lieutenancies

The War Department selected Stuart for one of the lieutenancies in the 1st Cavalry.

Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008

The War Department selected Stuart for one of the lieutenancies in the 1st Cavalry.

Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008

He was made master of almost unlimited wealth, Garters, and lord-lieutenancies; and all the added grandeurs which come from high influence when joined to high rank were sure to be his.

Phineas Redux 2004

With all her radical propensities and inclination to laugh at dukes and marquises, she thought very much of garters and lieutenancies — but her husband would not think of them at all, and hence there were words between them.

Phineas Redux 2004

All the world knew how the fight would go; but in the meantime lord-lieutenancies were arranged; very ancient judges retired upon pensions; vice-royal Governors were sent out in the last gasp of the failing battle; great places were filled by tens, and little places by twenties; private secretaries were established here and there; and the hay was still made even after the sun had gone down.

Phineas Redux 2004

For gallantry on the field of action Sergeants Dame, Ferguson, Tiffany, Greenwald, and, later on, McIlhenny, were promoted to second lieutenancies, as Sergeant Hayes had already been.

The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

Marygay and I each had another three years to serve in our lieutenancies.

The Forever War Haldeman, Joe 1975

While they ostensibly were British army officers, their titles were purely honorary, but they held actual lieutenancies in the Belgian army, these having been bestowed upon them by King Albert in recognition of services accomplished in and around Liège in the early days of the war.

The Boy Allies at Verdun Or, Saving France from the Enemy

The colored soldier, however, was compelled to stand by and see a hundred lieutenancies filled in the Regular

The Colored Regulars in the United States Army T. G. Steward

The commissioning of this large number of colored men even to lieutenancies was, without doubt, a distinct step in advance; it was an entering wedge.

The Colored Regulars in the United States Army T. G. Steward