| 单词 | firing party |
| 例句 | Madden used some visual evaluation to determine race, a practice she said mirrored “the evaluations of the hiring/firing parties whose behavior and choices we were studying.” How The Post gathered and analyzed data for its series on Black NFL coaches Nearby stood a military band, an 82nd Airborne color guard and a firing party, its seven soldiers arrayed in line. Legendary WWII hero, Holocaust camp liberator is laid to rest in Arlington 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z A firing party of 14 will each fire three rounds in unison, and a bugler will sound the Last Post at the end of the private service. Coronavirus live news: UK will face 'enormous strains', says chancellor; New Zealand PM says Auckland to go into lockdown for seven days 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Six soldiers will carry his coffin into the crematorium, a firing party of 14 will each fire three rounds in unison and a World War Two-era plane will perform a flypast. Captain Sir Tom Moore's funeral to be 'spectacular' 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Escorts will consist of service-branch body bearers, a firing party, an escort commander with a guidon along with a bugler, drummer and a chaplain. Arlington National Cemetery loosens COVID-19 restrictions as cases trend down 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z The Royal Anglian Regiment, into which the Essex was amalgamated, provided bearers and a firing party for his funeral on Thursday. 'He's now at peace': lost soldier identified and buried after 102 years 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z He covered his ears as a firing party unleashed three volleys into the cloud-dappled sky. Mourning a soldier whose death could mark a new stage in America’s longest war 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Three rifle volleys boomed from a firing party. Olympian and Tuskegee Airman who survived segregation and combat is buried at Arlington 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z A chaplain spoke a prayer, a bugler sounded Taps and a firing party shot three times into the soft morning light. 'Unknown' marine receives Arlington burial seven decades after death in battle 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z After a firing party shot into the frigid air Friday, the smell of gunpowder lingered above the endless rows of white headstones. Arlington service held for soldier killed in Afghanistan; was known for a roaring laugh Then for a space he stood still, and a few yards distant, in fact some ten paces, the firing party formed across his front. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Lisle thought the distance between himself and the firing party was too great and he wished the soldiers to come nearer to him. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z In front of him the firing party, of two from each regiment, were then drawn up, half held in reserve, during which there was still a little time for words with his chaplain. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z It would have been the firing party, but volleys are not fired over soldiers' graves in time of war. The Coo-ee Reciter 2011-11-20T03:00:16.890Z After passing the troops, the band and firing party filed to the right, the prisoner and pall-bearers to the left. Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers 2011-09-29T02:00:13.017Z He wished the firing party would stand a little closer about a certain square of the green turf. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z All of the men, excepting one, fell down, though the guns of the firing party had been loaded with blank cartridges. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Thinking that the firing party was too far off, he called to them to come nearer; one of the soldiers replied, ‘I’ll warrant you, Sir, we’ll hit you.’ The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z Over a hundred being thus chosen, a firing party told off, and the column resumed its marching, leaving them behind. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Would it astonish you to hear that, in spite of the sentence, it was not intended that you should face the firing party?” The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z So long as Keller Bey kept his hold there was no night plundering, and several men caught playing at "individual expropriation" were first threatened with the provost marshal and then with a firing party. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z Just after the firing party had fallen in to march home, Hospital Sergeant Malandine came up to me in the graveyard and said: ‘Private Edwards reports sick, sir, and asks permission to return by train.’ Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z If his suspicions, which his father shared, were justified, the French Intelligence Department would quickly determine the truth, and no power on earth could save Angèle and her mother from a firing party. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z He played a little comedy, opening his coat, and baring his breast before the firing party. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z “It is quite likely that it will lead us in front of a firing party,” said Appleby. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Miss Cavell, so it was reported, fainted on the way to execution, and was shot by the officer in command of the firing party as she lay unconscious. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Visions of a firing party in the moat of The Tower gripped his mind. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z He never moved when the firing party knelt down, although their arms and accoutrements broke the silence sharply. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z The whole firing party thus being impelled by the same humane motive, the volley left the victim standing unharmed. A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell 2011-01-27T03:00:42.663Z It was followed by a crash, a whisp of smoke drifted past him, there was an inarticulate cry from the crowd, and he dimly saw the firing party moving through the smoke. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z "A priest and a firing party," said he. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 Cabrera now dismissed the firing party with a wave of his hand, the officer in command exchanging an encouraging nod with Rollo. The Firebrand None but the firing party and Mr Trail were prepared for this pause in the ceremonial. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z I remember some years ago the magnificent solemnity of a military funeral was brought to a somewhat ludicrous termination by one of the firing party shooting his comrade in the stern. Hints on the Use and Handling of Firearms Generally, and the Revolver in Particular Then there was a louder hum of voices and a surging of the crowd, for the men of the firing party, waiting no order, brought their rifles down with a crash. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z There was desperately fierce hand-to-hand work here and bomb firing parties were hard at it, clearing out every corner. The Irish at the Front I will pick you a firing party of the best shots in the three provinces. The Firebrand He would persuade her that the firing was to be a sham, and that the firing party were using blank cartridge. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion No one should, upon any pretence whatever, place himself, or be allowed to place himself, on, or even near, the firing party's left side. Hints on the Use and Handling of Firearms Generally, and the Revolver in Particular I’ve a notion it might mean a white wall and a firing party.” The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z A step or two behind came Lieutenant Salkeld with a firing party and a bugler. Barclay of the Guides And he pointed to the lane down which the firing party was defiling. The Firebrand Aboard her was the nuclear firing party from Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and the UN Observer Group. The Flaming Mountain In the centre of that which was vacant, the prisoner was placed; and, at the distance of about twenty yards further in the square, stood the firing party. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 Then three men volunteered to go, and under cover of darkness, and of a firing party, they made the trip safely, filling and bringing in as many canteens as they could carry. The Battle of the Big Hole A History of General Gibbon's Engagement with Nez Percés Indians in the Big Hole Valley, Montana, August 9th, 1877. The little firing party ran up to the landing. Barclay of the Guides But the Carlists, accustomed to Cabrera's summary methods, appeared to think but little of the matter, and jested as the firing parties were selected and drawn out. The Firebrand Next morning the cane field along the railroad was searched but no trace of the firing party was found. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War The firing party were a little in advance of the recruits. The History of the First West India Regiment The police then prepared to charge up the hill, when the firing party decamped. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule When he described the shooting of a presidential candidate, Dodgson could see the man with his grimy hands and torn collar, crumpling up as the volley from the firing party caught him. People of Position It is easy to see how he escaped the bullets of the firing party. The Scarlet Feather “Shall I give order for the firing party?” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel One tent had been left standing, right and left of its entrance were drawn up the firing party and the rest of the squadron; leaving my horse I fell in with them. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition The firing party awakened the echoes of Vendée, for Charette instantly put his prisoners to death; and the Chouans afterwards contrived to cut down every man of the four battalions charged with the execution. Lectures on the French Revolution The firing party brought up the rear of the procession. Doctor Jones' Picnic There was a pause while the firing party loaded their rifles. The Scarlet Feather Some purists suggested a firing party as a fitting end for these gambits, but that would have been a waste. Pan-Islam Several of the firing party who had no cloaks had their waterproof sheets over their shoulders, I noticed one man with a corn sack. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition He had sought out the sergeant of the firing party, and questioned him as to the last moments of the condemned. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... The officer who commanded the firing party wished to bandage his eyes, but Ney said, quietly—"Are you ignorant that for twenty-five years I have been accustomed to face both balls and bullets?" Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History When he looked back, the firing party were dragging away the dead body, preparatory to stripping it. The Scarlet Feather It was virtually a command to the firing party not to kill at the first volley. Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser A Brave Fight Against Odds So once again this week, I formed a unit of the firing party, and did the slow march with reversed arms. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition In cases where execution is by shooting, a firing party is picked, and their rifles are loaded for them. Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After I ordered the "firing party" to be detailed from their own company; but Wheat and his officers begged to be spared this hard duty, fearing that the "Tigers" would refuse to fire on their comrades. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War The wagons were placed in a line near the monument, and over the wheels of one of them army blankets were drawn to serve as a screen or ambush for the firing party. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite Shading his eyes with his left hand Lieutenant Prescott tried to locate this other firing party of Moros. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros The firing party followed, with four more bags of powder and a lighted port-fire. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign In case death does not result from the firing it becomes the duty of the officer commanding the firing party to complete the execution of the order. Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After The firing party, ten "Tigers," was drawn up fifteen paces from the prisoners, the brigade provost gave the command to fire, and the unhappy men fell dead without a struggle. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War Intending only to destroy munitions and supplies of war—the firing party had been more hasty than discreet. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The last soft bloom of day was upon her; indefinably, with her hands so, the wall behind her and her lifted head, she looked a soldier facing a firing party. The Long Roll The man was instantly condemned to be shot, and this was done at once—several of the exasperated judges assisting the firing party to carry the sentence into execution. Digging for Gold Adventures in California One gun among them is loaded with a blank cartridge, so that each member of the firing party can hope he has it. Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After Early next morning, accordingly, the firing party started for the hospital ship with the coffin, but, before getting half-way to it, they were signalled to go back, for the man was not yet dead! Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan They formed, I discovered, the fatal firing party. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas “It’s stand him up with a firing party, and a sergeant with a revolver to finish the work if it isn’t quite done,” said Ingleborough. A Dash from Diamond City Then there was a good deal of chattering and rushing, and the firing parties came back to where their companions were waiting, and we knew by the next order given that our time had come. Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore If his cheeks be blanched, and his bosom throbbing with tumultuous emotion, ’tis not at sight of the firing party, or the guns held loaded in their hands. The Lone Ranche A firing party was also told off to bury him the next morning with military honours. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan A dozen soldiers may be turned out to make a firing party to shoot the mutineer, and no man knows who fired the shot, but one man did fire it. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. They were led by the rajah, while Harry was to lead the firing party. At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War From them the Marquis intended to draw his firing party, and with them he intended to over-awe the regiment if there should be any outbreak. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo He is the sergeant in immediate command of the firing party. The Lone Ranche The firing party stood at a little distance in front with their backs towards us. The Great War As I Saw It If the firing party missed him, he was pardoned. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle The Lloydtown Rifle Company acted as the firing party, and the cortege included all the military units in the city, besides fraternal societies, the Mayor and Corporation. Troublous Times in Canada A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870 Military tribunals were formed to deal with �migr�s, and, in the course of the next two years, sent nearly 200 to the firing party. The French Revolution A Short History Though every one of the firing party has fallen, sergeant as well as rank and file, the two officers are still untouched. The Lone Ranche The firing party marched off and drew up in the courtyard of the prison. The Great War As I Saw It He found an officer with a firing party already crossing the plaza to the place of execution. Steve Yeager The officer commanding the firing party, another Captain Campbell of Glenlyon, had received a reprieve, with secret orders not to produce it until the culprit stood facing the levelled muskets. Lectures on Modern history Through a shocking blunder, the firing party discharged their carbines when fifty yards distant, instead of advancing to within eight yards of the victims. The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 Without a word as to where they were to be taken, the boys were marched along, and, for a moment, they feared they were to be the victims of a firing party. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films Coy. had to find a firing party to shoot a havildar, a lance-naik and a sepoy for cowardice in face of the enemy. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years A firing party was told off to fire over the grave when all was over, and this brilliant procession was met at the cemetery-gates by the bishop, attended by several clergymen and a surpliced choir. Successful Recitations They were taken back to their village, and after their crime had been publicly announced by an interpreter to the chief of the tribe and the inhabitants, they were shot by the firing party. Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron At this moment a messenger came in from the firing party to report that apparently all opposition had ceased. The Killer The sergeant had been one of the firing party to execute his friend, and they had taken leave of each other as brothers, before the final parting face to face in this last awful scene. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Company had to find a firing party to shoot three Indians, two N.C.Os. and one sepoy, for cowardice in the face of the enemy. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years The officer in command of the firing party shrugged his shoulders. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement As likely as not this soldier would have been in the firing party told off to shoot you to-morrow morning. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance Undefended, unreserved, stripped even of pride, Val stood up before them all as if before a firing party, for the others had involuntarily fallen back leaving him alone. Nightfall The emperor sprang out, brushed off some dust which had settled on his clothes, and going up to the firing party, gave each man an ounce of gold. France in the Nineteenth Century A firing party of forty-eight men was divided into four squads. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Here was drawn up the firing party, and in front of them, fifteen feet away on snow-sodden, trampled grass, stood Bertie. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement Instead of being strangled, you shall be shot by a firing party of the regiment of Cordova, and you may see a priest. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance The firing party fired three volleys and the bugles sounded the "Last Post." Shandygaff The commander of the firing party asked for the prison register. France in the Nineteenth Century "And very nice, too!" responds another on crutches, as the firing party present arms with creditable precision. The First Hundred Thousand He caught sight of Vivie passing in, behind the firing party, and standing beyond them at the verandah rail. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement Simultaneously there fell several of the firing party. The Insurrection in Dublin Meanwhile the firing parties did not remain idle. Through the Iron Bars Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium The lieutenant in command of the firing party asked my husband where he would prefer to be shot. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient The firing party form a short lane from the gun-carriage to the door of the mortuary. The First Hundred Thousand The many people whom they sentenced to death must all have their appropriate religious consolation before facing the firing party. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement I put the largest Montenegrin of the group which accompanied us between myself and the firing party. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II They were ranged with their backs to the church, and a firing party took their places opposite to them. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War Henkel, the other officer, the firing party, the bystanders—all stood with their eyes fixed upon the plane. On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles As for the Germans, they said bluntly that any correspondents found within their lines would be treated as spies--which meant being blindfolded and placed between a stone wall and a firing party. Fighting in Flanders I'm much more interested in Catesby, who would face a firing party sooner than soak another fellow for his own fault. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace "Well," remarked Mr. Damon, as the submarine hurled herself forward through the ocean, "I guess that firing party will have something else to do to-morrow morning besides aiming those rifles at us." Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, or, under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure If I'm called, colonel, you won't grudge me a flag and a firing party? Round the Red Lamp Against this they were posted while the firing party was detailed. On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles Though we tried to laugh away our nervousness, I am quite willing to admit that we had visions of court-martials and prison cells and firing parties. Fighting in Flanders "And Nelson bandaged, his back to the wall, facing a French firing party—all at about six o'clock of a sweet summer evening, August 22nd, the year of Our Lord, 1805." The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea "Not a shot must miss," she said to the men of the firing party, earnestly. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece The sappers laid their bags against the gate, and slipped down into the ditch to allow the firing party to do their work. In Times of Peril Between him and the spot where the firing party had stood, but nearer to the latter, was a great cavity in the ground, a hole ten feet across and perhaps a yard deep. On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles The unfortunate gendarme was taken across the place, close to the shop where they sell funeral wreaths, but there was no firing party in attendance. Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) The 60th Rifles and some Goorkhas formed the firing party, and took, strange to say, such bad aim that the provost-sergeant had to finish the work by shooting each culprit with a pistol. A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857 So when Hunston had exhausted his expletives and was about to give the word to the firing party, young Jack spoke. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece But it was better so than to die in front of a firing party. The Lost Naval Papers Beyond, half buried in the mass of rubbish flung up by the explosion, were the broken remains of the firing party. On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles To British troops the most unwelcome duty of all is to form a part of a firing party on such occasions. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign It is the military custom, in executions by shooting, to select the firing party from the regiment to which the condemned man belongs. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 "Yes; and in spite of that brave brigand girl's assurances, there was great danger when we stood upon the brink of our grave with a firing party aiming at us." Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece Cary observed that he had no stomach for cold, damp dawns and firing parties. The Lost Naval Papers Beyond the entrance to the building, about an arrow's flight, was drawn up a firing party; and midway between these and one of the bastions of the fort was an open coffin. Annette, the Metis Spy The firing party are handed their rifles, alternate weapons only loaded with ball cartridge, that their sense of decency may not be offended by the distasteful recollection of killing a man in cold blood. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign His legs gave way beneath him as though the firing party was already awaiting him outside. The Fat and the Thin The eastern sky was only just tinged with the light of the rising sun when the bugle call summoned the firing party. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece Cary, before whose eyes flashed for a moment the vision of a chill dawn, cold grey walls, and a silent firing party, shuddered. The Lost Naval Papers Blankets were placed over the wheels of one of the wagons, to serve as a screen for the firing party. The Great Salt Lake Trail In the face of the firing party he retained all his calmness, standing with his hands in his pockets till the fatal shots were fired. A Zola Dictionary; the Characters of the Rougon-Macquart Novels of Emile Zola; Our little Greek doctor announced himself too badly injured to help any one, but when Ranjoor Singh began to choose a firing party for him, he changed his mind. Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders My poor comrades," she went on, addressing the firing party, "this work is not to your taste. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece But in the firing party of Red Marines, whose volleys rang through the wintry air over the body of Trehayne, I espied one whom I was glad to see present. The Lost Naval Papers First came the band of the —th, playing the Dead March; next the firing party, consisting of twelve non-commissioned officers; then the coffins, followed immediately by the unfortunate prisoners, accompanied by a chaplain. Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays If we make you up a firing party, what will happen? The Devil's Disciple I saw one man hold his turban end as if it were a bandage over his eyes, and several others snapped their fingers to suggest a firing party. Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders At that instant I ordered the firing party to retire, and I summoned the prisoner, who was brought up in charge of the guard. Ismailia The death sentence would be read, and then, as the firing party took aim, a reprieve would be announced. Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence With slow, and, it seemed, almost unwilling steps, the firing party entered the square, and were drawn up facing the prisoner, about ten yards distant. Chronicles of the Canongate The sentence having been declared, after a short address to the men, the prisoner was led out, and the firing party advanced. Ismailia The firing party was ready; the prisoner knelt down with his back towards them, at about five paces distant. Ismailia |
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