Etat Major: alternatives and connections

A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and…

A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank a…

Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of milit…

Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of a…

Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon.

A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.

A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff.

A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, a…

A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly…

Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission.

An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of…

The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.

The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive woo…

An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army.

The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.

The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.

An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.

A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.