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Jump--to admonish.
K. O.--the commanding officer.
Major--name by which the sergeant-major is usually called by the enlisted men.
Mill--Guard-house.
Mule-skinner--a teamster.
Non-Com--non-commissioned officer.
O. D.--the officer of the day.
Officers Line, or Officers Row--the row of houses where the officers and their families live.
Old Issue--an old soldier.
Old File--an old officer.
Old Man--the company commander.
On Official Terms--not to be on speaking terms except officially.
On the Carpet--called before the commanding officer for admonition.
Openers--cathartic pills.
Orderly Buckle--a soldier when going on guard who strives by extra neatness of appearance to be designated as orderly for the commanding officer.
Orderly Room--company office.
Outfit--one's organization in the army.
Over-the-Hill--to desert.
P.--Prisoner.
Pills--the hospital steward.
Punk--light bread.
Q. M.--the quartermaster.
Q. M. D.--quartermaster's department.
Ranked-out--to be compelled to vacate by a senior, as "to be ranked out of quarters."
Red-tape--official formality; that is, the close or excessive observance of forms and routine in the transaction of business.
Regimental Monkey--the drum major.
Re-up--to re-enlist at once.
Rookie--a new recruit.
Sand-rat--an officer or soldier on duty in the rifle pit at target practice.
Saw-bone--the doctor.
Shave-tail--a new second lieutenant. So called, after the young, unbroken mules in the Quartermaster's Department.
Shoved up--to p.a.w.n.
Shutters--camphor or opium pills.
Sinkers--dumplings.
Sky-scout--the chaplain.
Sky-pilot--the chaplain,
Slap-Jacks--pan cakes.
Slum--a stew of meat, potatoes and onions, mostly potatoes and onions.
Soap Suds Row--the laundresses' quarters.
Soldier, to--to soldier, to serve; also to s.h.i.+rk.
Soldiers' One Per Cent--one hundred per cent.
Sow-belly--bacon.
Stars and Stripes--beans.
Striker--a soldier who works for an officer.
Take-on--to re-enlist before the expiration of three months after discharge.
The Old Man--term sometimes used by officers and soldiers in referring to the commanding officer; sometimes used by soldiers in referring to their company commander.
To Take Another Blanket--same as "Take-on."
Top Sergeant--first sergeant.
Up the Pole--to swear off drinking.
Yellow-leg--cavalryman.
