Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . t bemade liy the eye ; and verbal information be gainedon all the points connected with the operation overthis ground. This examination and collection offacts is termed a reconnoiHsanfe. From the services demanded of a reconnoiteriugofficer, it is, in the lirst place,evident that lie shouldpossess acquirements of no ordinary character; but,iu addition to these, he should be gifted by naturewith certain traits, without which his acquisitionswould be of little account in the discharge of the re-sponsible duty in question. With
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . t bemade liy the eye ; and verbal information be gainedon all the points connected with the operation overthis ground. This examination and collection offacts is termed a reconnoiHsanfe. From the services demanded of a reconnoiteriugofficer, it is, in the lirst place,evident that lie shouldpossess acquirements of no ordinary character; but,iu addition to these, he should be gifted by naturewith certain traits, without which his acquisitionswould be of little account in the discharge of the re-sponsible duty in question. With clear and specificinformation before him, one-half of a Generalsdifficulties, in planning his measures, are a letter from General Washington to MajorTallmadge, he remarks, in relation to reports madeto him, on a certain occasion ; ? But these things,not being delivered with a , rather perplexthan form the judgment. It is in truth this feelingof certainty thatconstitutes all the difference;having it, the General makes his dispositions witli. other embraces the gvm in front of the front sight bya metallic collar, similarly buckled back to the columnofthefrontguide. The first form is the lighterandlessobjectionable, and can be used with all guns and car-liiues, except such as open b\ a lever, like the Sharpsarms. In a series of trials with the service ritle andammunition the instrument gave a very uniformrecord of 98 pounds recoil. Tlie pull of the trigger,in experiments for recoil, is canceled by the simpleexpedient of placing the thumb behind the guard-bow and phirhing t/igether the bow and the triggerwhile st;inding on tlu right of the gun. All niemiiers of any Courtwho concur iu rcconiiiieudiiliiuis to mercy sign. Therecommendation is introduced after the finding andsentence are closed and aiitlienticatf d. The reconi-meiid;ition should distinctly set forth tlie reasonswhich pniinpt it. RECONNOISSANCE.—There are mi more imiiortantdut
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