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Mr. Smith, please call away one company of small-armed men.
From Frank on a Gun-Boat by Harry Castlemon
“Let the small-armed men cover the men while they are landing,” he again shouted, “and let them leave the things on the beach, and take good care that the natives don’t seize them.”
From The Three Commanders by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
It was the midshipman with his company of small-armed men.
From No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone by Harry Castlemon
It consisted of four cutters filled with small-armed men, two being from Captain Benton's vessel and the others from the gunboat that lay next astern.
From Marcy The Refugee by Harry Castlemon
