See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to See also:

• SEPARATE

separate into parts)  , a See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division . The word is used of the branches of the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration in a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state or See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality; in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain it is applied to the subordinate divisions only of the great offices and boards of state, such as the See also:

• BANKRUPTCY (from Lat. bancus or Fr. banquet table or counter, and Lat. ruptus, broken)

bankruptcy See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

Trade, but in the See also:

• UNITED

United States these subordinate divisions are known as " bureaus," while " department " is used of the eight See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief branches of the executive . A particular use of the word is that for a territorial division of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, corresponding loosely to an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county . Previous to the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French Revolution, the See also:

• LOCAL

local unit in France was the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province, but this division was too closely See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound up with the administrative mismanagement of the old regime . Accordingly, at the See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion of See also:

• MIRABEAU, ANDRE BONIFACE LOUIS RIQUETI, VICOMTE DE (1754-1792)
• MIRABEAU, HONORS GABRIEL RIQUETI, COMTE DE (1749-1791)
• MIRABEAU, VICTOR RIQUETI, MARQUIS DE (1715-1789)

Mirabeau, France was redivided on entirely new lines, the See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-four provinces being broken up into eighty-three departments (see FRENCH REVOLUTION) . The See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea was to render them as nearly as possible equal to a certain See also:

• AVERAGE

average of See also:

• SIZE

size and See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, though this was not always adhered to . They derived their names principally from See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, mountains or other prominent See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical features . Under See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon the number was increased to one See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred and thirty, but in 1815 it was reduced to eighty-six . In 186o three new departments were created out of the newly annexed territory of See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy and See also:

• NICE

Nice . In 1871 three departments (Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle) were lost after the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . Of the remains of the Haut-Rhin was formed the territory of See also:

• BELFORT
• BELFORT, TERRITOIRE
• BELFORT, TERRITORY OF

Belfort, and the fragments of the Moselle were incorporated in the department of Meurthe, which was renamed Meurthe-et-Moselle, making the number at See also:

• PRESENT

present eighty-seven . For a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of the departments see FRANCE .

Each department is presided over by an officer called a See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect, appointed by the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and assisted by a prefectorial See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council (conseil de prefecture) . The departments are subdivided into arrondissements, each in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of a sub-prefect . Arrondissements are again subdivided into cantons, and these into communes, somewhat See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to the English See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish (see FRANCE: Local Government) . DE PERE, a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown county, See also:

• WISCONSIN (known as " the Badger' state ")
• WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF

Wisconsin, U.S.A., on both sides of the See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

Fox See also:

• RIVER

river, 6 m. above its mouth, and 109 M . N. of See also:

• MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee . Pop . (1890) 3625; (1900) 4038, of whom 1025 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1905, state See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 4523 . It is served by the See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western and Chicago, Milwaukee & St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, by interurban electric lines and by See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake and river steamboat lines, it being the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of lake See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation on the Fox river . Two See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges here span the Fox, which is from a m. to 2 m. in width . It is a See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping and See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer point and has See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine shops, See also:

• FLOUR

flour mills, See also:

• SASH

sash, See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door and See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind factories, a See also:

• LAUNCH

launch and See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure-See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat factory, and See also:

• KNITTING (from O.E. cnyttan, to knit; cf. Ger. Knutten; the root is seen in " knot ")

knitting See also:

• WORKS

works, See also:

• CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese factories and dairies, See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick yards and See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain See also:

• ELEVATORS, LIFTS

elevators . There is an excellent See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . De Pere is the seat of St Norbert's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college (See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic, 1902) and has a public library .

North of the city is located the state reformatory . On the coming of the first See also:

• EUROPEAN

European, See also:

• JEAN

Jean Nicolet, who visited the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in 1634–1635i De Pere was the site of a polyglot See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of several thousand attracted by the fishing at the first rapids of the Fox river . Here in 167o See also:

• FATHER

Father See also:

• CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)

Claude Allouez established the See also:

• MISSION

mission of St See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• XAVIER, FRANCISCO DE (1506-1552)

Xavier, the second in what is now Wisconsin, From the name Rapides See also:

• DES

des Peres, which the French applied to the place, was derived the name De Pere . Here See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

Nicolas See also:

• PERROT, SIR JOHN (c. 1S27–1592)

Perrot, the first French commandant in the North-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West, established his headquarters, and Father Jacques See also:

• MARQUETTE
• MARQUETTE, JACQUES (1637–1675)

Marquette wrote the See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal of his See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi . A few See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the city lived for many years Eleazer See also:

• WILLIAMS
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582-1650)
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1796-1839)
• WILLIAMS, ROGER (c. 1604–1684)
• WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1817-1870)
• WILLIAMS, SIR WILLIAM FENWICK

Williams (c . 1787–1857), the alleged " lost dauphin" See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVII. of France and an authority on See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, especially See also:

• IROQUOIS

Iroquois . De Pere was incorporated as a See also:

• VILLAGE

village in 1857, and was chartered as a city in 1883 .