Acting Assistant Surgeons. See [Surgeons, Acting Assistant].
Action. An engagement between two armies, or bodies of troops. The word is likewise used to signify some memorable act done by an officer, soldier, detachment, or party.
Actium (now Azio). A town of ancient Greece in Arcanania, near the entrance of the Ambracian Gulf. It became famous for the great naval engagement fought near here in 31 B.C. between Octavius and Antony, in which the former was victorious.
Active Service. Duty against an enemy; operations in his presence. Or in the present day it denotes serving on full pay, on the active list, in contradistinction to those who are virtually retired, and placed on the retired list.
Activity. In a military sense, denotes attention, labor, diligence, and study.
Acto, or Acton. A kind of defensive tunic, made of quilted leather or other strong material, formerly worn under the outer dress and even under a coat of mail.
Act of Grace. In Great Britain, an act of Parliament for a general and free pardon to deserters from the service and others.
Actuarius. A name given by the Romans to officers charged with the supplying of provisions to troops.
Adacted. Applies to stakes, or piles, driven into the earth by large malls shod with iron, as in securing ramparts or pontons.
Adda. A stream in Italy. The Romans defeated the Gauls on its banks in 223 B.C.