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Show ARMY INFORMATION. Hero aro little bits of information regarding tho army not sonorally known and explaining soveral phrasos of common usage: A Bquad consists of eight men; n cctlou of two squads; a platoon of two sections; a company of two platoons; pla-toons; a batatllon of eight or twelve companies; a regiment of two batal-lions; batal-lions; a brigade, geographical, generally gener-ally throo regiments; a division, geographical geo-graphical and n corps of threo divisions. divi-sions. A Bquad Is commanded by a corporal; a section by a sergeant; a platoon by a lieutenant; a company by a captain; n batalllon by a major; a regiment by a colonel; a hrlgado by a brigadier-general; a division by a lleuteuaut-coloncl and a corps by a major-general. Tho relative, rank between officers of tho navy and nrmy Is ns follows, lineal rank only, being considered: Admiral Ad-miral with general; vlco admiral with lieutenant-general; rear admiral with major-general; commodoro with brig-adler-gcneral; captain with colonel, commander with lieutenant-colonel; lieutenant commander with major; lieutenant with captain; lieutenant (Junior grado) with first lieutenant and onBjgn with second lieutenant. |