Commissary-general

It is by obliging the Captains of all armed vessels, both public and private, to throw their prisoners into common stock, under the direction of the Commissary-general of prisoners.

American Prisoners of the Revolution Danske Dandridge

The subject of your letter seems to turn on two points, namely the inconvenience and distresses which the American prisoners suffer from the inadequacy of room in the Prison-ships, which occasions the death of many of them, as you are told; and that a Commissary-general of prisoners from you should have liberty to visit the ships, inspect the situation of the prisoners, and make a report from an actual survey.

American Prisoners of the Revolution Danske Dandridge

He rose, took up the letter to the Commissary-general, stepped briskly to the door and pulled it open.

The Snare Rafael Sabatini 1912

His son, my grandfather, was the Commissary-general of the colony under the Marquis de Vaudreuil.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

His son, my grandfather, was the Commissary-general of the colony under the Marquis de Vaudreuil.

The Crossing Winston Churchill 1909

His son, my grandfather, was the Commissary-general of the colony under the Marquis de Vaudreuil.

The Crossing 1904

He rose to influence as a Commissary-general, then retired from the army and became an inventor.

Heroes of the Telegraph John Munro 1889

He had been recently promoted to a Colonelcy, and on the eve of the battle Fairfax had made him Commissary-general of Horse, with command of the left wing, over the heads of the other Colonels.

The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 David Masson 1864

He had been recently promoted to a Colonelcy, and on the eve of the battle Fairfax had made him Commissary-general of Horse, with command of the left wing, over the heads of the other Colonels.

The Life of John Milton Masson, David, 1822-1907 1859

Davis, promoted to be Commissary-general of the rebel army.

Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 Abner Doubleday 1856