Assertion: infantry platoon | /r/HasProperty | half company
Facets:
value: from the 1700s
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: From the 1700s up until the late 1800s in what would become the United States, an infantry platoon was a "half company" commanded by a lieutenant, assisted by two sergeants and two corporals (increased in 1861 to four corporals).