quartermaster-sergeant

After rifling through it for socks–you can never have too many clean pairs of socks–it was put under the watchful eye of the company quartermaster-sergeant CQMS.

An Ordinary Soldier Doug Beattie MC With Philip Gomm 2008

At the next place I came to I learned that he had been with the army, as quartermaster-sergeant; then he went mad over a lawsuit he lost, and was shut up in an asylum for some time.

A Wanderer Plays on Muted Strings 2003

But to march through Dublin as quartermaster-sergeant, now that had been the cheese.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

But to march through Dublin as quartermaster-sergeant, now that had been the cheese.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

Germiston workers heard Whiteside (who had served as a quartermaster-sergeant against the republic) denounce the Jameson raid and praise Kruger for having offered a franchise more generous than that proposed by the Lyttleton constitution. 9

Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 5 Ray Esther 1969

As we -- the quartermaster-sergeant and I-- stroll down the avenue that afternoon according to our wont, we hear the news of Ellsworth's death, of the occupation of Alexandria by our forces, and of the flight of the enemy's handful of silly, braggadocio Virginia militia, hastily collected to brag and drink the town safe from the pollution of the vile

The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

So I forgave her for sewing on my chevrons upside down, although it was at the time an infliction grievous to be born, inasmuch as the fussy little quartermaster-sergeant was thereby enabled to get a day's start of in the admiration and envy of our old company.

The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

The chaplain comes in, with symptoms of erysipelas in his nose, and a villanous breath, to tell us, while we -- the quartermaster-sergeant and I-- are packing our knapsacks and leaving lines of farewell for those at home and at other people's homes, that the major has imparted to him in confidence the awful secret that we are bound for Mount Vernon, to remove the bones of Washington.

The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

The quartermaster-sergeant complained bitterly over a shortage of grain-sacks: the reason for it was walking about before his eyes all day long.

With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett

It is a poor day for the British soldier when he cannot find some little dainty for his horse, or "win" an extra handful of grain when the quartermaster-sergeant is looking the other way; his first thought is always for his horse.

With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett