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24 . Call in Skirmishers. This signalis made bv the commander of the whole,and repeated by the commander of de-tachments; is for the skirmishers tojointheir detachments ; or it may originarycome from the commander of the de-tachments. On the signal to rally, thewhole join the bodies they were detach-ed from.

25. Skirmishers cease firing. Thissignal is made by the commander ofthe whole, and repeated (or originallymade) by the commander of the sup-porting detachments, from which theskirmishers are advanced.

Bugle Horn Soundings, are differ-ent calls which are made by the bugle-horn for duty and exercise.—The fol-lowing constitute the principal oneswhich are ordered to be practised.

1st, For duty.

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sound-

1. Reveille. |

2. Rouse , or turn out. \

3. Dinner C&IL <:

4. Setting the Watch.

mgs are dif-ferent in then-notes fromthose of thetrumpet, butmay be usedunder thesame circum-stances.

2d, For Exercise.

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These sound-ings are exact-ly the same asthose of thetrumpet,the place ofwhich the bu-gle-horn mayhe occasion-ally substi-1 tuted.

5. March.

6. Trot.

7. Gallop.

8. Charge.

9. Halt.

10. Retreat.

U. Rally,

12. Turn out Skirmish-ers.

13 Skirmiskers ceasefiring.

44. Cull in Skirmishers [_

These signals, of the trumpet, andhugle horn, are meant in aid of they oice, but are by no means to be sub-stituted for, or to prevent the orderedwords of execution.

The trumpet is always to be consi-e ted us the principal military instru-ment for these soundings, and particu-ar y belongs to the line; the bugle hornto detached parties.

Although it is specifically mentioned?^ u * fcS il,u ^ Regulations, thatf °r s command are on all occasionse use d> and that signals arc only to

be resorted to, in aid of the voice; yetthere are certain signals, or beats of thedrum, as well as crumpet and buglehorn soundings, which are independentof any ordered words of execution.

SOU PAPE, Fr. Sucker of a pump.

SOUK A, Inil. A division; as thatof a chapter.

SOUKD, e. Fr. Literally meansdeaf, dull. It is variously applied bythe French. —viz.

Lunterne Sourde, Fr. A dark lan-thern.

Lime Sourde, Fr. A file which ismade in such a manner, that you mayseparate pieces of iron without makingany noise in the operation. It is like-wise used in a figurative sense—To sig-nify a person who says little, but isalways meditating something mischie-vous or injurious to others.

The French likewise sav, sourdespratiques , pratiques sourdes; secret, orunderhand practices; sourdes men'tes ,menees sourdes , secret, or underhandways. These terms are always used ina bad sense. In mathematics, theFrench call those quantities, quantilessourdes , which are incommensurable,that is, which cannot be exactly ex-pressed, either by whole numbers, orby fractions. Thus the square root,or raeine carree , of two, is a quantilesourde.

SOURDINE , Fr. A little pipe, amute. It likewise means a small spring,which is fixed in a dumb repeater. - T iieFrench make use of this word in a figu-rative sense, to signify literally, withoutnoise. Les ennemis out dchgc d la sour-dine; the enemy decamped privately,and without noise.

SOUIlfS, Fr. literally a mouse.For its application in fortification, seepas de souris. It is likewise used to ex-press a want of expedients, or resources,in critical moments, and the consequentdanger of being caught in the snare oneis endeavouring to avoid —La souris quiria qvHun trou est bientdt prise ; themouse that has only one hole to run to,is soon caught.

SOURNOIS, Fr. A sullen character.A quarrelsome man is always a nui-sance to society, and the pest of mili-tary life, but there are means by whichhe may be corrected. A sullen andadust character is no less dangerous;

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