Readers, particularly those accustomed to British English, should note that this publication follows the Chicago Manual of Style for capitalization and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary for hyphenation.
The Chicago Manual of Style capitalizes only the formal names of armies, navies, etc. Words such as army and navy are lowercased when standing alone or when not part of an official name. Titles and offices are capitalized when they immediately precede a personal name but are lowercased when following a name or used in the place of a name. Political divisions (empire, republic, etc.) are capitalized when they follow a name and are used as an accepted part of the name but lowercased when used alone. When preceding a name, these terms are capitalized in the names of countries but lowercased in entities below the national level.