necessaries Minor articles of clothing or equipment, prescribed by regulation, but provided by the men out of their own pay.
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necessaries The articles issued to the British soldier, such as
boots, shirts, stockings, razor, etc., which are requisite for his
comfort and cleanliness, are technically termed regimental necessaries.
Non-commissioned officers are not allowed to sell regimental necessaries
to the soldiers. Every article is directed by the regulations to be
marked with the owner’s name, the letter of his company, and the number
of his regiment; and the sale or injury of them renders him liable to be
tried by court-martial and punished.
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