От	СанитарЖеня
К	All
Дата	09.04.2001 11:12:29
Рубрики	11-19 век;

Что за чин "бревет"?

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Обнаружил сначала в рассказе Э.По ("бревет-бригадный генерал" - ам. или англ. армия начала 19-го века) и счел за авторскую фантазию, но потом - в описании атаки Легкой бригады под Балаклавой ("Бревет-майор")

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СанитарЖеня (09.04.2001 11:12:29)

От	Vadim
К
Дата	09.04.2001 11:46:16

Это нe совсeм чин, скорee формa нaгрaждeния. Устaр.

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Привeтствую

Вот из MacQuarie dictionary:

brevet -1 a comission promoting a military officer to a higher rank without increase of pay and with limited exercise of the higher rank
-2 to appoint or promote by brevet

A вот из Бритaнники:

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA

brevet
form of military commission formerly used in the U.S. and British armies. Under the system in which an officer was customarily promoted within his regiment or corps, a brevet conferred upon him a rank in the army at large higher than that held in his corps. Frequently it carried with it the pay, right to command, and uniform of the higher grade. In the United States especially, brevet rank was widely bestowed as a reward for outstanding service; it became the subject of extensive confusion and controversy during the American Civil War. After 1865, U.S. brevet rank was gradually stripped of its benefits, and officers were rewarded instead by decorations. Commission by brevet was declared obsolete in 1922. Special commissions bearing some of the characteristics of the brevet have been used in other armies.

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=16629&tocid=0

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