. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. Mississippi andLouisiana. MARSHAL, malirslial, a word of Germanorigin, signifying originally a man appointedto take care of horses, but which during thecenturies has changed to a title signifying thehighest military office. The title of marshalin the German Empire had its origin in a sim-ilar title under the Prankish monarclis. InFrance marechal de France is the highestmilitary honor, and the title is now borne byFoch, Joffre and Petain
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. Mississippi andLouisiana. MARSHAL, malirslial, a word of Germanorigin, signifying originally a man appointedto take care of horses, but which during thecenturies has changed to a title signifying thehighest military office. The title of marshalin the German Empire had its origin in a sim-ilar title under the Prankish monarclis. InFrance marechal de France is the highestmilitary honor, and the title is now borne byFoch, Joffre and Petain, in recognition oftheir leadership in the World War. In Ger-many general field marshal was the highestmilitary honor to the end of the World War,In Great Britain field marshal is the highestmilitary rank, and the title is borne by LordFrench and by Sir Douglas Haig. In theUnited States a marshal is an executiveofficer connected with the Federal same name is popularly applied to thechief police officer of a village or small town. MARSHALL, John (1755-1835), the mostfamous Chief Justice of the American Su-preme Court, bom at Germantown, Va. He. JOHN MARSHALL .did not go to college, but-early began thestudy of law, which was interrupted only byfour years of distinguished service in theRevolutionary War. Admitted to the bar in1781, he served several terms in the Virginialegislature, and as amember of the Vir-g i n i a conventionwas influential insecuring the ratifi-cation of the Fed-eral was a firm sup-porter of Washing-tons administra-tions, but declinedpublic office underthe nation until1797, when he wassent with Gerry and Pinckney to settle severalpoints of dispute with France. In 1798Marshall was elected to Congress, becameSecretary of State in 1800 and from 1801 tillhis death was Chief Justice of the UnitedStates Supreme Court. In this office heproved himself one of the greatest of theworlds jurists, and several of his decisionsestablished extremely
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