_Free_ COMPANY, is one of those corps commonly called irregular; is seldom or never under the same orders with the regular corps of the army, but for the most part acts like a detached army, either by itself, or in conjunction with some of its own kind; therefore their operations are properly considered under the title of the _petite guerre_. Same as companies Franches. _Independent_ COMPANY, that which is not incorporated in a regiment. Two such companies generally belong to each regiment in England, who are to supply the regiments with recruits. COMPARTIMENT _de feu_, _Fr._ a specific division of the intermediate spaces belonging to a mine, and the regular allotment of the saucissons or train-bags to convey fire to the furnaces at one and the same time. COMPLEMENT _of the curtain_, that part in the interior side of a fortification which makes the demi-gorge. See FORTIFICATION. 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.