rumpet call.
Bootlick--to flatter.
Brig--guard-house.
Bow-legs--cavalrymen.
Buck-private--a term sometimes used in referring to a private.
Bucking for Orderly--giving clothing and accoutrements extra cleaning
so as to compete for orderly.
Bunkie--a soldier who shares the shelter of a comrade.
Bust--to reduce a non-commissioned officer to the grade of a private.
Butcher--the company barber.
Canned Horse--canned beef.
Chief--name by which the chief musician of the band is usually called
by the enlisted men.
Cit--a civilian.
Cits--civilian clothes.
C. O.--commanding officer.
Coffee Cooler--one who seeks easy details away from troops; one who is
always looking for an easy job.
Cold-feet--fear, lack of courage (to have cold feet is to be afraid, to
lack courage).
Commissaries--groceries.
Crawl--to admonish.
Dog-robber--name by which the enlisted men call a soldier who works for
an officer. (An offensive term, the use of which generally results in
trouble.)
Dough-boy--infantryman.
Dough-puncher--the baker.
Down the Pole--to drink, after having stopped.
Duff--any sweet edible.
Fatigue--extra work.
File--a number on the lineal list.
Fogy--ten percent increase in pay for each five years' service.
Found--to be found deficient or wanting in anything, especially an
examination.
French leave--unauthorized absence. Absent on French leave--absent
without authority.
Goat--junior officer in post, regiment, etc.
Goaty--awkward, ignorant.
Guard House Lawyer--a soldier with a smattering knowledge of
regulations and military law; quite loquacious and liberal with advice
and counsel to men in the Guard House or other trouble.
Hand-Shaker--a soldier who tries to win the favor of first sergeant or
troop commander.
Hardtack--hardbread, biscuits.
Hash Mark--enlistment or service stripe, worn on sleeve.
Hike--a march; to hike; to march.
Hitch--a term for enlistment period.
Hive--to discover, to catch.
Hobo--the provost guard.
Holy Joe--the chaplain.
Hop--a dance.
How--form of salutation in drinking, meaning "Here's to your health,"
"My regards," etc.
I. C.--condemned by an inspector.
Jaw-bone--credit (to get things on "jawbone," is to buy on credit).
Jump--to admonish.
K. O.--the commanding officer.
Major--name by which the sergeant-major is usually called by the
enlisted men.
Mill--Guard-house.
Mule-skinner--a teamster.
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