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Sick call

noun

The daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sick. Synonym: sick parade.

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... is, your reverence, and callin' for the priest this three days; but as we heard your reverence say that you would be in the country till this day, we thought it no use to give in the sick call sooner. I myself gave it in this morning afore my poor, ...

— The Cross and the Shamrock • Hugh Quigley

... At sick call all men who are sick fall in and are marched to the regimental infirmary, under charge of the noncommissioned officer in charge of quarters. The noncommissioned officer takes with him the company sick report previously ...

— Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry • War Department

Words linked to "Sick call" : sick parade, armed forces, military formation, military, war machine, armed services, military machine