>If I ever met with another US example of "sous-lieutenant," it didn't sink in. It may or may not be germane, but here is an example of an American sous-lieutenant in WW I times (William Thaw, of Pittsburgh, an aviator in the French foreign legion): http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/comment/AmerVolunteers/Morse6b.htm There are other examples on the Web. -- Doug Wilson