Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 · Chapter 46Chapter XV
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ENGLISH-FRENCH VOCABULARY.
COMMON WORDS.
NUMERALS.
CURRENCY, MEASURES, AND WEIGHTS.
(The French have gold pieces of 10 francs and 20 francs; bank notes of 50 francs, 100 francs, and higher. The gold pieces are probably replaced by bank notes now.)
NOTE:--For all ordinary purposes, the "kilomètre" = 5/8 of a mile; the "centimètre" = 4/10 of an inch.
(Coal is sold by the tonne; grain and hay by the quintal. Dix quintaux de blé, de foin = 10 quintals of grain, of hay.)
(The litre, which is the principal unit of both fluid and dry measures, is the contents of 1 cubic décimètre (décimètre = 1/10 mètre).)
DAYS, MONTHS, AND SEASONS.
COMMON PHRASES.
MILITARY TITLES, RANKS, AND GRADES.
[Footnote 14: See note at the end of Chapter XV.]
MILITARY TERMS.
(The person challenged gives the mot d'ordre, which is the name of some general, and the sentinel replies with the mot de ralliement. which is the name of a battle or a city).
UNIFORM, ARMS, CLOTHING, AND EQUIPMENT.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ROADS, ETC.
TOWNS.
RAILROADS.
RATIONS AND FOOD.
HOSPITALS.
POINTS OF THE COMPASS.
TRENCH WARFARE.
NOTE.--In addressing an officer of grade superior to his own, an officer must use the possessive adjective; a senior addressing a junior uses the title of the grade only. Thus: A major to a colonel says "Mon colonel," but the colonel to the major would say "Commandant."