Parade: Spanish _parada_, ready, or adorned, from _parar_, to get ready, to adorn, also to parry; Latin _parare_, to prepare. Brought from the Netherlands to England in 1625. Reconnoitre: French, to make oneself acquainted with--_connaître_; Latin _cognoscere_, know. Strategy: Greek _strategos_, a general--_stratos_, army--_ago_, lead. The art of the General. Tactics: Greek _taktike_ (_techne_), _tasso_, arrange. The tactical art, or art of drawing up soldiers for battle. Trumpet: French _trompette_, dim. of _trompe_; Spanish _trompa_, perhaps from Latin _tuba_. War: Teutonic _werre_, strife, connected with _worse_, and German _wirren_, confuse. APPENDIX B REMARKS ON MILITARY NOMENCLATURE In any Science the first step towards systematizing it is to form a definite terminology on systematic lines. Nor is this mere pedantry. Words are the expressions of thought; without defined terms there can be no clear thinking. None can have read much, or written at all, on military matters without noticing the unsatisfactory nature of many of the terms used. Few are short, crisp, and definite, like _Troop_, _Squad_, _Staff_. Compare these with _Regiment_, _Division_, _Artillery_. Confusion also constantly arises from the indeterminate meanings of words like _Commander_, _Section_, _Brigade_, _Unit_. Other words are cumbrous, like _Medical Services_ (or _Officer_), _Mounted Infantry_, _Ammunition Column_, _Lines of Communication_, _Mounted Brigade_, _Veterinary Services_ (or _Officer_). Some single words are urgently needed instead of these. In British Establishments, simplification would result if there were one word for _Drummers_, _Buglers_, and _Trumpeters_, and one for all personnel except Officers. _Dismounted men_ is a poor name for men who were never mounted. The organization of Artillery cries out for some systematized terms. _Field Artillery_ includes in foreign armies the batteries of Field Guns, Howitzers, and Horse Artillery, but is generally used for those of Field Guns only. A general word to include guns and howitzers is needed. _Wagon_ is used for transport wagons and ammunition wagons, and a single word for the latter is much needed; the American word _caisson_, or the old English _tumbril_, might be used. A better word is wanted for _Machine-Gun_, which is not a gun, but a rifle. _Divisional Artillery_, a unit of several Brigades under a General, might have a special name. _Divisional Ammunition Column_ seems a very long term when writing Orders. _Cavalry_ and _Infantry_ might well be usually replaced by _Horse_ and _Foot_. The words _Troop_ and _Squadron_ might be used without the addition of “Cavalry,” as indeed _Company_ and _Battalion_ without adding “Infantry.” It would be convenient if, in the British Service at any rate, the word _Regiment_ always connoted Horse, to avoid adding “Cavalry,” just as Battalion connotes Foot.