Requisitions

3971

Reservations

dead in use in the Roman Catholic Church.
The term is also applied to musical settings
for the mass of the dead, as those of Mozart,
Cherubmi, Berlioz, and Verdi.

Requisitions, Military, the demands
made by the authorities of an invading army
upon the people of the occupied territory
for provisions, forage, labor, and transporta-
tion. It is the rule of most civilized nations
that such supplies shall be paid for at the
conclusion of the conflict.

pression (save the Brenner) in the Alpine
chain.

Rescripts, in Roman law, were answers
returned by the emperor when consulted on
questions of law, either by the parties in
some controversy, or, more commonly, by
officers charged with the administration of
justice.

Rescue, the offense of freeing another by
force from lawful custody. By the common
law it is an offense punishable as a felony,

Baldwin Reservoir, Cleveland, Ohio.

Reredos, in church architecture the wall
or screen at the back of the altar. Its use
dates from the nth century, prior to which
the episcopal scats and choir stalls were in
line with the altar wall. In course of time
the reredos came to be richly adorned with
carvings, paintings, or tapestries. The ma-
terials employed are wood, stone, and ala-
baster.

Reschen Scheideck, Alpine pass (4,902
feet), in the Tyrol, leading from Landeck
(above Innsbruck) in the Inn valley to Mer-
an in the Adige valley. It has been known
since pre-Roman days, and is the lowest de-

a treason, or a misdemeanor, according to
the character of the criminal rescued. In the
United States it is generally a felony, and is
not classed as the same degree of crime as
that of which the, rescued prisoner was guilty.
If the prisoner was guilty only of a mis-
demeanor, rescue is generally only a misde-
meanor.

Reservations, Indian. The policy of set-
ting aside definite portions of land in the
United States for the use of the various In-
dian tribes was inaugurated in 1786, being
made necessary by the increase of white
population and the consequent desirability of