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tary men to mark out one who knowsand does his duty, and is ready to facethe enemy in all climates.

No Soi.oieu, an expression of familiarcurrency in the British service. It issometimes used as a term of reproach,and sometimes of harmless irony; as,You’re a dirty fellow and no soldier.

Citizen Soldier, (sotdut citoyen, I'r.)In a general acceptation of the term, acitizen soldier signifies any man who isarmed for the support and vindication ofhis rights.

A Brother Soldier, a term of affec-tion which is commonly used in the Bri­ tish service by one who serves under thesame banners, and lights for the samecause, with another. In a more exten-sive signification, it means any militaryman with respect to another.

Soldier of fortune, (soldat defortune,Fr.) During the frequent wars whichoccurred in 1 taly, before the military pro-fession became so generally prevalent inEurope , it was usual for men of enter-prize and reputation to offer their servicesto the different states that were engaged.They were originally called condottieri,or leaders of reputation. They after-wards extended their services, and underthe title o t' soldiers of fortune, sought loremployment in every country, or state,that would pay them.

Soldier’s friend, a term in the Bri­ tish service, which is generally applied tosuch officers as pay the strictest atten-tion to their men; granting them sea-sonable indulgencies without injuring theservice; seeing their wants relieved; andabove all things, having them punctuallypaid, and regularly settled with. Thereis much confidence in the multitudewhen they are justly dealt by, and everysoldier fights well under the guidance ofa soldier’s friend!

SoLDiER-q^icer, a term, generallyused among naval men, to signify anyofficer belonging to the land service.

Old Soldier, a familiar phrase usedin the British army to signity a shrewdand intelligent person. It sometimesmeans an individual who will not scrupleto take advantage of the credulity or in-experience of others. Hence to come theold soldier over you. The French say nnvieux routier, to which, however, theyattach a more extensive signification.

Our countryman, Mr. Ilume, speakingof national characters, makes the fol-lowing remarks on soldiers in general.

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A soldier and a priest are differentcharacters in all nations, and all ages :and this difference is founded on circum-stances, whose operation is eternal andunalterable.

The uncertainty of their life makessoldiers lavish and generous, as well asbrave. Their idleness, together with thelarge societies, which they tbrm in campsor garrisons, inclines them to pleasureand gallantry ; by their frequent changeof company, they acquire good breedingand an openness of behaviour: beingemployed only against a public and anopen enemy, they become candid, honest,and undesigning : and as they use morethe labour of the body than that of themind, they are commonly thouglrtlessand ignorant.

It was a saying of Menander that itis not in the power of God to make a politesoldier. — Men. npud Stobaami. Yet,as Mr. Ilume properly remarks, the con-trary observation with regard to the man-ners of soldiers takes place in our days.

To use the words of Caius Marius , asoldier ought to glory in the wounds hereceives in the service of his country,not in the monuments of the dead,and the statues of his ancestors. SeePlutarch's Lives .

SOLDIER’S ointment , a medicine fora horse that is shoulder splaited. It isprepared in the following manner:-—Take 12 ounces of fresh bay-leaves,rosemary, and basil, of each 2 ounces,o pounds of olive oil, 1 pound of yellowwax, an half pound of Malaga wine.Bruise all the leaves, and boil the wholeto the consistence of an ointment.

SOLDIERSHIP, (metier de soldat ,Fr.) the profession, character, and qua-lities of a military man.

SOLDIERY, body of military men;soldiers collectively.

SOLDURIERS, Fr. a term ancient-ly used among the French to signitythose persons who attached themselvesto some particular general or militaryknight, whose fortunes they followed,in consequence of being paid and sup-ported by him.

Soldurieus. According to the au-thor of the Nouveau Dictionnaire , thesewere intrepid men among the Gauls ,who were so closely attached to someparticular chief^ that if he fell in action,they fell also, by continuing to light, orby destroying themselves. It is said, inCicsar’s Commentaries, that no man of