(definition) by Webster 1913 Sat Dec 24 2005 at 7:48:42

File" clos`er. (Mil.)

A commissioned or noncommissioned officer posted in the rear of a line, or on the flank of a column, of soldiers, to rectify mistakes and insure steadiness and promptness in the ranks.

 

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