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a distance, and regularly supplied bymeans of a well conducted commissa-riat. The latter consists chiefly ohmeat, bread, beer, &c. To these maybe added wood or coals, and straw; iwhich are always wanted in an army, jEvery general will take proper precau-tions to have his men well supplied withthese first necessaries in life. A verysensible treatise has lately made its ap-pearance in this country, respec ting thesystem oh a British commissariat staffin England; it is entitled the British Commissary.
Baron d’Espagnac has written moreat large upon this important subject.—See Piemens Miiituires, tom. i. page ,162; and that writer’s Suite dc f'Essaitur la Science de la Guerre, tom. i.page 2-iG.
Subsistence likewise means pay orallowance.
SUBSTITUTE in the Militia. Aperson who voluntarily offers to serve inthe room of another that has been cho-sen by ballot. But if afterwards heshould himself be chosen by ballot, lieis not exempted from serving again, asprincipals are, within certain restric-tions. Substitutes may be provided forquakers. Every substitute is liable toa penalty for not appearing to be swornupon due uotice being given ; and everyregularly enlisted soldier who shall offerto serve as a substitute in the militia,is liable to forfeit 101. or to be im-prisoned. Substitutes who desert areto serve the remainder of their termwhen taken.
SUBSTITUTION, Fr. an algebrai- Ical term used by the French , signify-ing to substitute in an equation anyquantity in the room of another, whichis equal to it, but which is differentlyexpressed.
SUBTANGENT, in any curve, is
tne line which determines the intersec-k°n of the tangent in the axis pro- ;longed. j
SUBTENSE, (Soutendante, Fr.) a ■geometrical term signifying the base of |an angle, that is to say, a strait line >°Pposite to an angle, which is supposedto be drawn from the two extremes of jtoe section that measures it. Likewise Jtoe chord of an arch; that which is ex- 1tended under any thing.
&UBVEHSIOjN ? {Subversion, Fr.) a
state of total disorder and indiscipline;generally produced by a neglect ofsmall faults at the beginning, and agradual introduction of every sort ofmilitary insubordination.
SUBURBS , ( Fau-rbourgs, Fr.) build-ings without the walls of a city; fromthe Latin Sub and Urbis.
SUCCESSION of rank , relativegradation according to the dates et com-missions.
Succession of Colonels , a particularpart of the-oilicial army list is so cailed.The dates of the several appointmentsare therein s)>ecified, together with thenumbers and facings of the different, regiments.
A Commission in Succession. Acommission m which an individual'hasan inherent property from having pur-chased it, or raised men; or which,through interest, he is at liberty to sellto the best advantage, provided it doesnot go in the regiment; in which caseno more than the king’s regulation canbo taken.
SUCCOUR, in war. Assistance inmen, stores, or ammunition.
SUD, Fr. This word is variouslyused by-the French . It signifies, in seairnguage, . the south wind, and thesouthern regions; and in an absolutesense, it means one of the four cardinalwinds which blows from the south.—Hence (e sud, the south wind; sud esf,south east; soud ouest , south west.
SU FITS ANTE, Fr. See Pussemur.
SUISSES, Fr. The Swiss soldierswho were in the pay of France previousto the 10th of August 1792, were gene-rally so called. It was also a generalterm to signify stipendiary troops.Hence point d'urgent, point de Suisses !which agrees with our cant phrase—No pay, no soldier.
SUITE, or SERIES, Fr. This termsignifies generally any regular collec-tion and successive distribution ofthings.
This word was also used among theFrench to signify, that although anofficer might be reduced or put uponhalf pay, he was, nevertheless, obligedto follow (etre d la suite,) of some givenregiment, or remain stationed in somefortified place. Perhaps a regulation ofthis* kind mi^ht be resorted to with
benefit