Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 eBook

United States Department of War
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 376 pages of information about Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917.

Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 eBook

United States Department of War
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 376 pages of information about Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917.
Siege gun . . . . . . . . . .  Une piece de siege. 120 long . . . . . . . . . .  Cent vingt long. 120 short . . . . . . . . . .  Cent vingt court. 77 (German) . . . . . . . . .  Soixante-dix-sept (allemand).  Shell . . . . . . . . . . . .  Un obus.  Une marmite (slang).  Un colis a domicile (slang).  Shrapnel . . . . . . . . . .  Un shrapnell.  Un rageur (slang).  Periscope . . . . . . . . . .  Un periscope.  Trench knife . . . . . . . .  Un couteau de tranchee.  Dugout . . . . . . . . . . .  Un abri dans les tranchees.  Un cagibi (slang).  Une cagna (slang).  Un gourbi (slang).  Une guitoune (slang).

NOTE.—­In addressing an officer of grade superior to his own, an officer must use the possessive adjective; a senior addressing a junior uses the title of the grade only.  Thus:  A major to a colonel says “Mon colonel,” but the colonel to the major would say “Commandant.”

APPENDIX.

FORM FOR LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.

List Will and Testament

OF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
do make, publish, and declare this my last will and testament.
I give, devise, and bequeath to[15]  . . . . . . . . . . . .
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And I do give, devise, and bequeath all the rest and residue
of my estate,  both real and personal, to  . . . . . . . . .
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heirs and assigns forever[16]  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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I hereby appoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . executor of
this my last will and testament, and I desire that . . . . .
shall not be required to give bond for the performance of that
office.
Witness my hand this[17] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
day of . . . . . . . . . . . . , 191
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Signed, published, and declared by . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the
above-named testator, as and for his last will and testament,

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