Oosnpagnies de Discipline

Companies created by Napoleon I. in 1802. A royal order in 1818 fixed the number of companies at ten (six of fusileers and four of pioneers.) Compagnie — The in name of a It corps of cavalry, which swas d'Ordonnan organized ce. in France 1439. numbered 0(S00 men and was the first regular 135 cavalvy … Company. — A body of men, usually 100, commanded by a captain who is responsible for the theoretical and practical instruction of his officers and noncommi ioned officers. The company is divided into two, three, or four platoons, each consisting of not le than two nor more than four squads. A company so depleted as to make division into platoons impracticable is led bv the captain as a single platoon; an aliquot part of a battalion or regiment. The war strength of a company in the U. S. army is 0 officers and 250 men.