Everything about Mestre De Camp totally explained
Mestre de camp (French - master of the camp) was a military rank in the
Ancien Régime of
France, equivalent to
colonel. A mestre de camp commanded a regiment and was under the authority of a
Colonel General, who commanded all the regiments in one "arme".
When the role of infantry colonel general was abolished in 1661, the mestre de camp took the title of colonel. The cavalry regiments, on the other hand, remained under the authority of a colonel general, were commanded individually by mestres de camp up until the
French Revolution. Like the rank of captain, the rank of mestre de camp was "vénale", that is, it could be purchased and/or handed on to another man without hindrance. Consequently, precocious rejects from the high aristocracy could accede to the rank at a very young age and thus be in a good position to obtain promotions (by seniority) to the rank of
corporal.
The rank of mestre de camp was demonstrated by wearing a pair of
épaulettes with gilded or silver fringes.
The rank was abolished at the Revolution and replaced by that of
chef de brigade.
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