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quartermaster

kwawr ter ma ster

  • n  an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops

  • But the quartermaster general took one look at Kohler's suggestions, ordered them adopted on the spot.
  • Not only hooked, but squirming, for, though the basic doll costs only $4, he comes with enough extra equipment to make a quartermaster's head swim, can be equipped for multiple .
  • America would no longer be a global cop; it would be a global benefactor, quartermaster and coach--helping allies contain communism on their own.
News & Articles

  • Bruce Kauffmann: Meigs created national cemetery
    Last week in 1864, Brigadier Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, who had been appointed quartermaster general of the Union Army in 1861, established Arlington House, the former home of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, as a cemetery for the Union's soldiers. Today, Arlington National Cemetery remains America's national military burial ground. read more
    June 16, 2013 - IlliniHQ.com
Quotes

  • Lawrence Johnson in New York Times
    They offered us quartermaster rank for the duration of the war if we would agree to not to go over as an armored unit,Mr. Johnson told the young women, who were recording his comments on a cassette. "They wanted us to drive trucks, not...

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