ORDRE, Fr. Parole and countersign so called.
Aller à l’ORDRE, Fr. To go for the parole or countersign.
Récevoir l’ORDRE, Fr. To receive or get the parole or countersign.
Ordre que l’on donne à la tranchée, Fr. Parole and countersign together with specific orders, which are given out every night in the trenches.
ORDRES Militaires, Fr. Military orders.
Nouveaux ORDRES, Fr. Fresh orders.
Ordres de mouvement. Marching orders.
ORGANIZATION of Troops. The act of putting troops into such uniform state of discipline, as may fit them to co-operate on any service.
ORGUES, thick long pieces of wood, pointed and shod with iron, clear one of another, hanging perpendicular each by a rope, over a gate of a strong place to be dropped in case of emergency.
Their disposition is such, that they stop the passage of the gate, and are preferable to horses or portcullises; because these may be either broken by a petard, or stopped, by different contrivances, in their falling down. But a petard is useless against an orgue; for if it break one or two of the pieces, others immediately fall down and fill up the vacancy.