being present at any mutiny or sedition, does not use...
Page 326 - ... to deliver over such accused person or persons to the civil magistrate, and likewise to be aiding and assisting to the officers of justice in apprehending and securing the person or persons so accused, in order to bring him or them to trial.
Page 329 - В., do swear that you will well and truly try and determine, according to evidence, the matter now before you, between the United States of America and the prisoner to be tried, and that you will duly administer justice...
Page 326 - No officer or soldier shall use any reproachful or provoking speeches or gestures to another, upon pain, if an officer, of being put in arrest ; if a soldier, confined, and of asking pardon of the party offended, in the presence of his commanding officer.