[BroJoeK]

FreedomPoster: "The term “regulated” applied to clocks means “accurate in keeping time”.
It made sense, particularly in 18th Century armies, to pay a lot of attention to how well soldiers could operate in massed formations."

Thanks for that explanation, makes perfect sense.
I've always wondered about it, never saw it explained before.

[FreedomPoster]

When I first saw it, it was a revelation for me, too. And I’ve been a big military history buff since childhood, especially the Napoleonic period, so I was very familiar with the weaponry and formations used, since they had changed very little from those used in the War of American Independence. It just made complete sense when viewed in that context.