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In the distance, threading its way through the crowds of British and Spanish spectators, the Provost-Marshal's party appeared, prisoners and guard.
Sharpe's Eagle Cornwell, Bernard 1981
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Mississippi Railroad, four Provost-Marshal's passes, a permission to leave the State of Ohio, also one to leave Kentucky, and a ten-cent
Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett
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While sharing the Provost-Marshal's office, in Portsmouth, Virginia, I was struck with the almost utter absence of cultivation of the understanding of the people living there or in the surrounding country, who entered to obtain passes, or for other purposes.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Provost-Marshal's office, when the cab containing the two women drove up.
The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service Johanna Brandt 1920
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Dietlof was called into the Provost-Marshal's office and cross-questioned, while his mother and sister waited outside impatiently.
The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service Johanna Brandt 1920
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We were ordered to don our clothes, and were marched under guard to the Provost-Marshal's office.
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If we can we will keep you out of the Provost-Marshal's hands. '
A Gentleman of France Stanley John Weyman 1891
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The matter was not to be so easily concluded, however; for Bruhl's rascals, in obedience, no doubt, to a sign given by their leader, who stood with Fresnoy on the upper flight of stairs, refused to withdraw; and even hustled the Provost-Marshal's men when the latter would have obeyed the order.
A Gentleman of France Stanley John Weyman 1891
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Next morning I started down to see how the Major was faring, and he invited me to go up to the Provost-Marshal's office with him to get passes for his two servants, to go from Hilton Head to Mitchellsville.
My Recollections of African M. E. Ministers, or Forty Years' Experience in the African Methodist Episcopal Church Alexander Walker 1881
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But suddenly the sergeant recollected that he did not know what to do with us, and we were obliged to remain where we were, till he could find the Provost-Marshal's office, and get instructions.
Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure William Pittenger 1872
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