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Ctat de guerre, state of war; war footing; (Fr.
a.) the status of a fort or fortified place,
upon the publication of the order of mobilization
(assumption of command by the
designated governor, limitation of the powers
and functions of the civil authority, adoption
of general measures for the safety of the
place, etc.);
h libre, (met.) in a free state, native;
de lieux, (Fr, a. adm.) report on state of
barracks when first occupied by new set of
troops (so as to fix responsibility for future
damages); (top.) in fortification surveying,
subdivision of the terrain into squares
whose vertices have their differences of
level determined. These altitudes are recorded
on the map; contours also may be
run by interpolation on plan (also applicable
to roads, cross and axial profiles being
run);
^- de malades, sick report ;
mensuel d'existence, (Fr. a. adm.) in the
service des lits militaires, a report or voucher
showing what the contractor is entitled to;
miliiaire'du corps de I'artillerie, (Fr. a.)
annual register of the corps of artillery;
naissant, (chem.) nascent state;
nominal, list of names;
nominatif d'affectation, (Fr. a.) list of men
sent each ye#r from the active army to the
reserve;
de paii, state of peace; peace footing;
(Fr. a.) the status of a fortress or fortified
position under peace conditions, in respect
of command, police, relations to civil authority,
etc.;
de perte, return of losses hi action;
porter sur les s, to put on the muster rolls;
rayer des etat-major, chef
s, to strike off the rolls;
recapitulatif, (fort., Fr. a.) report kept
in each place, showing what works and guns
will reach such and such points of surrounding
terrain;
de reforme, (adm.) inspection report: ( Fr. a.)
detailed list of property to be submitted for
d' de I'armee, chief of the
general staff;
corps d' staff , corps;
enseignant, academic staff (U. S. M. A.);
d'cscadre, (nav.) fleet staff;
de la flotte, (nav.) the whole body of naval
officers;
general, (Fr. a.) the staff of an army, synonym
of d'armee; (in popular, not official.
language) the great general staff, the general
staff proper;
general de I'armee, (Fr. a.) all the marshals,
110 generals of division, and 220 generals
of brigade;
du genie, (Fr. a.) engineer staff, formed
in time of war (armies, army corps, and army
engineer park);
grand , grand general, general staff,
great general staff (of which the German
is the exemplar); (more esp.) the staff of a
.group of armiesj the staff of the general in
chief or generalissimo;
officier d' staff , officer;
officicr du service d' , ( Fr. a.) an officer of the
service d' , q . v. ;
particulier de I'artillerie, ( Fr. art.) special
artillery staff, i. e., a body of officers in excess
of those serving with artillery troops,
from whom are drawn the artillery staffs of
various units and the personnel of artillery
reforme,'
de reintegration, (Fr. a. adm.) in the service
des lits militaires, list or return of property
turned in;
de service, military (official) record, record
of military service; detail of men for duty in
next 24 hours (e. g., in a siege);
de sibqe, state of siege; ( Fr. a.) of a fortress
or fortified position, state of siege, resulting
in the complete transfer of the civil authority
to the military governor;
signaletique, descriptive list;
signaletique et des services, (Fr. a.) statement
of etat civil, with descriptive list and
record of military service;
de situation, return or report showing the
strength, condition, and station or stations of
an army, regiment, garrison, etc.;
de solde, (Fr. a. adm.) pay sheets, on which
conseil d'administration draws amounts due for
pay (officers and men);
de solde des ofliciers, (Fr. a.) officers' pay
sheet (monthly);
de solde de la troupe, (Fr. a.) men's pay
sheet (twice a month);
tampon, " buffer" state;
de tir, (t. p.) target-practice report.
etat-major, m., (mil.) staff; staff office; (nav.)
commissioned officers, all the commissioned
officers of a navy (of a ship);
d'armee, the staff of an army;
de I'armee, the staff of the army, the general
staff;
de bataillon (de brigade, etc.), battalion (brigade,
etc.) staff;
d^artillerie, (Fr. a.) the artillery staff of the
various commandements d'artillerie (in peace)
of army corps, etc., and of the various artillery
parks (in war);
brevet d' , staff certificate, staff college certificate
(England );
brevete d' having a staff certificate; passed
the staff college (England);
chefd' , chief of stoff;
establishments; includes student officers at
Fontainebleau, workmen, inspectors of arms,
and battery care-takers;
particulier du genie, (Fr. eng.) special engineer
staff, i. e., officers in excess of those
serving with engineer troops, and from whom
are taken the engineer staffs of various
units and the personnel of engineer estab-
. lishments and services; includes student
officers at Fontainebleau and various engineer
employees;
petit , (Fr. a.) in a regiment, the n. c. o.
and men not belonging to the various units,
(substantially) the n. c. o. staff and band in
the- infantry, the noncommissioned staff
and certain musicians in the cavalry and
artillery;
des places, fortress staff (abolished in France
in 1872);
relation d' , official staff history;
service d' , (Fr. a.) the general staff proper
of the French army, composed of 640 officers
(field officers and captains, all Jiors cadre)
of all arms, who have received a staff certificate;
(these constitute a service, not a closed
corps, and are assisted by archivistes and by
secretaires des bureaux d' , who are included
in the personnel);
voyage d' , staff journey.
etau, m., vise;
ft agrafe, bench-vise;
& attache, vise and screw clamp;
a griff es. portable vise (in use by the
French field artillery; is held in place by
griffes);
'-limeur, filing vise;
mdcJioire d' , jaw of a vise;
to, main, hand vise;
fi mors parallel.es, parallel vise;
& mouvement parallele, parallel vise;
parallele,.parallel vise;
a pattes, flanged vise;
ft pied, standing vise, tail vise;
portatif, hand vise;
i queue, tail vise;
tournant, swivel vise.
etayement, m., propping, shoring, staying,
strutting, supporting.
Stayer, v. a., to prop, support, stay, shore up;
s' , (man.) to settle one's self firmly in the
saddle (e. g., when urging a horse to change
gait).
6te, m., summer;
de la Saint-Denis, de la Saint- Martin,
Indian summer.
Cteindre, v. a. r., to extinguish; to cancel, abolish,
strike out; to diminish, reduce, bring down;
to soften, allay, still, quell; to slake (lime);
to temper (iron);
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