the room in a house where the provi- sions are cooked.

Army Kitchen, is a space of about 16 or 18 feet diameter, with a ditch surrounding it three feet wide; the opposite bank of which serves as a seat for the men who dress the victuals. The kitchens of the flank com- panies are contiguous to the outline of the camp; and the intermediate space is generally distributed equally for the remaining kitchens; and as each tent forms a mess, each kitchen must have as many fire places as there are tents in the company.