PRESIDIAL, relating to a garrison or fortress.
PRESS-money, money given to the soldier when taken or pressed into the service: but as the entrance into the American army is a voluntary act, it is more properly called bounty or enlisting money.
PRESTATION de serment, Fr. The taking an oath.
PRET, Fr. The subsistence or daily pay which is given to soldiers. The French say,
Payer le Pret. To pay subsistence.
Recevoir le Pret. To receive subsistence.
Toucher le Pret. To touch subsistence or daily pay.
PRETENDER, one who pretends to any thing whether it be his own or the property of another.
PRETER, Fr. In military tactics, to expose, as
Preter son flanc à l’ennemi. To expose one’s flank to the enemy; to march in so unguarded a manner, or to take up one’s ground so disadvantageously as to stand in continual danger of being outflanked.