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• DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, See also:

• LAT

Lat. depositum, laid down; the See also:

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

French See also:

• ACCENT

accent marks are usually dispensed with in See also:

• ENGLISH

English)  , a See also:

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

place where things may be stored or deposited, such as a See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture or See also:

• FORAGE

forage See also:

• DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

depot, the See also:

• ACCUMULATION (from Lat. accumulare, to heap up)

accumulation of military stores, especially in the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre of operations . In See also:

• AMERICA

America the word is used of a railway station, whether for passengers or goods; in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

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

Britain on See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways the word, when in use, is applied to goods stations . A particular military application is to a depot, situated as a See also:

• RULE

rule in the centre of the recruiting See also:

• DISTRICT

district of the See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment or other unit, where recruits are received and undergo the necessary preliminary training before joining the active troops . Such depots are maintained in See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time by all armies which have to See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply distant or oversea garrisons; in an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army raised by compulsory service and quartered in its own See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, the regiments are usually stationed in their own districts, and on their taking the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field for See also:

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

war leave behind a small See also:

• NUCLEUS (Lat. for the kernal of a nut, nux, the stone of fruit)

nucleus for the formation and training of drafts to be sent out later . These nucleus troops are generally called depot troops .