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to the artillery and garrisons. Moniesare paid from the Ordnance by bill anddebenture, and the payment is orderedthree months after the commencementof the quarter in which the bill wasissued.

Master-General of the Ordnance isan officer of the greatest trust, honour,and dignity: his employment is one ofthe most laborious in war, and requiresthe greatest ability, application and ex-perience. This otficer has the sole com-mand of the royal regiment of artillery,assisted by a lieutenant-general. Bythe great power invested in the master-general by the king, he alone constitutesa board. The master-general is also acomponent part of the administration,and belongs to the privy council, butis removable at the pleasure of theking.

Honours due to the master-general ofthe Ordnance. The same respect shallbe paid to him from the troops, as ispaid to generals of horse and foot, lieis, on all occasions, to have the marchbeat to him ; and to be saluted by allofficers, the colours excepted.

Lieutenant-general of the Ordnanceis an office of great trust, honour, anddignity; is the next in command underthe master-general, and always an officerof the greatest abilities. This office isnot of such early date as that of themaster-general; for in 1597, it was firstestablished.

Surveyor general of the Ordnance,(lntendant d'Artillerie , Fr.) a situationof great trust and much labour, requiringthe soundest judgment, the keenest cal-culation, and the most unimpeachableintegrity. This situation, like that ofthe master-general, was formerly givento persons in civil capacities; but it isnow generally filled by a military man.See Surveyor.

Clerk of the Ordnance, an officerwhose business it is to record the namesof all officers, and all orders and in-structions issued for the government ofthe department.

Civil Secretary to the Ordnance. SeeOffice of Ordnance.

ORDONNANCE, Fr. ordinance;order; prescription. Our word Ord­ nance is taken from this, and signifiesgenerally the whole department of theroyal artillery. It also signifies cannon;great guns. Ordinance was formerly

used to express the same, but the wordis now obsolete.

Ordonnance, Fr. a warrant.—Thisword is variously used among the French ,viz.

Ordonnance, Fr. the disposition, orarrangement, of troops for battle.

Compagnies ^’Ordonnance, Fr. par- -ticular troops, or companies which wereindependent of any regiment, and whichexisted under the old French monarchy.The gendarmes du roi formed the firsttroop or company of this description.The chevaux-legers de la garde , or thelight horse of the body guard, were alsoof the same class.

Homme ^’Ordonnance, Fr. an or-derly man.

Ordonnance d'une armee pour la dis-poser au combat, Fr. See Order ofBattle.

Habit cTOrdonnance, Fr. the regi-mental dress, or uniform of an officer,soldier, &c.

Ordonnance, Fr. (in architecture,)rhegiving to all the parts of a building thejust quantity and dimensions, which theyought to have according to the model.This term is also applicable to the shades,masses, &c. in painting.

Ordonnance, Fr. size, bulk, or bore';as, engin de telle Ordonnance, an engineor piece of ordnance of such a size, orbore.

Epee gI’Ordonnance, Fr. regulationsword.

ORDONNANCES, Fr. orderly men,whether on foot, or horseback.

Ordonnakces, Fr. See MilitaryRegulations.,

ORDONNEE, (in geometry,) a termused by the French , to express straight,lines which are drawn parallel to thstangent of a curve, and which are ter-minated on one side by the axis, or dia-meter of this curve, which correspondswith the tangent, and on the other bythe curve itself. Ordonnee also signifiesany perpendicular raised upon the dia-meter of a semi-circle, and terminatedby the circumference.

ORDONNER, Fr. This word notonly signifies to ordain, direct, &c. butit also means to range troops in order ofbattle. Hence Ordonnance d'une armee.

ORDRE, Fr. parole and counter-sign so called.

Alter a COrdre, Fr. to go for thsparole, or countersign.

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