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ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 592 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARMY (from Fr. armee, See also:Lat. armata)  ,- a considerable See also:body of men armed- and organized for the purpose of warfare on See also:land (Ger . Armee), or the whole armed force at the, disposal of a See also:state or See also:person for the same purpose (Ger . Heer=See also:host) . The application of the See also:term is sometimes restricted to the permanent, active or See also:regular forces of a state . The See also:history of the development of the See also:army systems of the See also:world is dealt with in this See also:article in sections 1 to 38, being followed by sections 39 to 59 on the characteristics of See also:present-See also:day armies . The See also:remainder of the article is devoted to sections on the history of the See also:principal armies of See also:Europe, and that of the See also:United States .

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