...dinals used to designate Egyptian dynasties, sessions of Congress, names of regiments, and in similar connections : the Eighteenth Dynasty, the Fif... ...th century; Fifth Dynasty; Fifty-fourth Congress, Second Session; Fifteenth Infantry I. N. G.; Sixth Con- gressional District, Second Ward; Fifth Av... ...al terms 14; of monastic orders 8; of names 'for the Bible, a$; of na&s of regiments, 11; of "nature," etc., and abstract ideas, personi6ed. ?a; o... ...; use .of dash in connkction with, 158. "Reformer," when capitalized, 23. Regiments, capitaliition of names of, 11. Regions or parts of the world,... ...ols 101; of names of months, pa; of nades of publications, 95; of names of regiments, po; of numbers commencing a sentence 86; of numbers of less ...

... colored pins, on the fields of battle, designate more than battle lines, regiments, infantry, artillery, cavalry, fortifications...those pins are me... ...ns, on the fields of battle, designate more than battle lines, regiments, infantry, artillery, cavalry, fortifications...those pins are men, my men, ... ...HE PAST 590 Minnesota men—defeated, defeated at Bull Run. The broken regiments strug- gled all along Pennsylvania Avenue. Victims of panic—defea... ...battalions of dragoons, eight companies of artillery, twelve companies of infantry, the whole constabulary force of the city police, the entire disp...

...e the American army, as at present constituted, is made up of:—Twenty-five regiments infantry, ten companies each. Ten regiments cavalry, twelve compa... ...ican army, as at present constituted, is made up of:—Twenty-five regiments infantry, ten companies each. Ten regiments cavalry, twelve companies each.... ...ry, ten companies each. Ten regiments cavalry, twelve companies each. Five regiments artillery, twelve companies each. Now there is a notion in the ai... ... is a notion in the air to reorganize the service on these lines:—Eighteen regiments infantry at four battal- 56 American Notes ions, four companies ... ...on in the air to reorganize the service on these lines:—Eighteen regiments infantry at four battal- 56 American Notes ions, four companies each; thir... ...ns, four companies each; third battalion, skeleton; fourth on paper. Eight regiments cavalry at four battalions, four troops each; third battalion, sk... ...alions, four troops each; third battalion, skeleton; fourth on paper. Five regiments artillery at four battalions, four compa- nies each; third battal... ...a table-land overlooking all the city stands the United States garrison of infantry and artillery. The State of Utah can do nearly anything it pleases... ...pay up five million dollars without feeling it. There are her companies of infantry in a sort of port there. A gun-boat brought over in pieces from Ni...

...h. “That’s all you want to do.” There was sudden change from the ponderous infantry of theory to the light and speedy infantry of practice. The regi- ... ...shirts. But the regiment was not yet veteranlike in appearance. V et- eran regiments in the army were likely to be very small aggre- gations of men. O... ...t carried along by a mob. The sun spread disclosing rays, and, one by one, regiments burst into view like armed men just born of the earth. The youth ... ...on a sunstruck clearing that gleamed orange color. A flag fluttered. Other regiments floundered up the bank. The brigade was formed in line of battle,... ...ed into a moblike body of men who gal- loped like wild horses. The veteran regiments on the right and left of the 304th im- mediately began to jeer. W... ...idst of the other battery’s formation would appear a little thing when the infantry came swooping out of the woods. The face of a youthful rider, who ... ...hing about and throwing interrogations at the heedless bands of retreating infantry, finally clutched a man by the arm. They swung around face to face... ...willingness, of being dragged by the heels. Some officers of the scattered infantry were cursing and railing like fishwives. Their scold-ing voices co... ...the tremendous remon-strance. With it came the shattering peal of opposing infantry. Turning to look behind him, he could see sheets of orange light i...

...f his force remains for the present at Fredericksburg. We are sending such regiments and dribs from here and Baltimore as we can spare to Harper’s Fer... ...r that you can safely do with- out abandoning your own position. Let it be infantry entirely, as he said yesterday that he had cavalry enough. EDWIN M... ...stood as it really is. I think the new force should be all, or nearly all, infantry, principally be- cause such can be raised most cheaply and quickly... ... without breaking up the operations against that point and East Tennessee. Infantry only are needed; our cavalry and ar- tillery are strong enough. Th... ... MAJOR-GENERAL HALLECK, Corinth, Mississippi: Would be very glad of 25,000 infantry; no artillery or cavalry; but please do not send a man if it endan... ...ing any of your positions or plans, you could promptly send us even 10,000 infantry. Can you not? Some part of the Corinth army is certainly fighting ... ...ly as you can tell, what progress is made and making in recruiting for old regiments in your State. Also about what day the first regi- ments can move... ...do likewise. Besides this, volunteers mostly choose to enter newly forming regiments, while drafted men can be sent to fill up the old ones, wherein m... .... GOVERNOR ANDREW, Boston, Mass.: Y our despatch saying “I can’t get those regiments off because I can’t get quick work out of the V . S. disbursing o...

...me that these were men going on furlough, or on special occasions; for the regiments were of course not received by ordinary passenger trains. 72 Nor... ...er furnished I did not hear; but it was openly stated that the colonels of regiments received large gratuities from certain railway companies for the ... ...appointments of officers. All the regimental appointments to the volunteer regiments— and that is practically to the whole body of the army*— are made... ...tically to the whole body of the army*— are made by the State in which the regiments are mus- tered. When the affair commenced, the captains and lieu-... ...ent in- stance the Governor’s course was very thorny. Certain un- finished regiments were in the act of being amalgamated— two perfect regiments being... ...r east or west of them—at any rate this may be said of them as regards the infantry. But perhaps the greatest charm of the place to me was the beauty ... ...Their cavalry regiments are, in general, more numer- ous than those of the infantry, and on this occasion we saw, I believe, about 1200 men pass by us... ...eriod of five years. That, at least, is the amount allowed to a private of infantry or artillery. The cost of the cavalry uniforms and of the dress of... ...em, except as regards those on the staff. The sums named apply only to the infantry and artillery. The pay of the cavalry is about ten per cent. highe...

... or lately, at Johnson’s Island, for Capt. T. Ten Eyck, Eigh- teenth U. S. Infantry, and now at Richmond. I would like to have it done. Can it be? A... ...s of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wis- consin offer to the President infantry troops for the approach- ing campaign as follows: Ohio, thirty tho... ...ged. 3. The troops to be mustered into the service of the United States by regiments, when the regiments are filled up, accord- ing to regulations, to... ...nts are filled up, accord- ing to regulations, to the minimum strength—the regiments to be organized according to the regulations of the War Depart- m... ...armed, equipped, subsisted; trans- ported, and paid as other United States infantry volunteers, and to serve in fortifications,—or wherever their serv... ...a rebel raid into Western Kentucky; that it is to consist of four thousand infantry and three thousand cavalry, and is to start from Corinth, Missis- ... ...the fallen have been so few. While corps and divisions and bri- gades and regiments have formed and fought and dwindled and gone out of existence, a ... ... additional, except that Sheridan also had pretty hot work yesterday, that infantry was sent to his support during the night, and that he (Grant) has ...

...s cavalry had charged again and again upon the unbroken squares of British infantry, at last they were giving up the attempt, and going off in disorde... ...e mustered into service as 230 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five infantry and cavalry. The proportions of each arm and the de- tails of enro... ...he Regular Army of the United States be increased by the addition of eight regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, and one regiment of artille... ...my of the United States be increased by the addition of eight regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, and one regiment of artillery, making al... ...ereby em- power him, to receive into the army of the United States as many regiments of volunteer troops from the State of Ken- tucky and from the wes... .... 242 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five MEMORANDUM ABOUT INDIANA REGIMENTS. W ASHINGTON, JUNE 11, 1861 The government has already accepted ... ...MENTS. W ASHINGTON, JUNE 11, 1861 The government has already accepted ten regiments from the State of Indiana. I think at least six more ought to be ... ...his department, I direct that the whole six, or any smaller number of such regiments, be re- ceived. A. LINCOLN. TO THE SECRETARY OF W AR. EXECUTIVE M...

...itle of the Grand Army of the Ganges and the Jumna; it consisted of eleven regiments of cavalry and twelve battalions of infantry, and was commanded b... ...umna; it consisted of eleven regiments of cavalry and twelve battalions of infantry, and was commanded by General Lake in person. Well, on the 1st of ... ...nted out the enemy from beneath the shadow of the Pyramids, or rallied his regiments to the charge upon the death-strewn plain of Wagram. I have had m... ...ellow; and the men were similarly equipped, but in black. I have seen many regiments since, and many fero- cious-looking men, but the Ahmednuggar Irre... ...ear to me. There was — “Mrs. Major-General Bulcher, wife of Bulcher of the Infantry. “Miss Bulcher. “MISS BELINDA BULCHER (whose name I beg the printe...

...nown a woman treat me like this before. I might be— Dash it, I might be an Infantry subaltern! (Aloud.) Oh, please 12 Rudyard Kipling don’t trouble. ... ...caught by a Colonel’s daughter, and (looking cautiously round room.) Black Infantry at that! No offence to you, Blayne. BLAYNE. (Stiffly.) Not much, t... ... pattern that all the saddlers must copy—and so it will be used by all the regiments. MRS. G. And that interests you? CAPT . G. It’s part of my profes...

...rience. Now, the Mother Superior of a Convent and the Colonel of a British Infantry Regiment would be justly shocked at any comparison being made betw... ...nown a woman treat me like this before. I might be— Dash it, I might be an Infantry subaltern! (Aloud.) Oh, please don’t trouble. I’m not worth thinki... ... caught by a Colonel’s daughter, and (looking cautiously round room) Black Infantry at that! No offence to you, Blayne. BLAYNE. (Stiffly.) Not much, t... ... pattern that all the saddlers must copy—and so it will be used by all the regiments. MRS. G. And that interests you? CAPT . G. It’s part of my profes... ..., a detachment of Garrison Artillery and a Company 237 Rudyard Kipling of Infantry. In its prime it held ten thousand men and filled its ditches with... ...e Line men taken off regular guards in this way. Put on a couple of Native Infantry.’ ‘Sikhs?’ said the Subaltern, lifting his eyebrows. ‘Sikhs, Patha... ...but the glamour of his name had passed away, and they were entering native regiments of Govern- ment offices, and Khem Singh could give them neither p...

...n garrison, here; also the Ninth Dragoons, two artillery companies, and some infantry. All glad to see me, including General Alison, commandant. The ... ...r languages. They take care of themselves; they will not get rusty here; our regiments are not made up of natives alone — far from it. And she is pick...

...hitherward, from the claws of the Chatelet; and will raise whole scoundrel-regiments. Also it has to hear of Royalist Camp of Jales: Jales moun- tain-... ...y: it has some forty thousand divided souls of population; and three large Regiments, one of which is Swiss Chateau- Vieux, dear to Patriotism ever si... ...lesse in epaulettes; the grim Patriot Swiss of Chateau-Vieux, effervescent infantry of Regiment du Roi, hot troopers of Mestre-de-Camp! Walled Nanci, ... ... superintendence; getting his pacified Salm, and all other still tolerable Regiments, marched out of Metz, to southward towns and villages; to rural C... ...wer, there does wait on him at Frouarde, some Deputation from the mutinous Regiments, from the Nanci Municipals, to see what can be done. Bouille rece... ...d part of that number, in National Guards also uncertain, in mere pacified Regiments,—for the present full of rage, and clamour to march; but whose ra... ...mpmartin, and subalterns be- neath him, and General Choisi above him, with Infantry and Cavalry, and proper cannon-carriages rattling in front, with s...

...deal of being private or subaltern in one of the regi- ments of cavalry or infantry, before receiving permission to purchase a regiment. My father too... ... march was made in the utmost confusion. Everything was in disor- der; the infantry and cavalry were huddled together pell-mell; no commands could be ... ...ad accident. One of our officers, named Blansac, while leading a column of infantry through the wood, was overtaken by night. A small party of his men... ...with their pistols. Immedi- ately, and without orders, the whole column of infantry fired in that direction, and, before Blansac could inquire the cau... .... Crenan, who commanded, sent Conillac, an officer in one of the defending regiments, to ask for some instructions from the King. Conillac had been st... ...rancs to each cavalry captain, and three hundred francs to each captain of infantry. He gave as much to the majors of all the regiments, and distribut... ...ancs to each captain of infantry. He gave as much to the majors of all the regiments, and distributed some favours to his house- hold. To Marechal de ... ...were, to attack a portion of our army on the 9th July, at Capri, with five regiments of cavalry and dragoons. Prince Eugene led this attack without hi... ... Peace of Ryswick, were very great and very strange. The excellence of the regiments, the merits of the officers, those who com- manded, all were forg...

... darken the air? cannon balls crash through the battalions? cavalry charge infantry? infantry pitch into cavalry? bugles blow; drums beat; horses neig... ...tle- axe, a most enormous weapon, which had cut down I don’t know how many regiments in the course of the afternoon. But, Law bless you! though the bl...

...Y ou don’t know military affairs, my dear. I do, and I tell you there’s no infantry in France can stand against Rooshian infantry, and no general of B... ... see, or a picture-gallery—there was a ride, or an opera. The bands of the regiments were making music at all hours. The greatest folks of England wal... ... rather than the French, and at once turning tail rode through the English regiments that were behind them, and scat- tered in all directions. The reg... ... the women were praying ten miles away, the lines of the dauntless English infantry were re- ceiving and repelling the furious charges of the French h... ...nt Spooney of that corps. A loud and violent fracas took place between the infantry Colonel and his lady, who were dining at the Cafe de Paris, and Co... ... furiously canvassed the governor, the commander-in-chief, the judges, the regiments, and ev- erybody whom he knew in the Presidency, and sent home to... ... O’Dowd and the ladies of the King’s Regiment gave a ball to the Company’s Regiments and the civilians at the station. Glorvina sported the killing pi...

... to guess how he knew she had a brother on the medical staff of one of the regiments in India: she asked 8 Lord Ormont and His Aminta him twice, and ... ...ve stood their ground, had they not taken his handful to be the advance of regiments. These are the deeds that win empires! the argument in his favour... ... Lord Ormont’s books, and there was not a modern or a minor name among the regiments. They smelt strongly of the bookseller’s lump lots by order; but ... ...orthy, good, intolerable woman whom the burgess turns out for his world in regiments, that do and look and all but step alike; and they mean well, and... ...hduke Charles? or cavalry and artillery equal to the Hungarian? or drilled infantry numbering within eighty thousand of the Boulogne-Wimereux camps? W... ...eomanry and volunteer horsemen are becoming a serviceable cavalry arm; our infantry prove that their heterogeneous composition can be welded to a hand... ...annon to make a big hole for his cavalry, my brother says; and weeding his infantry for the Imperial Guard he postponed the moment to use.’ ‘ At Mosko... ...h. ‘See those fellows walk! That ‘s the raw material of the famous English infantry. They bend their knees five-and-forty degrees for every stride; an...

...ced with six thousand foot, English and Dutch, thirty squadrons, and three regiments of Imperial Cuirassiers, the Duke crossing the river at the head ... ...d without their soup-kettles, which are as much the palladia of the French infantry as of the Grand Seignior’s Janissaries, and round which they rally... ...ontaining ammunition of all sorts, and was escorted out of Ostend by 2,000 infantry and 300 horse. At the same time M. de la Mothe quitted Bruges, hav... ...od; and formed his own army in battle facing ours, in eight lines, four of infantry in front, and dragoons and cavalry behind. 121 Thackeray The Fren... ...r of horse, upon the allied troops in the wood where we were posted. Their infantry behaved ill; they were ordered to charge with the bayonet, but, in...

...utenants in the Maipu valley. Scouts sent afar brought news of a column of infantry advancing through distant passes to the re- lief of the fort. They... ... would be difficult to imagine for heroes of this leg- end two officers of infantry of the line, for example, 137 Joseph Conrad whose fantasy is tame... ... added to the impressiveness of the affair. Several older officers of both regiments, prompted by nothing but sheer kindness and love of harmony, prop... ...all private feel- ings in a sea of disaster and misery. Colonels with- out regiments, D’Hubert and Feraud carried the musket in the ranks of the so-ca... ... discipline and duty holding together the compa- nies, the battalions, the regiments, the brigades, and divisions of an armed host, this body of men p... ...ve seen me in Russia picking off the dodg- ing Cossacks with a beastly old infantry musket. I have a natural gift for firearms.” In this strain Genera... ... the first time in his life. He had charged exultingly at batteries and at infantry squares, and ridden with messages through a hail of bullets withou...

... That scrub’s alive with enemy.’ The camel-corps on the bank yelled to the infantry to come to them, and a hoarse shouting down the river showed that ... ...n a Kentish hop-garden seen when the train races by at full speed; and the infantry fire, held till the oppor- tune moment, dropped them in close-pack... ...t they knew twenty battalions in front, to save the bat- tered 24th German Infantry, to give time to decide the fate of Vionville, and to learn ere th... ...me back to Flavigay that cavalry can attack and crumple and break unshaken infantry. Whenever he was inclined to think over a life that might have bee... ...ter end she smiled upon scowling and furtive Turkish officers of fellaheen regiments, and more than kind to camel agents of no nationality whatever. I...