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Engineers, the Corps of Royal

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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In the British army, instituted in 1763, consists of about 900 officers and 5000 non-commissioned officers and men, usually recruited from skilled artisans; their duties comprise the undertaking of all engineering operations necessary in the conduct of war, e. g . bridging and mining, road and railway and telegraph construction, building of fortifications, &c.; their term of service is 7 years in the active army and 5 in the reserve, or maybe 3 in the former and 9 in the latter.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Engineers, the Corps of Royal'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​e/engineers-the-corps-of-royal.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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