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COMPLEMENT of the line of defence, the remainder of the line of defence, after you have taken away the angle of the flank. See FORTIFICATION.

COMPLETE, a regiment, troop, or company, is said to be complete when it has the whole number of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates, according to the regulation for the time being.

COMPLIMENT of the line of the army. See HONORS.

COMPLIMENT from guards. See HONORS.

COMPOSITION.--For the composition of FUZES, PORTFIRES, TUBES, CARCASSES, see those words.

Composition for Kitt.

lbs. Rosin 9 Pitch 6 Beeswax 6 Tallow 1

For Fire Balls, 1794.

lbs. oz. Rosin 5 8 Sulphur 3 0 Alum powder 1 8 Starch, Do. 0 8 Saltpetre 4 6 Mealed powder 8 0 Linseed oil ¹⁄₄ pint Oil of spike 1 pint.

Bengal Lights.

First Composition.

lbs. oz. Saltpetre 7 0 Sulphur 1 12 Red orpiment 0 1

Second Composition.

lbs. oz. Saltpetre 2 4 Sulphur 0 8 Antimony 0 4 Orpiment 0 1¹⁄₂

Light Balls.

Nitre 40 parts Sulphur 15 Antimony 3 Pitch 3

This composition to be carefully fused, and cast into the shape of balls, which when cold will be sufficiently hard to be fired from a small mortar.

Composition for Suffocating Pots.

Sulphur 6 parts Nitre 5

This composition when intimately mixed, to be rammed into wooden boxes, and primed in the usual way.

This composition will answer for fumigation.

Chinese, or White Light.

Nitre from 50 to 60 parts. Sulphur 16 to 20 Antimony 5 Orpiment 8 to 10

For Smoke Balls.

lbs. Corned powder 10 Saltpetre 2 Pitch 4 Seacoal 3 Tallow 1

For Fire Hoops, Fire Arrows, and Fire Lances.

lbs. oz. Mealed powder 1 0 Saltpetre 3 0 Flour of Sulphur 0 8 Linseed oil ¹⁄₂ pint.

Composition to fill cases for setting fire to Fascine Batteries.