Major

sur un vai eau de guerre, Fr. An officer on board a ship of war, whose duty it was to see the guard regularly mounted, and the sentries posted. Etat - Major , Fr. A comprehensive French term, in which is included every thing that can be conveyed under the word staff, as applicable to the British service. In a very recent publication, intituled, Manuel des Adjudans-Généraux et leurs Adjoints , the particular duties of the etat-major are accurately explained, of which an entire translation is incorporated with the American Military Library . Another work on the same subject, was published in 1809, by general Grimoard , entitled Traité sur le Service des Armées con tenant son organisation, et ses fonctions sous les rapports admin is trat ifs et Mil it a ires , with plates. The author began this work in 1778, and part of it was published in 1797, in the Encyclopédie Method i que . This work has superceded the work of Thiebault, only on account of its being more comprehensive; their views and principles are the same.