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Quartermaster General

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Noun1.quartermaster general - a staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army
staff officer - a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff
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Quartermaster General
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Sherman famously coined the phrase "War is Hell," Brigadier General Montgomery Meigs, Union Quartermaster General, could have uttered as convincingly that "War is Business" because of the vast supply undertaking the conflict required.
They were formed in 1997 following a split in the IRA when its quartermaster general Michael McKevitt denounced its leaders, demanding an end to the ceasefire and the IRA's participation in the peace process.
The son of a Union Quartermaster General, John Meigs official correspondence reveals what his duties were like as a military engineer and aide-de-camp to Union generals.
 
 
 
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