ARTILLERY
Battery: usually 144 men with 4 guns and 2 howitzers, under a captain. Battalion: 3 to 4 batteries under a major. Regiment: 2 to 8 battalions under a colonel.
When infantry regiments are combined into brigades, brigades into divisions, and divisions into army corps,—cavalry, artillery, and certain other auxiliary troops, such as engineers, signal corps, etc., are joined with them in such proportions as are necessary. Every unit, from the company up, has its own supply and ammunition wagons, field hospitals, etc.
WORD LIST
Ab o li′tion party: a political party, founded by Garrison about 1833, the object of which was to free all slaves in the United States.
ad vănçe′: forward movement of a military force.
advance guard: troops which march in front, in order to secure a military force against surprise.
āid′-dē-cămp: an officer who assists a general by sending orders, collecting information, etc.
āide: a military or naval officer who assists a superior officer.
A pä′che: a warlike Indian tribe originally located in New Mexico and Arizona.