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BAGGAGE

Volume 1 · 83 words · 1771 Edition

in military affairs, denotes the cloaths, tents, utensils of divers sorts, provisions, and other necessaries belonging to the army.

Before a march, the waggons with the baggage are marshalled according to the rank which the several regiments bear in the army; being sometimes ordered to follow the respective columns of the army, sometimes to follow the artillery, and sometimes to form a column by themselves. The general's baggage marches first; and each waggon has a flag, shewing the regiment to which it belongs.