What is the framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written also cader.] called?

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cadre — The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written also cader.]. (Webster's 1913.)

What is the framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written also cader.] called?

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