provost marshal

Japanese: provost marshal(英語表記)provostmarshal
provost marshal

…The present French military has a gendarmerie (military police force) made up of both military and civilian personnel under the supervision of the gendarmerie, which is responsible for a wide range of administrative, judicial, and military police duties, with a force of about 80,000 men, equivalent in size to the army, navy, and air force. In England, during the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century, the Provost Marshal was appointed. During the reign of Henry VIII (1491-1547), a gendarmerie company was formed. …

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Japanese:

…現フランス軍は,憲兵監の下に,軍人および民間人の混成で憲兵隊(軍官警察隊)を編成し,広く行政,司法,軍事の各警察業務を担任し,その勢力は約8万人,陸・海・空の各軍に準ずる規模となっている。イギリスでは11世紀,ノルマン人のイングランド征服の時代にプロボースト・マーシャルprovost marshal(憲兵司令官)を設けた。ヘンリー8世(1491‐1547)の時代には憲兵中隊が編成された。…

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