Reinforce. To strengthen with new force, assistance, or support; especially, to strengthen, as an army or a fort, with additional troops, or a navy with additional ships.
Reinforce Band. Is at the junction of the first and second reinforces.
Reinforcement. The act of reinforcing. That which reinforces; additional force; especially additional troops or force to augment the strength of an army, or ships to strengthen a navy.
Reitres (Fr.). A body of armed horsemen, who came out of Germany and entered the French service during the reign of Henry III. They were incorporated with the carabineers.
Rejoin. To join again; to return; as, the officer rejoined his regiment.
Rejoinder. In military law, the defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s replication. The weight of authority is against permitting a rejoinder on the part of the prisoner, unless evidence has been adduced in the reply of the prosecutor. But such evidence should not be permitted in reply, and there should be no rejoinder.—Hough’s “Military Law Authorities.”
Relais (Fr.). A term used in fortification to signify a space, containing some feet in breadth, which is between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the fosse. It serves as a convenient receptacle for the earth that occasionally crumbles off.
Relative Rank. Signifies the comparative rank, as regards precedence, etc. The following is the relative rank of officers in the army and navy of the United States:
| Army. | Navy. |
|---|---|
| General | Admiral. |
| Lieutenant-general | Vice-admiral. |
| Major-general | Rear-admiral. |
| Brigadier-general | Commodore. |
| Colonel | Captain. |
| Lieutenant-colonel | Commander. |
| Major | Lieut.-commander. |
| Captain | Lieutenant. |
| First lieutenant | Master. |
| Second lieutenant | Ensign. |
The officers of the marine corps are of rank corresponding to that of those of the same titles in the army.