Infantry: French _infanterie_; Italian _infanteria_; Latin _infant-em_, child (16th cent.), _i.e._ one who cannot speak--_in_, not, _fari_, speak. Lancers: men armed with the lance. French _lance_; Latin _lancea_; Greek _lonche_. Line: French _ligne_; Latin _linea_, a line or string--_linum_, flax. Musketeers: men armed with the Musket, which see. Ordnance Corps: the R.A. and R.E., which were controlled by the Master-General of the Ordnance, an officer created as early as 1414. Patrol (late 17th cent.) French _patrouille_: (1539)--_patrouiller_, to paddle in mud--Old French _patoueil_, mud. Platoon: French _peloton_, a little ball--_pelote_, a small bundle; Latin _pila_, a ball. Rear: Old French _riere_, behind; Latin _retro_, back. Regiment: French _régiment_, rule; Latin _regiment-um_--_regere_, rule. Rifles: a body of soldiers armed with rifles. Rifle is short for rifled gun; to rifle means to groove--_rive_, to tear. Squad: French _escouade_; Italian _squadra_, a square; Latin _ex-quadra-re_, to square, from _quatuor_, four. Squadron: from Italian _squadrone_, a large square. [See Squad.] Train: French _train_; Old French _trahiner_, to trail; Low Latin _trahin-are_, from _trah-ere_, to draw. Troop: French _troupe_, connected with root of _drive_, German _treiben_, a drove; Italian _truppa_, by some connected with Latin _turba_, a crowd, by a not uncommon process of bringing the “r” before the vowel [cf. _brent_, burnt]. Vanguard: shortened to van; Old French _avant garde_--_avant_ is Latin _ab-ante_, from in front. [See Guard.] 3. ARMS AND ACCOUTREMENTS Accoutrements: French _accoutrement_; _accoutre_--_ad_, to, and _coutre_, from Latin _custos_, keeper. Ammunition: store for defence. Latin _ad-munition-em_--_munire_, fortify, defend. Arms: French _armes_; Latin _arma_. Arsenal: _arx navalis_, naval citadel, or from an Arabic word. Ball: French _balle_; Old German _bal_, from a Teutonic root found in _bulge_, bole. Bayonet: French _baïonnette_, from Bayonne, where first made. Belt: Anglo-Saxon _belt_; Irish _balt_--from which Latin _balteus_, a belt, probably derived. Bullet: French _boulet_, a little ball--_boule_, a ball; Latin _bulla_, a knob. Cannon: _i.e._ the gun-barrel; Latin _canna_, a hollow cane. Carbine: see Carbineers. Carriage: Old French _charrier_, or _carier_, to carry. [See Cart.] Cart: dim. of _car_; French _charette_; Old French _carete_; Low Latin _careta_--_carrus_, a car. Cartridge: corruption of _cartrage_; French _cartouche_, a charge wrapped up in a cornet of paper; Latin _carta_, paper. Cuirass: see Cuirassiers. Equip: Old French _esquiper_, to equip; Norse _skipa_, to arrange, shape.