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Definition of Paymasters
1. paymaster [n] - See also: paymaster
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paymasters
Literary usage of Paymasters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Military Laws of the United States (Army) by United States (1901)
"The regimental and battalion paymasters were given the rank of majors oí infantry
... Fourteen paymasters were added to the department by the act of March 2 ..."
2. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1868)
"paymasters shall be regularly promoted ... from passed assistant paymasters, and
passed assistant paymasters from passed assistant assistant paymasters, ..."
3. The Military Laws of the United States: Relating to the Army, Volunteers by United States, John F. Callan (1868)
"That, to secure the regular and punctual payment of the troops, the district
paymasters shall examine and transmit to the paymaster of the army the accounts ..."
4. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1861)
"Removal»from Office—paymasters in the Army. could be opened. This may be their
view of the subject, but I doubt whether it is the view which the American ..."
5. Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War (1863)
"We wanted to find from you to what extent paymasters are required in the aervice
as it has developed itself during the last four or six months. ..."
6. The Military Laws of the United States by United States, George Breckenridge Davis (1897)
"Additional paymasters. ters. 600. Service to be temporary. 606. Payments to troops.
601. Duties of Paymaster-General. 602. Duties of deputy paymasters- 607 ..."
7. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"The third section declares, " that regimental and battalion paymasters shall
receive the pay and emoluments of majors," without the additional words of ..."
8. Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States, Advising by United States Attorney-General (1852)
"PENSIONS TO WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF paymasters. Widows and children of paymasters
of the army who shall have died while in service, by reason of wounds ..."
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