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Billeting soldiers

them. This is regulated by Part III. Of the (English) Army Act, which replaces the Annual Mutiny Acts. See ARMY. In

Commanding Officer

Act, with reference to any separate portion of the regular army or to any department thereof, means the officer whose duty

War Department

1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 17)] By the (English) Army (Annual) Act (9 Edw. 7, c. 3), certain powers formerly

Non-commissioned officer

non-commissioned rank or an acting non-commissioned rank in the regular Army or the Indian Reserve Forces, and includes a non-commissioned officer

King

Canons of 1603. The King is also head of the Army (subject to the illegality of a standing Army, to keep

Militia

national soldiery, as distinguished from the regular forces or standing army, being the inhabitants, or, as they have been sometimes called,

Commander-in-Chief

Commander-in-Chief. The army was originally under the personal command of the sovereign, but

Aerial Navigation

now included among the things which may be requisitioned for army purposes; see (English) Army (Annual) Act, 1913, s. 5. For

Noncombatant

Any person connected with an army or within the lines of an army who does not

Ferdwit

Ferdwit [fr. ferd, Sax., army, and wite, punishment], quit or manslaughter committed in the army;

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