Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . end tho Sovereign, and toguard the .Metro]iolis. Those forces comprise threeregiments of cavalry—the 1st and 2d Life Guards,and the Koyal ilorso Guards, and three regimentsof Foot Guards (which include seven battalions),the Grenadier, Coldstream, and the Scots FusilierGuards. The cost of these corps, for pay andallowances only, reaches the sum of £230,000 a year;and they number in all ranks 1,802 cavalry andr>..))(t infantry, who are justly hold to be the flowerof the British Army. HOUSING. —The cover or <loth over or
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . end tho Sovereign, and toguard the .Metro]iolis. Those forces comprise threeregiments of cavalry—the 1st and 2d Life Guards,and the Koyal ilorso Guards, and three regimentsof Foot Guards (which include seven battalions),the Grenadier, Coldstream, and the Scots FusilierGuards. The cost of these corps, for pay andallowances only, reaches the sum of £230,000 a year;and they number in all ranks 1,802 cavalry andr>..))(t infantry, who are justly hold to be the flowerof the British Army. HOUSING. —The cover or <loth over or under ahorses saddle, used for cleanliness or as an oma-nuaital or military appendage. In the United StatesArmy, housing is prescribed as follows: Furden-enil OffuMr«—To be worn over the saddle; of darkblue cloth, trimmed .with two rows of gold lace, theouter row one inch and five-oigliths wide, the innerrow two inches and one-fourth : to be made full, soas to cover the horses liaunches and to bear on eachflank corner the following ornaments, distinctive of. rank, to wit: For tJie Oeiieml of the Army—A goldenibroiderod spread eagle with two stars and Arrasof the United States between them : For General—A gold embroidered spread eagle andthree stars ; For Major (letternli—A gold embroi-dered spread eagle with two stars ; and For Briga-dier Oemrah—A gold embroidered spread eagleand one star. ^veSaddle-clotli. HOWITZER.—From the earliest days of artillerythere existed short, chambered pieces, which pro-jected stone balls under great angles of elevation. In1478, an attempt was made to use in these pieces,hollow projectiles filled with powder, to which wasattached a burning match to set the powder on fire :but it is proliable that tho accidents which accom-panied their use caused them to be abandoned for thetime. In l(i34, however, means were devised toovercome this ditliculty: and, thus perfected, thesepieces were introduced into the French service as
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