Regimental Sentence Examples

He strengthened the regimental system adopted by Dingiswayo and perfected the discipline of his army.

Regimental schools impart elementary education to illiterate soldiers.

In 1785 he was commissioned in the artillery, in which he served as a regimental officer for fifteen years.

But it was delivered by both sides in a series of regimental charges, and in result was singularly indecisive.

It was read out on parade to every regiment in the service, with a homily attached, and placed on record in every regimental order book.

There were 30 battalions of infantry and 4 battalions cadres with an effective strength of 730 officers and 14,898 men; 14 regiments of cavalry and 4 regimental cadres with 493 officers and 6058 men; 2 regiments and 3 cadres of field artillery; one regiment and one cadre each of horse and mountain artillery, 4 sections of garrison artillery, and one mitrailleuse company, in all 147 officers and 1647 men; and the remainder divided among other services.

In the British army an officer is said to be "seconded" (with the accent on the second syllable) when he is employed on special service outside his regiment, his name being retained on the regimental list, but his place being filled by promotion of other officers.

Bouillon, &c. For officers in the army, there are the Ecole de Guerre or staff college at Brussels with an average attendance of twenty, a riding school at Ypres where a course is obligatory for the cavalry and horse artillery, and for soldiers in the army there are regimental schools and evening classes for illiterate soldiers.

The well-educated Egyptian officer, with his natural aptitude for figures, does subordinate regimental routine carefully, and works well when supervised by men of stronger character.

But in accordance both with the growing tendency to separate command and administration and with the desire to enlist local sympathies and utilize local resources, "associations," partly of civilian, partly of military members, were formed in every county and charged by statute with all matters relating to the enlistment, service and discharge of the county's quota in the force, finance (other than pay, &c. in camp), buildings, ownership of regimental property, &c. To these duties of county associations are added that of supervising and administering cadet corps of all sorts (other than officers' training corps), and that of providing the extra horses required on mobilization, not only by the territorial force, but by the expeditionary force as well.

Although the prestige of the individual Turkish soldier as a fighting man stood high, and the beginnings of many reforms in the education of staff and regimental officers had been made in the last few years, the military capacity of the army as a whole proved to be far below the reputation which it enjoyed amongst the military experts of Europe.

The Indian government failed to take sufficient account of the social and religious feelings of their native soldiers, whilst a rigid insistence on the principle of seniority had greatly diminished the efficiency of the British regimental officers.

In 1872 he introduced in the Senate a resolution providing that the names of battles with fellow citizens should not be placed on the regimental colours of the United States.

Staff and regimental duty (as usual in the Prussian service) alternated for some years after this, till in 1863 he became major-general commanding the 26th infantry brigade.

After the festival of the federation the soldiers were drawn into the political clubs, and named regimental committees to defend their interests.

Not content with asking for redress of grievances, they sometimes seized the regimental chest or imprisoned their officers.

They have indeed a common table, but it is kept up precisely as a regimental mess, by monthly payments from each member.

Thus Whitey joined the Fort Garry, and was duly attested as the regimental mascot.

Most stones are engraved with the name of the regiment, and the regimental badge.

Such a claim could only besmirch the proud regimental standards inscribed with the real victories of two centuries.

The Tattoo Regimental Sergeant Major, right hand man to the Arena Master, agreed there were only minor bumps to iron out.

Combat support troops and companies of the regiment do not collocate their command posts at the regimental command post.

The regimental support squadron commander is the regimental commander's main CSS operator.

These are regimental crests, most created by trainee squaddies in the first war.

The 3rd Battalion was based at the regimental depot.

The small neat headstones are of bronze plaques mounted on small white sloping concrete blocks each bearing the regimental insignia of the deceased.

There have also been many requests for music downloads, - especially the regimental march " Bonnie English Rose " .

The ram is also the county's regimental mascot.

The Regimental History records A very motley crew they were, in every sort of civilian garment, not excluding bowler hats and shorts.

Promoted to the rank of sergeant in 1862 he was acting regimental quartermaster by the the time the war came to an end.

The ACR also has a regimental aviation squadron to support the overall scheme of maneuver.

The remaining wounded and sick would be transported on by the regimental stretcher-bearers or proceed under their own steam.

In an old wine cellar on the outskirts of Carentan was the Regimental dressing station.

At Bull Run his brigade was wasted in isolated and disconnected regimental attacks, at Shiloh his division was completely surprised owing to want of precaution; but his bravery and energy were beyond question, and these qualities carried him gradually to the front at the same time as he acquired skill and experience.

The Ersatz consists exclusively of young men, who would in war time be drafted to the regimental depots and thence sent, with what training circumstances had in the meantime allowed, to the front.

Though the words of the order were not clear to the regimental commander, and the question arose whether the troops were to be in marching order or not, it was decided at a consultation between the battalion commanders to present the regiment in parade order, on the principle that it is always better to "bow too low than not bow low enough."

On hearing this the regimental commander hung his head, silently shrugged his shoulders, and spread out his arms with a choleric gesture.

The regimental commander, going up to the line himself, ordered the soldiers to change into their greatcoats.

The regimental commander walked with his jerky steps to the front of the regiment and examined it from a distance.

What is this? shouted the regimental commander, thrusting forward his jaw and pointing at a soldier in the ranks of the third company in a greatcoat of bluish cloth, which contrasted with the others.

That's just like you young men, said the regimental commander cooling down a little.

Kutuzov and the Austrian general were talking in low voices and Kutuzov smiled slightly as treading heavily he stepped down from the carriage just as if those two thousand men breathlessly gazing at him and the regimental commander did not exist.

The regimental commander ran forward on each such occasion, fearing to miss a single word of the commander-in-chief's regarding the regiment.

The regimental commander was afraid he might be blamed for this and did not answer.

Ask Denisov whether it is not out of the question for a cadet to demand satisfaction of his regimental commander?

The regimental adjutant came in and confirmed the news brought by Zherkov.

After passing a chasseur regiment and in the lines of the Kiev grenadiers--fine fellows busy with similar peaceful affairs--near the shelter of the regimental commander, higher than and different from the others, Prince Andrew came out in front of a platoon of grenadiers before whom lay a naked man.

The regimental commander and Major Ekonomov had stopped beside a bridge, letting the retreating companies pass by them, when a soldier came up and took hold of the commander's stirrup, almost leaning against him.

The adjutants and battalion and regimental commanders mounted, crossed themselves, gave final instructions, orders, and commissions to the baggage men who remained behind, and the monotonous tramp of thousands of feet resounded.

After this volley the regimental commander clutched at his leg; several soldiers fell, and a second lieutenant who was holding the flag let it fall from his hands.

Dolokhov--now an officer--wounded in the arm, and on foot, with the regimental commander on horseback and some ten men of his company, represented all that was left of that whole regiment.

Having once more entered into the definite conditions of this regimental life, Rostov felt the joy and relief a tired man feels on lying down to rest.

From the regimental commander's, Denisov rode straight to the staff with a sincere desire to act on this advice.

But at noon the adjutant of the regiment came into Rostov's and Denisov's dugout with a grave and serious face and regretfully showed them a paper addressed to Major Denisov from the regimental commander in which inquiries were made about yesterday's occurrence.

The noncommissioned officer began talking with his comrades about regimental matters without looking at the Russian general.

Mary Hendrikhovna was the wife of the regimental doctor, a pretty young German woman he had married in Poland.

When campaigning, Rostov allowed himself the indulgence of riding not a regimental but a Cossack horse.

Dress your ranks! the order of the regimental commander was heard ahead.

From the field beyond the village came now sounds of regimental music and now the roar of many voices shouting "Hurrah!" to the new commander-in-chief.

The red-nosed Captain Timokhin, formerly Dolokhov's squadron commander, but now from lack of officers a battalion commander, shyly entered the shed followed by an adjutant and the regimental paymaster.

He felt it in the merry sounds of regimental music he heard from the left side of the field, and felt and realized it especially from the list of prisoners the French officer had read out when he came that morning.

There was only one hut available for the regimental commander.

Another section amid the regimental wagons and horses which were standing in a group was busy getting out caldrons and rye biscuit, and feeding the horses.

The film revolves around the powerful character of the Regimental Sergeant Major played by Richard Attenborough.

The new tunic was scarlet with collar, cuffs and edging in the regimental color, fastened down the front by eight buttons.

When assigned a zone reconnaissance mission, the corps commander allows the regimental commandeer considerable freedom of action.

There are also prisoner of war records for Andersonville and Fort McHenry, battle descriptions and regimental histories.

There are some regimental variations in the types of stock held and the offers available.

The Regimental Quartermaster provides everything a Confederate reenactor needs including uniforms, accouterments and weapons.

June 1642, attended by five ministers and by ruling elders from the regimental sessions.

He must then return to regimental duty for at least two years.

The regimental officers had all acquired their rank before the enemy and knew how to manage their men, and of the men themselves nearly two-thirds had seen active service.

The intelligence of the men and regimental officers was very low, but on the other hand service was practically for life, and the regiment the only home the great majority had ever known.

Its actual strength, however, is about 15,000 men, some of the regimental and battalion organizations being skeletons.

Near it is the parliament .and banqueting hall, restored (1889-1892) by the generosity of William Nelson (1817-1887) the publisher, which contains a fine collection of Scottish armour, weapons and regimental colours, while, emblazoned on the windows, are the heraldic bearings of royal and other figures distinguished in national history.

McCall Theal states that the ancestors of the tribes living in what is now Natal and Zululand were acquainted with the regimental system and the method of attack in crescent shape formation in the 17th century.

The hussar cornet of Kutuzov's suite who had mimicked the regimental commander, fell back from the carriage and rode up to Dolokhov.

The regimental doctor, when he came, said it was absolutely necessary to bleed Denisov.