BAGGAGE

(Fr. bagage.) In the art Military, the clothes, tents, provisions, and other nece aries belonging to an army. In regard to the conveyance of baggage, a striking contrast is presented between the military systems of ancient and modern times. 'Ihe Roman soldiers had four kinds of baggage (bucellatum or corn, utensils of various kinds, valli, and arms), termed by a felicity of language impedimenta; and were so heavily laden, that they were called by way of jest muli Mariani, nxiAtsrumruE. In modern times, the plan is every where adopted of ridding the soldier of all unnece ary encumbrance; and with this view waggons attached to each battalion are employed for the conveyance of baggage, and guarded and regulated by a body of roen set apart for the purpose, called the waggon-train. [s. 128]