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8cole de la Fleche, preparatory school for sons of
officers killed in action or who died without
means (Prytanee militaire de la Fleche);
du genie, regimental school for the instruction
of n. c. o.'s for the technical instruction of
the regiment, the execution of experiments, and
the supply of material for engineer service in
the field;
d''instruction aerostatique, v. d'aerostalion
militaire;
de medecinc et de pharmacie militaire, v.
du service de sante militaire;
militaire de I'artillerie et du genie, for instruction
of n. c. o.'s of artillery, of engineers, and of
the train, fitted to become officers, at Versailles;
polytechnique, the Polytechnic, at Paris,
furnishes officers of artillery and of engineers,
and of certain civil employments, as the Fonts
et Chaussees, etc.;
de pyrotechnic militaire, at Bourges. for the
instruction of n. c. o.'s recommended for the
grade of marechal des logis chef artificier; is a
center for the manufacture and investigation of
military fireworks;
regimentaire, one in each regiment and detached
battalion, comprising two courses, the
first (ecole primaire) for illiterate soldiers, the
second (cours preparatoire) for n. c. o.'s and corporals
reading for the grade of sub-lieutenant.
These courses have been substituted for the
ecoles du ler et du 2tme degre, respectively;
regimentaire du genie, name ordinarily given
to an du genie, q. v.;
regimentaire de tir one to each 2
regiment of
infantry, for theoretical and practical instruction
in target practice;
regionale de tir, so-called regional school, suppressed
in 1894, had for object to spread among
the regiments a knowledge of the progress
achieved in all matters relating to small arms
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and to small-arm practice;
du service de sante militaire, preparatory to
Val-de-Grace, for the preliminarv instruction of
medical cadets, at Lyons ( de Lyon);
de sous-officiers de I'artillerie et du genie, v.
militaire de I'artillerie et du genie;
specials militaire, furnishes officers of infantry,
of cavalry, and of marine infantry, at
Saint-Cyr ( de Saint- Cyr);
superieure de guerre, war academy, staff
college at
; Paris;
de telegraphic militaire, gives instructions in
military telegraphy to a certain number of
functionaries of the military telegraph branch
(3 in number);
de
topographic, v. de dessin topographique;
de tir, v. normale de tir, regimentaire
de tir, regionale de tir;
des travaux de campagne, for instruction of
infanlry captains in field works (one to each
ecole du genie).
Ccolletage, m., neck.
ecolleter, v. a., to beat out, to hammer out.
Ccoltage, m., v. ecolletage.
Ccouome, a., economical; m., steward.
ficonomie, f., economy; (adm.) the performance
of any operation by the government without
the intervention of a contractor (as, purchase
in the open market, construction by days'
labor) ;( Fr. a.) saving of bread and-oats (amounts
not drawn); (in pi.) savings;
politique, economics, political economy.
Scope, f., scoop, swab, ladle.
6coperche, f., outrigger; scaffolding pole; derrick;
double, double derrick, counterpoise derrick;
simple, single derrick.
ficorce, f., bark.
ficorcer, v. a., to bark, strip off bark.
Scorcher, v. a. r., to skin (an animal); to gall, rub;
(fort.) to injure parapets, crests (by destroying
regularity of slopes).
Scorchure, f ., gall, skin rubbed off;
sous la selle, (hipp.) saddle gall.
militaire d'infanterie, for instruction of n. c.
o.'s fitted to become officers, at Saint-Maixent
( de Saint-Maixent);
militaire preparatoire. military preparatory
school for the sons of soldiers, of subaltern officers,
and of deceased field officers (four for the
infantry, and one each for the artillery and the
cavalry);
nationale veterinaire, trains candidates for
the position of army veterinary surgeon;
normale de gymnastique, prepares fencing and
gymnastic 'masters, for the army, at Joinvillele-pont:
normale de tir, at Chalons, has for object the
training of musketry instructors and of musketry
experts, the investigation of questions re-
^corner, v. a., to chip; break off (a corner, etc.);
wear off, make a breach in; (mil.) to surprise,
take, a convoy at one of its extremities.
ficornure, f., splinter, corner broken off, chipping;
breaking at the edge.
Scot, m., share; stump (of a tree), large branch
not wholly stripped
lating to small arms^in general, the quarterly
inspection ol arms as manufactured, etc., and
the preparation of rules for infantry fire;
of twigs, leaves, etc.
fecouane, f., rasp.
Scouaner, v. a., to rasp.
fecouelle, f., cup, saucer; saucer of a capstan.
ficouenne, f., v. ecouane.
Scouer, v. a., (hipp.) to dock, crop (a horse's tail).
fecoulement, m., flow, flowing off, running;
draining, discharge; efflux; (mil.) passage,
marching past, of troops; (sig.) passing on,
transmission (of messages, signals);
fosse d' , drain;
galerie d' , (min.) adit, day level;
& gueule bee, efflux of a filled tube;
nasal, (hipp.) running at the nose;
niveau d' drain , level;
tuyau d' , waste pipe;
vote d' , outlet, water course.
ficouler, v. r., to flow off, drain; (mil.) to march
past a given point; (sig.) to transmit, pass on
(signals, messages).
^courtage, m., (hipp.) docking.
gcourter, v. a., (hipp.) to dock a horse's tail.
fecoute, f., (mil. min.) listener, listening gallery.
6cout6, a., clear, distinct; precise;
mouvements s, (man.) precise, measured
movements;
pas , (man.) regular, uniform step;
trot , (man.) clear, well-marked trot.
Ccouter, v. a., to listen;
son cheval, (man.) to follow one's horse, to '
leave him to himself when he is executing his
airs properly;
le pas bcoute regular.
le(s) talon(s), (man.) the step is
Scouteur, m., (mil. min.) listener; earpiece cf a
telephone; a., v. ecouteux.
ficouteux, a., (man.) skittish;
cheval , horse that pricks up his ears; horse
slow in starting.
gcoutille, f., (nav.) hatch, hatchway; (fort.) manhole.
Gcouvette, f., sprinkling brush (of a forge).
Scouvillon, m., (art.) sponge;
articule, jointed sponge;
boile d' , sponge-head ;
bouton d' , v. boiie d' ;
brise, v. articule;
a charniere, v. articule;
crosse d' , v. boite d' ;
cuiller, gun -ladle;
a graisser, oiling, greasing sponge;
d hampe mobile, v. articule;
d hampe recourbee, sponge with bent staff;
-levicr, sponge handspike (Fr. 80"" mountain
gun);
mouliner , faire mouliner ?' to , turn, cant,
the sponge at drill;