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MATROSS

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 890 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MATROSS  , the name (now obsolete) for a soldier of

artillery, who ranked next below a gunner . The duty of a matross was to assist the gunners in loading, firing and sponging the guns . They were provided with firelocks, and marched with the store-wagons, acting as guards . In the
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American army a matross ranked as a private of artillery . The word is probably derived from Fr. matelot, a sailor .

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