Brevet

(noun.) a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay).

(verb.) promote somebody by brevet, in the military.

整理:昆廷

• Colonel Zachary Taylor--a brigadier-general by brevet--was therefore left in command. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He was assigned to duty, however, by the President, with the rank which his brevet gave him. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• About the close of this battle, Brevet Major-General Charles Griffin relieved Major-General Warren in command of the 5th corps. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Comstock, aide-de-camp (now brevet brigadier-general), who accompanied the former expedition, was assigned, in orders, as chief-engineer to this. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• A cavalry expedition, under Brevet Major-General Grierson, started from Memphis on the 21st of December. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• General Taylor was himself only a colonel, in real rank, at that time, and a brigadier-general by brevet. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• On the 25th a landing was effected without opposition, and a reconnoissance, under Brevet Brigadier-General Curtis, pushed up towards the fort. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

编辑:米兰达