A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer / Comprising ancient and modern military technical terms, historical accounts of all North American Indians, as well as ancient warlike tribes; also notices of battles from the earliest period to the present time, with a concise explanation of terms used in heraldry and the offices thereof. The work also gives valuable geographical information. Compiled from the best authorities of all nations. With an appendix containing the Articles of war, etc.

by Thomas Wilhelm

Sub-Brigadier. An officer in the Horse Guards who ranks as cornet.

Subdivision. The parts of a regiment on parade distinguished by a second division. Thus, a company divided forms two subdivisions.

Subdue. To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion. To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.

Subdur. In the East Indies signifies a chief.

Subjugate. To subdue and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another.

Sub-Lieutenant. In the British service, is the lowest commissioned rank in infantry and cavalry.

Subordinary, or Subordinate Ordinary. In heraldry, a name given to a certain class of charges mostly formed of straight or curved lines. Heralds vary a little in their enumeration, but the following are generally held to come within this category: the Bordure, the Orle, the Tressure, the Flanche, the Pile, the Pall, the Quarter, the Canton, the Gyron, the Fret, the Inescutcheon, the Lozenge, the Fusil, and the Mascle. Some heraldic writers account the Pile an ordinary, and the diminutives of the ordinaries are sometimes ranked as subordinaries.

Subordination. A perfect submission to the orders of superiors; a perfect dependence, regulated by the rights and duties of every military man, from the soldier to the general. Subordination should show the spirit of the chief in all the members; and this single idea, which is manifest to the dullest apprehension, suffices to show its importance. Without subordination it is impossible that a corps can support itself; that its motions can be directed, order established, or the service carried on. In effect, it is subordination that gives a soul and harmony to the service; it adds strength to authority, and merit to obedience; and while it secures the efficacy of command, reflects honor upon its execution. It is subordination which prevents every disorder, and procures every advantage to an army.

Subsidy. A stipulated sum of money, paid by one prince to another in pursuance of a treaty of alliance for offensive or defensive war. Subsidiary troops, are the troops of a nation assisting those of another, for a given sum or subsidy.

Subsist. To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain.