Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
MILITARY OFFICERS.
the VARIOUS RANKS FROM cor
PORAL TO GENERAL.

Highest Military It'll. : The Rank and
File OF the Army.
10 begin with the military unit. pri-
vatc is an adjective that has hcconic IL
noun. Originally the man in the ranks
was % private soldier. Tho word solde.
hns been dropped, for brcvity's sake. and
now the man with the gun is simply :.
private.
The rank and flo is what the private
( belongs "a. y rank is line of men stand
ing side by Side; II file is /. line of men
Standing one behind another The front
Ola file is always one man; its depth may
he any number. When men are formed in
TWO ranks. u file consists of two ,,rli The
rank and file therefore constitutes the body
OLA force OF sold!cry
The title OF the lowest nuncu,n,niSsiuuctl
officer is corporal. He has charge Of .,
squad, posts and relieves sa.nirc- and las
certain disciplinary control in camp and
barracks. Sergeant (Which j. properly
pronounced SARGENT Is appointed 10 pre-.
serve discipline, teach the drill cu:i,i,,nd
attachments of c>,'nrts and hr like
The lowest grade Of commissioned oil
GERS Is lieutenant, and the titl. comes from
the French lieu. place, and lcnam; (tlnm
the Latin tnnens), holding 4 lieutenant
therefore is one who holds or supplies tho
place of his superior il. the performance Of
any duty or in his absence ami t.urisc
9uen:ly the officer is one Who acts for his
captain.
The tile captain. applied to the ccm-
maHdcr of Il company, is FROM tho Latin
caput. Il head. IN the Bible III" titlr WIS
given 70 kings on princes generals or com
]liandcls OF armies. governors OF provinces,
etc, ard Shakespeare used it in the sense
of u chief cO:niu:tN.lrl.
MAYOR Is tho title Of the officer next in
rank ABOVE II captain. He commands u
h"';Aipn. inc word Is compounded with
'he 'ltleS Oh certain HonConiliiSsnncd G!li-
GERS 10 snow THAT they are the chiefs Of
1i'clr ranks, as sergeant i,ihJor drum. ma
1or, etc.
llcutchnnt colonel Is ;in officer who
hnids the same relationship to II cnlonnl
That u lieutenant holds TO = captain. In
some European armies the lieutenant col
ohcl is the actual commander of his rcgi
ment, the colnnelcv hninG huuurtry. For
example, Queen Victoria and the Prince
OF Wales are honorary colonies OF certain
reS!h'chts IN thc German ;;riny
Sc!oHc! was originally rornncl and WAS
introduced into English from the SpaniSh
sbn'lt the in'uuicoi the sixteenth century.
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