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See also:REGIMENT (from See also:Late Latin regimentum, See also:rule, regere, to rule, govern, See also:direct) , originally See also:government, command or authority exercised over others, or the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of a ruler or See also:sovereign; in this sense the word was See also:common in the 16th See also:century. The most See also:familiar instance is the See also:title of the See also:tract of See also:John See also:Knox, the First Blast of the See also:Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of See also:Women. The See also:term as applied to a large See also:body of troops See also:dates from the See also:French See also:army of the 16th century. In the first instance it implied " command," as nowadays we speak of " See also:General A's command," meaning the whole number of troops under his command. The See also:early regiments had no similarity in strength or organization, except that each was under one See also:commander. With the regularization of armies the commands of all such See also:superior See also:officers were gradually reduced to uniformity, and a regiment came to be definitely a See also:colonel's command. In the See also:British See also:infantry the term has no See also:tactical significance, as the number of battalions in a regiment is variable, and one at least is theoretically abroad at all times, while the reserve or territorial battalions serve under a different See also:code to that governing the See also:regular battalions. The whole See also:corps of Royal See also:Artillery is called " the Royal Regiment of Artillery." In the See also:cavalry a regiment is tactically as well as administratively a unit of four squadrons. On the See also:continent of See also:Europe the regiment of infantry is always together under the command of its colonel, and consists of three or four battalions under majors or See also:lieutenant-colonels.
End of Article: REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)
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