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ARMY CUIDE. TERMS WHICH ARE BEING USED EXPLAINED. There is naturally a large and growing de- mand for information on military matters, and especially for clear definitions of the terms applied to the different units in the army. In the following short glossary it will be noted terms have a different significance in the differ- ent "arms". COMPANY. Infantry.-250 officers and men, Mounted Infantry.-163 officers and men. Royal Engineers.—Between 180 and 200 Army Service Corps-About 100. BATTALION. The battalion is the infantry unit, and con- sists of 1,000 men. Above this is a brigade. SQUADRON. Cavalry.-160 officers and men, divided into lour troops. REGIMENT. Cavalry.-480 officers and men. Above the regiment is the brigade. BATTERY. Horse Artillery.—Six 13-pound guns, 208 officers and men. Field Artillery.—Six 18-pounders and 203 officers and men. Howitzer. -Six 5in. guns and 191 officers and men. Heavy.—Four "Long Toms" and 171 offi- cers and men. BRIGADE. Infantry.—Usually 4,000. Cavalry.—Usually 1,520 men, with a batt- ery of Horse Artillery, a troop of Engineers (Mounted Engineer "companies" are "troops") and a Field Ambulance. Artillery.—In the case of Horse Artillery, two batteries and ammunition column; in the case of Field or Field Howitzer Artillery of three batteries and ammunition column. The strength of a Horse Artillery brigade is 671 officers and men and 756 horses. The strength of a Field Artillery brigade is 793 men and 733 horses. The Horse Artillery gun is lighter than tbnt of the Field Artillery, and fires a 131b shell. The Field gun fires an 18tlb shell. The British heavy artillery fires a 601b. shell. Above the Brigade is a division. DIVISION. Army.-12,000 Infantry, three Field Artill- ery and one Howitzer brigades, one battery Heavy Artillery, 326 Mounted Infantry signals and engineer companies, three field am bulance and divisional baggage and supply train. Total 15,000 combatants. Cavalry.-6,000 men, two Horse Artillery brigades, signals, and engineer companies, four field ambulances, and baggage &c. train. Total 9,302 officers and men, with 9,307 horses and a number of motor-cars and motor-bicycles and tricycles. Total about 7,000 combatants. CORPS. No longer used to describe a British fight- ing unit. It is used to describe bodies distri- buted all over a fighting force, i.e, Army Service Corps, Army Veterinary Corps, and Army Ordinance Corps; the last deals only with the material of war, and furnishes every- thing TRAIN. The baggage and impediments of an army which is not carried with the First Line Transport. Usually includes water and small arms ammunition and cooks carts of travelling kitchens. .t,

II OCHEL PRINDER BWYD,

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