Muster

To collect together and exhibit soldiers and their arms. To employ recruits, and put their names down in a book to enroll them. In the latter sense the terra implies that the persons mustered are not already in the service; Tyler v. Pomeroy, 8 Allen (Mass.) 480. The same term is applied to a list of soldiers in the service of a government. Articles of War, B. S. § 1342.

To assemble together troops and their arms, whether for inspection, drlll or service in the field. To take recruits into the service in the army and inscribe their names on the muster-roll or official record. See Tyler v. Pomeroy, 8 Allen (Mass.) 498.

— Muster-master. One who superintended the muster to prevent frauds. St. 35 Eiiz. c. 4. -Muster-book. A book in which the force3 are registered. Termes de la Ley.

— Master-roll. In maritime law. A list-or account of a ship's company, required to be kept by the master or other person baving care of the ship, containing the name, age, national character, and quality of every person employed in the ship. Abb. Shipp. 191, 192; Jac. Sea Laws, 161

To assemble together troops and their arms, whether for inspection, drill, or service in the field. To take recruits into the service in the army and inseribe their names on the muster-roll or ofticial record. See 8 Allen, 498,

Applies to a parade of soldiers already enrolled, armed, and trained; but " mustering in " implies that the persons are not already in the service.*

V. To convene, drill, enrol, or organize soldiers; thus, a militia regiment, formally accepted for the service of the United States, is said to be " mustered into " the federal service, or, when formally discharged as a body, to be mustei'ed out. Muster, n.; a gathering of soldiers for drill, enrolment, or the like. Although the word muster, by itself, may doubtless be applied to a parade of soldiers already enrolled, armed, and trained, yet, when the preposition is added, this modifies the meaning, and " mustering into the service," or " mustering in," clearly implies that the persons mustered are not already in the service. Tyler v. Pomeroy, 8 Allen, 480. Muster rolL The formal list of a body of soldiers, or of a ship's company.