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SQUADRON

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 743 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SOU-STE
SQUADRON , a military and naval
term
  for a
body
  of mounted troops or a detachment of war vessels. The word is derived from squadra, a square, as a military
term
 , according to Florio, applied to a " certain
part
  of a company of souldiers of 20 0: 25 whose
chief
  e was a corporal," and so called no doubt as being formed on parade or in battle array in squares. Squadra, square, is derived from the Low Latin exquadrare, an intensive form of quadrare (quadrus, four-cornered, quattuor, four). In military usage the term "squadron" is applied to the
principal
  units into which a cavalry
regiment
  is divided, corresponding to the company in an infantry battalion. The normal modern division of a cavalry
regiment
  is into four squadrons of two to four troops each, this squadron numbering 120 to 200 men (see CAVALRY). In naval usage a squadron is a group of vessels either as forming one of the divisions of a
fleet
  or as a
separate
  detachment under a flag officer despatched on
special
  service. In military use, "squad" (a shortened form of " squadron ") is used of any small detachment of men detailed for
drill
 , fatigue or other duty.


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