provost-marshal

The prisoners, as well as the captured guns, were turned over to General Butler's provost-marshal, and our wounded were quickly and kindly cared for by his surgeons.

She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

"Macdonald the Peeler" was probably Macdonald who had been provost-marshal in the Crimea.

Fiancée 2010

The officer of the provost-marshal, however amusing

The Paris Sketch Book 2006

Fancy the provost-marshal being tied up, having previously superintended the correction of the whole army.

Roundabout Papers 2006

Saint Just, who had come down from Paris to preside over our town, executed the laws and the aristocrats with terrible punctuality; and Schneider used to make country excursions in search of offenders with this fellow, as a provost-marshal, at his back.

The Paris Sketch Book 2006

If they do wrong, they are handed over to the inevitable provost-marshal; if they are heroes, heroes they may be, but they remain privates still, handling the old brown-bess, starving on the old twopence a day.

Little Travels and Roadside Sketches 2004

Having heard the original cause of the quarrel through the villainy of Callum Beg, he ordered him into custody of the provost-marshal for immediate execution, in the event of his surviving the chastisement inflicted by his Chieftain.

Waverley 2004

The Marquis de Courtornieu had also received an appointment, making him provost-marshal of the same district.

The Honor of the Name �mile Gaboriau 2003

All the household were really delighted at his return; the son of the commander of the military forces at Montaignac, and the prospective son-in-law of the provost-marshal, Martial was a most valuable instrument.

The Honor of the Name �mile Gaboriau 2003

He must find more culprits to drag before the provost-marshal or before a military commission.

The Honor of the Name �mile Gaboriau 2003