A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military Technical Terms, Historical Accounts of All North American Indians, as Well as Ancient Warlike Tribes; Also Notices of Battles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, with a Concise Explanation of Terms Used in Heraldry and the Offices Thereof. The Work Also Gives Valuable Geographical InformationL. R. Hamersly & Company, 1881 - 659 halaman |
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... head is drawn backwards in the cylinder , and the recoil is absorbed by the compression of the air be- hind it . Small holes in the piston - head al- low the air to slowly escape while the gun is brought to rest . The hydraulic buffer ...
... head is drawn backwards in the cylinder , and the recoil is absorbed by the compression of the air be- hind it . Small holes in the piston - head al- low the air to slowly escape while the gun is brought to rest . The hydraulic buffer ...
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... head and cheeks ; in use about the 5th century . This sort of javelin was much used by the French . The iron head of it resembled a fleur - de - lis . Angora . See ANCYRA . Angouleme . A city in the department of Charente , France . It ...
... head and cheeks ; in use about the 5th century . This sort of javelin was much used by the French . The iron head of it resembled a fleur - de - lis . Angora . See ANCYRA . Angouleme . A city in the department of Charente , France . It ...
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... head of the breech - plug , which is screwed into the breech - piece . The shunt system of rifling was first applied to muzzle - loading Armstrong guns , which have fewer grooves than the breech - loaders . The method of manufacturing ...
... head of the breech - plug , which is screwed into the breech - piece . The shunt system of rifling was first applied to muzzle - loading Armstrong guns , which have fewer grooves than the breech - loaders . The method of manufacturing ...
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... head . The head of an arrow . Arrow - wood . A species of Viburnum , from the long straight stems of which the Indians dwelling between the Mississippi and the Pacific make their arrows . Arrowy . Consisting of arrows . Arroyo del ...
... head . The head of an arrow . Arrow - wood . A species of Viburnum , from the long straight stems of which the Indians dwelling between the Mississippi and the Pacific make their arrows . Arrowy . Consisting of arrows . Arroyo del ...
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... head of navigation on the Patapsco River ; it was founded in 1729 . On September 12 , 1814 , the British army under Col. Ross advanced against this place . He was killed in a skirmish , and the command was assumed by Col. Brooke , who ...
... head of navigation on the Patapsco River ; it was founded in 1729 . On September 12 , 1814 , the British army under Col. Ross advanced against this place . He was killed in a skirmish , and the command was assumed by Col. Brooke , who ...
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Halaman 100 - If, upon marches, guards or in quarters, different corps of the army shall happen to join or do duty together, the officer highest in rank of the line of the army, marine corps or militia, by commission, there on duty or in quarters, shall command the whole, and give orders for what is needful to the service, unless otherwise specially directed by the President of the United States, according to the nature of the case.
Halaman 246 - The officers and soldiers of any troops, whether militia or others, being mustered and in pay of the United States, shall, at all times and in all places, when joined, or acting in conjunction with the regular forces...
Halaman 317 - ... and safety of the army, and of such deception as does not involve the breaking of good faith either positively pledged, regarding agreements entered into during the war, or supposed by the modern law of war to exist. Men who take up arms against one another in public war do not cease on this account to be moral beings, responsible to one another, and to God.
Halaman 246 - No person shall be liable to be tried and punished by a general court-martial for any offense which appears to have been committed more than two years before the issuing of the order for such trial, unless, by reason of having absented himself, or of some other manifest impediment, he shall not have been amenable to justice within that period.
Halaman 465 - A prisoner of war, being a public enemy, is the prisoner of the Government and not of the captor. No ransom can be paid by a prisoner of war to his individual captor or to any officer in command. The Government alone releases captives, according to rules prescribed by itself.
Halaman 88 - ART. 71. When a member shall be challenged by a prisoner, he must state his cause of challenge, of which the court shall, after due deliberation, determine the relevancy or validity, and decide accordingly; and no challenge to more than one member at a time shall be received by the court.
Halaman 317 - Military necessity does not admit of cruelty, that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge, nor of maiming or wounding except in fight, nor of torture to extort confessions. It does not admit of the use of poison in any way, nor of the wanton devastation of a district.
Halaman 394 - HISTORY), means that portion of the kingdom over which the English rule and English law was acknowledged. There is so much vagueness in the meaning of the term, that a few words of explanation appear necessary. The vagueness arises from the great fluctuations which the English authority underwent in Ireland at various periods, and from the consequent fluctuation of the actual territorial limits of the Pale. The designation dates from the reign of John, •who distributed the portion of Ireland then...
Halaman 317 - ... every enemy of importance to the hostile government, or of peculiar danger to the captor; it allows of all destruction of property, and obstruction of the ways and channels of traffic, travel, or communication, and of all withholding of sustenance or means of life from the enemy...
Halaman 79 - This rule does not interfere with the right of the victorious invader to tax the people or their property, to levy forced loans, to billet soldiers, or to appropriate property, especially houses, lands, boats or ships, and churches, for temporary and military uses.