Miknas
or MEQUINEZ (mek'i-nez), a town of Morocco, the summer residence of the Sultan, and the mosque of Muley Ismail is the burial place of the royal house.
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These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Miknas, Milan Decree, Miles City.
Milan Decree
a decree issued by Napoleon I. from Milan, Feb. 18, 1801, for cutting off Great Britain from all connection with the Continent. tory 21 miles W. of Messina. Off Mylæ in 260 B. c. the Romans won a great sea fight over the Carthaginians; and here July 20, 1860, Garibaldi, with 2,500 men, defeated 7,000 Neapolitans, and compelled the garrison to evacuate the fortress. Pop. of commune about 17,000.
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Miles City
county-seat of Custer co., Mont., 114 miles N. E. of Billings, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, and Northern Pacific railroads. Center of extensive cattle and farming district, and market for horses. Has manufactures of saddlery, woolen goods. Has fine buildings and park. Pop. (1915) 7,621; (1920) 7,937.
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Milford
a town of New Haven co., Conn., 9 miles S. W. of New Haven, on Long Island Sound, on Wepowaug riv river, New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad. Summer resort resort, with Taylor library, great memorial bridge, soldiers' monument. Manufactures straw hats, silverware, electrical supplies. Pop. (1910) 4,366; (1920) 10,193.
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Milford
a town in Worcester co.; Mass.; on the Charles river and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford and the Boston and Albany railroads. It has a waterworks system supplied from large wells, National and State banks, public library, Memorial building. are manufactories of shoes, shoe thread, boot and shoe trees, straw goods, shoe cement, cement, foundry products, machinery, bone cutters, rubber goods, etc., and granite quarries. Milford was incorporated April 11, 1780; includes the village of North Milford; and is the trade center for a large farming and manufacturing section. Pop. (1910) 13,055; (1920) 13,471.
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Milford Haven
FIRST MAR- QUESS OF, Admiral Louis Alexander Mountbatten, Personal Aid-de-Camp to the Ki Ki King of England. Born at Gratz, Austria, in May, 1854. Married his cousin, Princess Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria. Became naturalized British subject. Entered the navy in 1868. Rose to Commodore in 1902. Served in the Egyptian War of 1882. Director of Naval Intelligence 1902-1905. Rear-Admiral 1904. Commanded Chief Atlantic Squadron 1908-1910. Second Sea Lord 1911-1912. First Sea Lord 1912-1914. Resigned his German titles at the King's request in 1917, assuming the surname of Mountbatten and created a peer. term principally
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Militarism
a used in reference to the policy of maintaining great standing armies. The development of militarism in Europe was the basic cause of the World War.
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Military Orders
in Europe, re ligious associations wh whose members united in themselves the double characters of monk and knight. These orders arose about the period of the Crusades, the first to be formed being the HOSPI- TALLERS (q. v.). Their primary duties were to tend sick pilgrims at Jerusalem knighthood. and on their way to the Holy City. The order of the Templars soon followed; their purpose was to protect pilgrims and guard the Temple at Jerusalem. The 3 2 2 30 US M H 6 8 7 M MILITARY INSIGNIA - COLLAR INSIGNIA 4. Field Artillery 1. Right-All Enlisted Men 5. Coast Artillery 2. Cavalry 6. Engineer Corps 3. Infantry orders of Alcantara, of Calatrava, and of Santiago of the Sword, in Spain, had for their immediate object the defense of their country and creed against the Moors. The Teutonic Knights had their ○★★★ ○★☆★ 5 ④ ② ③ MILITARY INSIGNIA - SHOULDER STRAPS Top Row Shoulder Straps of United States Bottom Row - Shoulder Straps of United 4. Brigadier-General 1. General 5. Colonel 6. Lieutenant - Colonel 2. Lieutenant-General 3. Major-General Major (Gold Leaf) origin in the Crusades, but afterward made the S. E. and E. shores of the Baltic the theater of their activity. These religious associations have mostly been abolished or have fallen into disuse, though some still subsist as orders of
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Militia
mi-lish'a, troops enrolled by the several states. The characteristic of state troops seems to be that they are composed of volunteer private citizens who do not give up their own business, except during a few days of each year when they meet for drill and camp discipline. The governor is commander-in-chief of the militia of each state. He usually appoints the officers. Many states appropriate money for the erection of barracks and armories. The militia are supposed to be willing and eager to respond to the call of the governor in case of an emergency, as of a riot. The president may call upon the governor of a state to send his militia to the aid of the general government. In such a case the militia pass under the control of the president and his officers. There are in the United States not far from 9,000,000 men capable of bearing arms. Of these about 115,000 are enrolled in regular militia organizations at a total expense to the various states of about $3,000,000 a year, not counting liberal aid from the general government. See Army
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Militia (NAVAL a body organized)
NAVAL, a body organized in a number of the United States, authority of an Act of Congress, forming a part of the State militia. duty of the naval militia in time of is to man the coast and harbor vessels, thus leaving free the force to carry on offensive operations In 1910 this militia was organized sea. in 20 States and in the District of lumbia. In February, 1914, an Act to for the Efficiency of the Naval was passed, and the Division of Militia Affairs took over the Office Naval Militia on April 14 of that A National Naval Militia Board of cers of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Lakes Divisions convenes at Washington when necessary. The first annual spection took place in the spring of when the board examined officers enlisted men. By Act passed in August 1916, creating National Naval teers, members of Naval Militia izations were authorized to volunteer any emergency, for any duty, the usual restrictions imposed on Militia as such. It followed that the United States entered the War practically all of the Naval volunteered for any naval service.
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