The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-01
Ehe Standards
Little Lexicon.
Here are some OF the words which tn al is bringing into use and
with which those who read the news of the day will need &c get C
quaintsd n they want ito understand what the army and navy re doing.
1t does OF profess % be a complete lexicon of IA terns. ~ it makes
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ARMAMENT term expressing
collectively all the guns of a ship.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. stan Off
Ger who assists the colonel I'm the de-
tails OF duty.
AIDE-DE-CAMP-An officer acting
as the official organ Of a g~eneral-his
substitute.
ARMISTICE Written agreement
between hostiles for a cessation OF &C
i've warfare for "A certain period.
ARMY CORPS-The largest sub
division of an army.
BOW CHASER-A gun mounted in
the bow TO fire on retreating vessel.
BARBETTE-A fixed circular belt of
armor rigidly attached to the deck.
protecting the turret. which ~revolves
inside. The guns fire over II. Guns are
mounted in barbette when they fire
over a parapet and not through port
holes.
BATTERY-A place where guns are
mounted: a number of guns taken col
lectively.
BATTLESHIP-A ship carrying
heaviest guns and thickest armor to
stand the brunt of a naval engage
ment.
BRIDGE-A platform extending
across the deck above the rail for the
convenience VI me OilttIS III ild sc
BULKHEAD-Any partition sepa-
rating apartments IN the same deck.
B~UNKER-A bin for storing coal on
ship.
BASTION-An irregular defensive
line forming an angle outside the main
line of a fort.
BATTERY, a company of artil-
lery: 2. cannon in position for firing:
3. an earthwork sheltering cannon In
action.
~BREvET-An honorary commission
and title.
BRIGADE-A group Of battalions or
regiments. nominally four.
BROADER GENERAL-An officer
in rank wv a colonel and major
general: usual command Is a brigade.
CABLE-A long. strong chain used
to retain a ship in place at anchor.
CAPSTAN-A machine used on
board ship for raising heavy weights.
CARTRIDGE-A case containing a
charge of powder for a gun. Car
tridges for great guns are usually put
up In serge cloth bags. Those for rap
Id frers are put up in copper cylinders.
CHAMBER-That part of h bore
OF a gun which receives the powder.
COMING TOWERING armored
tower forward where the wheel. engine
telegraphs, etc, are placed, n where
the captain IL SuDDoSfu W ~ W hlit'N
the fighting of his ship in time of ac-
ton.
CROSSTREES-The short arms ex-
tending across the topmast.
CROwN-The round up OF the deck
from the level line.
CROWS NEST-A perch FOR a look
out at the masthead.
CRUySER-A type just below the
battleship and just above the g%unboat.
A. ~----l --..s. a. .taa .r xTARsf
cal armor and horizontal or deck ar
nor. A protected cruiser has horizon
tai or deck armor only. An unpro-
tected cruiser has no armor
CUTLASS-Heavy short sword used
in the navy.
CANNONEER-An artilleryman who
serves the guns i'm action; a gunner
CAPTAIN-Commander of a com
pany; rank between lieutenant ana
major.
CARBINE-A short barreled shoot
ing iron carried by cavalrymen.
CHEVRON-Rank mark worn on
the upper sleeves of on-commissioned
officers.
COLOR GUARD-A detail consist
ing of a sergeant and seven corporals
to carry and protect the colors of a
regiment. The members are selected
for bravery. Volunteer regiments have
TWO COlOf N1fStdutr, bnt tdtn " NIt
national and state flags.
COMMISSARIAT-The subsistence
department of ar army.
CONTRABAND OF wAR-General-
ly articles pertaining to warfare. as
runs. ammunition and military and
naval stores of all kinds, and some
times corn. hay and coal.
COUNTERSIGN General watch
word of a camp.
A. a..
side air ports.
DINGEY-The smallest boat on a
warship; also dinghy and ~"dingy."
DISPLACEMENT-The weight in
IONS of the volume of water the hull
Of the ship displaces.
DRAFTING depth of the keel of a
ship below the surface of the water;
spelled also draught.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES out from
a confined space upon open ground.
DIN1SION-Two or more brigades.
DRESS PARADE-A daily parade OF
troops. with ceremony.
DRUMHEAD COURT MARTIAL
A court martial suddenly called TO try
offenses which demand an immediate
example.
ENSIGN-The national flag: also
the lowest grade of commissioned OFF,
GERS in the navy.
I'm " Ht-aH ODtnl1S III a
parapet for a u TO fire through.
FALSE KEEL~A plank bolted to
the main keel SO that when a ship
touches bottom the false keel will be
injured and not the main keel.
FATHOM-A measure OF six feet.
FIRST WATCH-The watch from s
to IL midnight.
FLUSH DECK-A deck from stem
to stern without a break.
FORE FOOT-The forward end of
the keel
FORE PEAK-The extreme forward
hold of the ship, where the paintroom
and other storerooms are.
FUNNEL-The large pipe for carry
ing on the smoke. called often smoke
stack or smokepipe.
FUSE-The local apparatus for in
flaming the charge of a shell or tor
pedo.
FIELD ARTILLERY-Cannon. both
heavy and light. having the quality OF
mobility for use in the field as distinct
Frouu forfs