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ons from Military Duty.— The Vice-President of the United States; the officers, judicial and executive, of the Government of the United States and of the Several States and Territories; persons in the military or naval service of the United States; customhouse clerks; persons employed by the United States in the transmi ion of the mail; artificers and workmen employed in the armories, arsenals, and navy yards of the United States; pilots and mariners actually employed. These are exempted from service in a combatant capacity. Exeroise. — That which is done for promoting skill and moral discipline. Maneuvering bodies of men together, as the drill of a mounted battery; the instruction of the soldier in the knowledge of his weapon, as bayonet-exercise, firing-exercise; lance, pistol and sword exercise. — In ancient Rome, the common term for an army. … In England, an officer of the Yeoman of the Royal Guard; an exempt. Sxostrsw — The bridge of the helepolis, or movable tower of the ancients, by which they pa ed upon a wall during the siege. tamaiTe System of Rifling. — Embracing all projectiles which in loading are inserted in the gun without respect to the rifling but which take the grooves by the action of the gases of discharge upon a device or feature of the projectile, which is readily expanded thereby into the grooves of the gun. a tri at i on. — A voluntary transfer of residence and allegiance from one's native land to another country and government. -The organization and march of a small army or body of men for hostile purposes; the body of troops or persons making such an excursion; any important enterprise, implying a change of place and of warlike character.