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Encyclopedia Britannica



CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

This article appears in Volume V05, Page 121 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CAL-CAR
CAMP (from Lat. campus, field) , a
term
  used more particularly in a military sense, but also generally for a temporarily organized place of food'and shelter in open country, as opposed to
ordinary
  housing (see CAMPING-OUT). The shelter of troops in the field has always been of the greatest importance to their wellbeu'ig,l and from the earliest times tents and other temporary shelters 'have been employed as much as possible when it is not feasible or advisable tee
quarter
  the troops in barracks or in houses. The applied sense of the word " camp " as a military post of any kind comes from the practice which prevailed in the Roman' artily of fortifying every encampment. In modern warfare the word is `lined in two ways. In the wider sense, '' `etYmp '' is opposed to " billets,""cantonments " or " quarters," in which the troops are scattered: amongst the houses of towns or villages for 'food, and` shelter. In a purely military camp the soldiers live and Sleep in,anarea of open ground allotted for their sole use. They are thtls kept in a state of concentration and readiness for immediate action, and are under better disciplinary
control
  than when in quarters, but they suffer more from the weather and from the want of comfort and warmth. In the restricted sense " camp " implies tents for all ranks, and is thus opposed to " bivouac," in which the only shelter is that afforded by improvised screens, Sze., or at most small tentes d'abri carried in sections by the men themselves. The
weight
  of large regulation 'tents and the consequent increase in the number of horses and vehicles in the transport service are, however, disadvantages so grave that the employment of canvas camps in European warfare is almost a thing of the past. If the military situation permits, all troops are put into quarters, only the outpost troops bivouacking. This course was pursued by the German field armies in 1870-1871; even during the winter campaign.
Circumstances may of course require occasionally a whole army to 'bivouac, but' in theatres of war in which quarters are not to be depbnded'upon, tents must be provided, for no troops can endure many successive nights in bivouac, except in summer, without serious detriment to their efficiency. In a war on the Russo-German 'frontier, for instance, especially if operations *ere carried dut in 'the autumn and winter, tents would be 'absolutely essential at whatever cost of transport. In this connexion it may be said that a good railway
system
  obviates many of the disadvantages attending the use of tents. For trainin'g' purposes in peace time,
standing
  camps are formed. These 'enay be considered simply as temporary barracks. An entrenched camp' is an area, of ground occupied by, or suitable for, the camps of large bodies of troops, and protected by fortifications:
Ancient Camps.English writers use "camp" as a generic
term
  for any remains of ancient military posts, irrespective of
their
special
  age, size, purpose, &t. Thus they include under it various dissimilar things. We may distinguish (r) Roman %`camps" (castra) of three kinds, large permanent fortresses, small permanent forts (both usually built of stone) and temporary earthen encampments (see ROMAN ARMY); (2) Pre-Roman; and (3) Post-Roman camps, such as occur on: many English hilltops. We know far too little to be able to assign these to their
special
  periods. Often we can say no more than that the "camp" is not Roman. But we know that enclosures fortified with earthen walls were thrown up as early as thei Bronze Age and probably earlier still, and that they continued to be built down to Norman times. These consisted of hilltops or cliff* proniontories or other suitable positions fortified with one or more lines of earthen ramparts with ditches; often attaining huge size. But the idea, of an artificial
elevation
  seems to have come in first with the Normans.. Their moues or earthen mbunds crowned with wooden palisades or atone towers and surrounded by an enclosure on the flat constituted a new
element
  in fortification and greatly aided the conquest of England. (See


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