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commission 93 compas
commission speciale de rtforme, board deciding
whether men who present themselves shall be
discharged (reformes) or not ; one to each regional
subdivision;
spiciale de reforme extraordinaire, special
board to pass on all cases of old soldiers whose
gratuities or pensions expire during the year,
with a view to their renewal or continuance;
des substances explosives, technical war department
board, investigates scientific questions
referred to it by the minister and furnishes
the comite despoudres et salpetres with the means
of deciding on questions of manufacture and
use of all sorts of explosives;
superieure de classement, promotion board
for lieutenant-colonels, colonels, and majorgenerals.
commissionnaire, m., agent, (esp.) a buyer or
seller for a third person.
commissionne, m., (Fr. a.) n. c. o. and corporal*
or man performing certain special duties (e. g.,
fencing-masters, drummers, tailors, etc.), allowed
to remain with the colors after term of
service in the active army is completed.
commissionner, v. a., to give or deliver a com-
mission.
commissure, f., commissure (of the lips).
communal, a., belonging to a commune.
commune, f., (Fr.) commune, parish, township.
communicateur, m., (mach.) countershaft.
communication, f., communication, transmission;
(mach.) communication, transmission, as
of power, motion; (expl.,etc.) quick-match, etc.,
used to communicate explosion to the charge;
(steam) necking (of a French boiler); (elec.)
channel, for wires or conductors; (mil., usually
in pi.) communications, lines of communication;
(fort.) communications, i. e., passages,
gateways, etc . , in a fortress;
boyaux de , (siege) zigzags; _
de , in connection, connecting;
en avec, in gear with;
ligne de s, (mil.) line of communications;
mcttre en , to bring, put into communication;
(mach.) to put in gear;
de mouvement, (mach.) transmitting-, connecting-gear;
prendre, recevoir, de, to take cognizance of;
avec la terre, (elec.) ground circuit, ground,
earth.
communiquer, v. a., to communicate; to have
intercourse with (after raising of quarantine).
commutateur, m., (elec., etc.) commutator; cutout;
interrupter; switch; keyboard;
& bouchon, plug-switch;
& chevilles, pin-switch;
conjoncteur, circuit-closer;
disjoncteur, contact-breaker, cut-out;
& glissement, sliding-contact;
- de ligne, (mil. tel.) line commutator;
& pedale, lever switch;
permutateur, universal switch;
redresseur, commutator proper (continuouscurrent
machine);
de reduction, rheostat;
simple, collector (alternating current);
d, touches, key commutator, keyboard, sort of
switch-board.
commutation, f., commutation (of punishment).
compact, a., (mil.) close, closed up (of order, of
formations);
ordre , (mil.) compact order.
compacite, f., compactness.
compagnie, f., (mil.) company (of infantry, engineers,
etc.); (also) (Fr. a., etc.) the unit of certain
organizations of workmen, artificers, etc.
(Fr. art.) battery of fortress artillery;
d'artificiers, (Fr. art.) company of artificers
or laboratory men (3 in land, 1 in marine artillery);
compagnie de base, (dritt) the company on which
a movement is made;
cadre, skeleton company;
de brancardiers , litter-bearer company;
de cavaliers de remonte, (Fr. a.) company of
troopers charged with training, etc., horses for
military service in remount establishments,
military schools, training schools, etc.;
de chasseurs forestiers, v. chasseurs forestiers.
de conducteurs, (F. m. art.) company of
drivers;
de debar -quement, (nav.) landing party;
de depdt, (Fr. a.) depot company (zouaves
and regiment etranger);
de direction, (drill) guiding, directing, com-
pany;
disciplinaire de ,
discipline, (Fr. a.) punishment
company, composed of incorrigible
men, of men guilty of self-mutilation, and of
men sentenced .by way of punishment (serve
in Algiers);
disciplinaire des colonies, (Fr. nav.) punishment
company (serve in Senegal, Martinique,
etc.); (also called de disciplinaires coloniaux,
de discipline de la marine)',
divisionnaire du genie, (mil.) engineer company
of the advanced guard;
d'elite, (Fr. a.) the grenadier and voltigeur
companies (qbs.);
d'exploitation, (r. r.) company operating a
line;
franche, company made up of volunteers
(from other (regular) regiments) for special or
extra-hazardous duties;
de fusiliers de discipline, v. de discipline;
d'infirmiers, hospital company;
dejour, company on duty for the day, or detailed
for the day;
de manoeuvre, company formed for drill, company
from a drill point of view;
de marche, a company made up of men drawn
from different companies;
d'ouvriers, (F. m. art.) company of workmen,
etc.;
d'ouvriers d'artillerie, v. s. v. ouvrier;
par piquets, company made up of men from
different companies of the same or of different
regiments;
de pontonniers, (pont.) ponton company;
de raquetiers, (art.) rocket company;
du train des equipages, company of the train.
compagnon, m., companion;
d'armes, (mil.) brother officer;
de plat, (nav.) messmate.
comparaitre, v. n., to appear before (as, a courtmartial).
comparateur, m., (inst.) comparator, calibrating
or standardizing instrument;
a aiguilles, point comparator;
h levier, lever comparator;
tireglette, comparator having a short scale
(reglette) at one end instead of a needle and
graduated arc.
compartiment, m., compartment (of a box, of a
railway carriage, of a ship);
etanche, (nav.) water-tight compartment;
de la machine, engine-rt>om.
compartimentage, m., subdivision into compartments;
packing or stowing into compartments.
compamtion, f., (law) appearance or presentation
of one's self before a court.
compas, m., compasses; dividers; calipers; mariner's
compass;
d'artisan, bow compasses;
branche de , compass leg;
& branches, drawing compasses;
& branches courbes, calipers;
& doubles braiiches, (art.) shell calipers;
de calibre, calipers;
b, charniere, ordinary compasses;
a cheveu, hair compasses;
& coulisse, proportional compasses;
courbe, (art.) shell calipers, external and internal
calipers;