Part 420

RELEASE. The commanding officer alone has the prerogative of releasing a prisoner from confinement, after he has once been duly given in charge to the guard, with his crime or crimes stated in writing; or of remitting after he has been adjudged to suffer military punishment; except in cases of a general court-martial, when the general of the district in certain cases, and the president of the United States in higher cases, can remit or mitigate.

Cheval de RELAIS, Fr. a hackney horse.

RELEVEE, Fr. The afternoon.

RELEVER, Fr. to relieve. Hence,

RELEVER une sentinelle, Fr. To relieve a sentry, by posting another soldier in his room.

RELEVER la garde, Fr. To relieve guard.

RELIEF, Fr. an order, given by the minister at war, to authorize an officer to receive the arrears of pay which had accumulated during his absence from the regiment.

RELIEF, Fr. In architecture means the same as the term does when used in English.

RELIEN, Fr. The broken grains of gunpowder which have not passed through the sieve.

To RELIEVE the guard, is to put fresh men upon guard, which is generally done every 24 hours.

To RELIEVE the trenches, is to relieve the guard of the trenches, by appointing those for that duty, who have not been there before, or whose turn is next.

To RELIEVE the sentries, is to put fresh men upon that duty from the guard, which is generally done every two hours, by a corporal who attends the relief, to see the proper orders are delivered to the soldier who relieves.

RELIEVER, an iron ring fixed to a handle by means of a socket, so as to be at right angles to it: it serves to disengage the searcher of a gun, when one of its points is retained in a hole, and cannot be got out otherwise. See SEARCHER.

A REMAIN, a term used among store-keepers belonging to the board of ordnance, &c. to express the actual quantity of stores which is found at an outport, &c. when a new store-keeper is appointed.

REMAINS of stores are ordered to be taken at all places at home, once in seven years, as also at the expiration of a war. In foreign parts a remain is taken only on the appointment of a new store-keeper. See OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, or BOARD OF ORDNANCE.

To REMAND, to send back; as when a soldier who has been brought out of prison, or the guard-house, for the purpose of being examined or tried, is sent back without any thing final occurring relative to his case

To REMARK, to take note of any thing.

REMARKS. Army returns, regimental statements, guard reports, &c. have a column allotted for remarks and observations relative to extraordinary occurrences.

REMBLAI, Fr. Earth collected together for the purpose of making a bank way, &c.

REMBLAYER, Fr. To collect earth together.

REMBARQUER, Fr. To re-embark.

REMBOITER, Fr. The same as Emboiter. To replace, to put together. The latter term is used by the French in artillery and cavalry manœuvres. It is the correlative to Déboiter; to break off.

REMETTEZ vous. This term agrees with the phrase--as you were. Se Remettre. To take a former position, to return to the original ground

REMETTRE, Fr. to restore, to bring back again. It is frequently used in a military sense, viz. Remettre un bataillon; to restore or bring back a battalion to its original formation

REMIT To lessen; as to remit a part of a soldier’s sentence.

To REMONSTRATE, to make a representation of a case or cases wherein one or more may consider themselves to be aggrieved. Military men may remonstrate through their superior officers; but where the duty of the service is concerned, that duty must be first performed with cheerfulness and fidelity.

REMONTER, Fr. To Remount.

REMONTER une compagnie de cavalerie, Fr. To remount a troop of horse.