A Scoutquartermaster within the Scouting Scout movement is responsible for maintaining all the normal ... James Bond Quartermaster refers to two different military occupations depending on if the assigned ... referred to as the quartermaster . Often the quartermaster serves as the S4 military Continental staff ..., the quartermaster is a position responsible for the ship s navigation and maintenance of nautical chart s and maps. Aboard merchant ship s, the term quartermaster usually refers to the Able Seaman Able Seamen assigned to Bridge nautical bridge Watchstanding watch es. A naval quartermaster s main ... supplies. British Army In the British Army , the Quartermaster QM is the officer in a battalion ... of Captain British Army and Royal Marines captain or major . Some units also have a Technical Quartermaster, who is in charge of technical stores. The Quartermaster is assisted by the Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant RQMS and a staff of storeman storemen . The QM, RQMS and storemen are drawn from ... units, not quartermaster units, and their personnel as suppliers . From at least the English Civil War period until 1813, the Quartermaster was the senior NCO in a British cavalry troop in which context ... indeed perhaps as long as there have been organized military units the appointment of quartermaster ... RSM by appointing him quartermaster of his battalion, thus ensuring the unit an experienced ... that surround stores management was required for the Quartermaster s duties. Under authority of Canadian ... Canadian Dental Corps. In recent years, the Quartermaster has been a specially trained officer ... regimental appointments such as quartermaster. Imperial Russian Army The Quartermaster was responsible ... Army , the term is used to describe all supply personnel and units that are part of the Quartermaster Corps . Swiss Army In the Swiss Army , a Quartermaster Qm is an Officer from 2 Lt. to Colonel in charge .... The Qm has a direct subordinate at company level it is the Company Quartermaster Sergeant Quartermaster ... more details
unreferenced date October 2008 Quartermaster Sergeant QMS is a class of rank or appointment in some armed forces , especially those of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth . Ireland Quartermaster Sergeant appointments in the Irish Defence Forces include Battalion Quartermaster Sergeant Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Company Quartermaster Sergeant Flight Quartermaster Sergeant Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant United Kingdom A Quartermaster Sergeant is usually a non commissioned officer or warrant officer who is responsible for supplies or stores. However, in the British Army this definition is extended to almost any Warrant Officer Class 2 who does not hold a Sergeant Major appointment, as well as a number of Staff Sergeant and Colour Sergeant appointments. In the British Army, Quartermaster Sergeants are frequently addressed and referred to as Q . Examples of Quartermaster Sergeant appointments include Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Company Quartermaster Sergeant Quartermaster Sergeant Instructor Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant In the Household Cavalry , the designation is replaced with Quartermaster Corporal QMC , as in Squadron Quartermaster Corporal and Regimental Quartermaster Corporal . United States File Chevron Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant.jpg right thumb Confederate Quartermaster Sergeant stripes shown in red artillery color 100px The rank was in use by both the Union Army and the Confederate Army during the American Civil War . The rank was below Sergeant Major and above Ordnance Sergeant . The same rank insignia was used by both armies. Both armies varied the color of the stripes by assigning red for artillery, yellow for cavalry, and blue for infantry. Some Confederate militia units varied these colors even further and had other colors including black stripes for various units. clear Category Military ranks mil rank stub Category Military ranks of the United ... more details
A quartermaster general is the staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army . Germany In the German Army , while a Quartiermeister was a non commissioned officer in charge of supplies, a Generalquartiermeister did not deal with supplies, but with operational command. He was the most senior officer below an Army s Chief of staff military Chief of Staff ref de Quartiermeister ref . For example, during the World War I First World War , Erich Ludendorff was Generalquartiermeister to the German Second Army in August 1914. With his expert knowledge of the plans for the assault on Liege, which he had helped to draw up, he was sent to supervise that assault and took personal charge when the brigade commander was killed. More famously, when Paul von Hindenburg was appointed Chief of the General Staff at the Oberste Heeresleitung OHL or Supreme Army Command in August 1916, Ludendorff, who had been his Chief of Staff in the East, came with him. Ludendorff declined to be known as Second Chief of the General Staff and instead chose the title First Quartermaster General in which role he directed the operations of the German Armies and wielded power over German politics and industry. United Kingdom In the United Kingdom , the Quartermaster General to the Forces QMG is one of the most senior generals in the British Army . In modern use the QMG is the senior General Officer in the army holding a logistics appointment and is currently the Lieutenant General holding the post of Chief of Materiel Land CoM L within Defence Equipment & Support. The QMG sits upon the highest committee within the army, the Army Board. Historically each formation military formation had a Deputy Quartermaster General DQMG , Assistant Quartermaster General AQMG or Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General DAQMG , depending on its size. United States main Quartermaster General United States Sri Lanka In the Sri ... de Generalquartiermeister fi P majoitusmestari fr Quartermaster general lt Generolas kvartirmeisteris ... more details
File Burton, WA Quartermaster Harbor 01.jpg thumb Quartermaster Harbor from Burton Quartermaster Harbor is a small harbor located in southern Puget Sound , in Vashon Island , Washington U.S. state Washington State . Geographic description Quartermaster Harbor is formed by Vashon Island on the west and Maury Island on the east. It opens about convert 0.8 mi km sing on east of the Tahlequah, Washington Point Defiance Tahlequah Ferry ferry landing at the south end of Vashon Island, with the entrance between Neill Point on Vashon Island and Piner Point on Maury Island. It is a nearly five mile long inlet , about a half mile wide, that extends about convert 3.5 mi km north between the islands. It then turns east into the bay at Dockton, Washington Dockton , swings north around Burton Peninsula , past ... shellfish . Evergreen trees line the shores and climb the hills above Quartermaster Harbor ... places to moor in the north end of the harbor. Marine Life Quartermaster Harbor hosts the largest ... is home to Quartermaster Yacht Club and Quartermaster Marina , both of which house many different private ... practice areas of Vashon Island Junior Crew. History wide image Dockton, WA pano 01.jpg 1000px Quartermaster Harbor from Dockton. Source of name Quartermaster Harbor was named by Charles Wilkes during ... Nisqually , built at Martinovich Yard, Dockton, 1911 Quartermaster Harbor once held one of the largest ..., was installed at Quartermaster Harbor instead. Measuring convert 325 ft m long and convert 102 ... at Quartermaster Harbor, Vashon Island http content.lib.washington.edu cgi bin viewer.exe?CISOROOT vanolinda&CISOPTR 170&CISOMODE thumb closer view of Quartermaster drydock, with different vessels http content.lib.washington.edu cgi bin viewer.exe?CISOROOT vanolinda&CISOPTR 163 Quartermaster Harbor ...?CISOROOT vanolinda&CISOPTR 172 view from inside Dockton drydock at Quartermaster harbor, 1892. ship ..., 1908 Websites commons category http www.quartermastermarina.com Quartermaster Marina http vashonrowing.org ... more details
The Scout may refer to The Scout Kansas City, MO statue , an iconic statue located in Penn Valley Park in Kansas City, Missouri . The Scout film , a 1994 film The Scout Buffalo Bill Statue , a statue of Buffalo Bill Cody in Cody, Wyoming The Scout train , a passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway The Scout magazine , an official publication for The Scout Association Boy Scouts from 1908. The Scout, a character in the video game Team Fortress 2 . disambig ... more details
wiktionarypar scout scouting Wikisource1911Enc scout TOCright A scout is a soldier performing reconnaissance and other support duties. Scout may also refer to Aircraft Scout aircraft , pre 1920s British terminology for a single seat fighter Scout plane , post 1920s modern usage for reconnaissance or surveillance aircraft. Aeryon Scout , a micro UAV AD Scout British naval aircraft Aeronca K Scout American Champion Scout IAI Scout , an unmanned air vehicle used by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1982 Lebanon War. Tennessee Propellers Scout , an American powered parachute design Westland Scout British helicopter Automotive and rail International Harvester ScoutScout train Scout train Professions a domestic assistant at Oxford University see bedder Reconnaissance Scout sport , a professional sports talent scout Scout.com , a sports publishing company Land military anchor Weapons Scout rifle Steyr Scout , rifle Space applications Scout rocket family Mars Scout Program Ships HMS Scout HMS Scout , the name of various British Royal Navy ships USS Scout USS Scout , the name of various United States Navy ships Youth movement A Scout is a member of a Scouting organization. There are thousands ... Scouts members World Organization of the Scout Movement List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members List of non aligned Scouting organizations Military units Scout Sniper Cavalry Scout ... scout United States Army Indian Scouts Other Scout comics Scout comics Scout operating system Scout Taylor Compton The Scout film The Scout film , a 1994 film SCOUT, a band that performed their song ... Horse, e.g., The Telltale Moozadell Scout , the nickname of Jean Louise Finch , the main character in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird Scout, a subsidiary of Ribble Motor Services . In later years mid 1970 s onwards , the computing services bureau of the company. Scout, a slang term at the University of Oxford for a college servant or waiter Scout Toys, an education toy line of LeapFrog ... more details
Coord 37 14 39.8 N 77 20 47.6 W display title Image Qmschool patch.gif thumb Quartermaster Center and School shoulder sleeve insignia The Quartermaster Center and School QMCS is a subordinate command of the United ... by a blue key and blue sword crossed in saltire. Symbolism Buff and blue are the colors of the Quartermaster Corps. The key and sword are taken from the Quartermaster Corps insignia. The torch signifies knowledge and alludes to training in Quartermaster. Background The shoulder sleeve insignia was originally approved for the Quartermaster Training Command on 7 Nov 1956. It was redesignated for the U.S. Army Quartermaster Center and U.S. Army Quartermaster School on 23 Oct 1962. On 24 Nov 1975 ... DUI.jpg thumb Quartermaster Center and School distinctive unit insignia Description Buff, a bend ... of the coat of arms of the U.S. Army Quartermaster School. The shield is buff, the color of the Quartermaster ... the School originated. Background The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the Quartermaster Corps School on 16 Dec 1929. It was redesignated for the U.S. Army Quartermaster School ... assigned to the U.S. Army Quartermaster Center. Device Image QMSchool Device.jpg thumb Quartermaster ... and edges . Crest On a wreath of the colors Argent and Buff the insignia of the Quartermaster Corps ... is buff, the color of the Quartermaster Corps which with the blue bend gives the colonial colors ... for the Quartermaster School on 7 May 1925. It was redesignated for the U.S. Army Quartermaster School .... Image QMCenter Flag.jpg thumb Quartermaster Center flag Image QMSchool Flag.jpg thumb Quartermaster School flag Flags The flag for the U.S. Army Quartermaster School is buff with light blue ... Army Quartermaster Center is buff with light blue fringe. The insignia for the Quartermaster Center is centered on the flag TIOH drawing 5 1 76 . Structure Quartermaster Center and School File 23 QM Bde DUI.jpg 35px 23rd Quartermaster Brigade HHC, 23rd Quartermaster Brigade File 244 QM Bn DUI.gif ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant is a military rank in some militaries, and an appointment in others. Irish Defence Forces Image IE Army OR9b.png right thumb 60px BQMS insignia Irish Army Battalion Quartermaster Sergeant BQMS Ceathr sh irsint Cathl in in Irish Language Irish is a rank in the Irish Army and Irish Air Corps equivalent to Warrant Officer Class 2 NATO OR 8 in the British Army. The equivalent in the Artillery Corps is Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant RQMS Singapore Like the UK example, the Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant is an appointment in a battalion sized unit usually held by a Second Warrant Officer . He is the senior assistant to the Quartermaster , who may be a more senior Warrant Officer for non combat units. United Kingdom Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant RQMS is an appointment held by a senior Warrant Officer Class 2 in the British Army and Royal Marines . The RQMS is the senior assistant to the Quartermaster of a regiment or battalion and also usually functions as the deputy Regimental Sergeant Major . Some units have more than one RQMS. RQMS was a separate rank until 1915, when it became a Warrant Officer appointment with the creation of Warrant Officers Class II. In the Household Cavalry , the appointment is instead Regimental Quartermaster Corporal RQMC . Category Military ranks of the Commonwealth Category Military ranks of Australia Category Military ranks of Canada Category Military ranks of Ireland Category Quartermasters Category Military ranks of the United Kingdom ... more details
unreferenced date June 2008 Company quartermaster sergeant is a military rank or appointment. Canada A Company Quartermaster Sergeant CQMS in the Canadian Forces is the non commissioned officer in a Company ... reserved for CQMS appointees in the former Canadian Army. Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant ... Command . Battery Quartermaster Sergeant BQMS is the equivalent in the Royal Canadian ... Quartermaster Sergeant CQMS Ceathr sh irsint Complacht in Irish language Irish is also used in the Irish ..., including issue of kit and the supply of food and water etc. The title of Company Quartermaster Sergeant ... Quartermaster Sergeant BtyQMS , not to be confused with the higher rank of Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Battalion Quartermaster Sergeant BQMS , which is equivalent to a Warrant officer , and in the cavalry it is known as Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant SQMS . The Irish Air Corps Air Corps uses the rank of Flight Quartermaster Sergeant . Myanmar The rank of The rank of Company Quartermaster ... of Company Quartermaster Sergeant is used in Myanmar Army and its equivalent rank in Myanmar Air Force is Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant SQMS , and in Myanmar Navy is Chief Petty Officer CPO . United Kingdom The Company Quartermaster Sergeant CQMS in the British Army and Royal Marines is the non ... Quartermaster Sergeant was once a separate rank. However, by the World War II Second World War .... In infantry companies, the CQMS is always addressed as Colour Sergeant . Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant ... Logistic Corps , and formerly in the Royal Corps of Transport . Battery Quartermaster Sergeant BQMS is the equivalent in the Royal Artillery . Squadron Quartermaster Corporal SQMC is the equivalent ... Company Quartermaster Sergeant Chevrons Cavalry.png thumb right 80px US Cavalry Company Quartermaster Chevrons From 4 May 1861, each company of cavalry was authorised a Company Quartermaster Sergeant . The Company Quartermaster Sergeant was responsible for the company wagon and all the property it contained ... more details
Other uses Venture disambiguation Venture Scouting is a section of the Scouting Scout Movement , mostly ... Main Venturer Scouts Australia The Venturer Scout Section in Scouts Australia , often just known ... flavour. The highest award that can be earned by a Venturer Scout is the Queen s Scout award. Venturer Scouts belong to a Venturer Scout Unit which can be part of a Scout Group or affiliated to a Scout District. The Venturer Scout section holds a Venture every 3 years. During this week and a half ..., and Treasurer, and may also include a Quartermaster depending on the group s size and equipment ... as part of their programme. Each group has a Venture Scout Executive which under the guidance of an adult ... Unit Malta Europe ref A Venture Scout in Malta is between 15 and 19 years of age. Their programme consists ... Award . Singapore A Venture Scout in Singapore is a Scouting Scout between the age of 15 and 18. From 2000, the two progress badges are the Venture Scout Standard and the Venture Cord , which have 8 sections each for completion. The highest award that a Venture Scout can achieve is the prestigious President s Scout rank Singapore Scout Association President s Scout Award , which is presented ... . In 1969, the Senior Scout section and the Rover Scout section in Singapore were merged to form the Venture Scout section after the Singapore Scout Association followed the recommendations of the 1966 The Chief Scouts Advance Party Report Chief Scout s Advance Party Report in the UK. Singapore adopted ... the Queen s Scout Award with the President s Scout Award as the highest award attainable for a Venture Scout. The training scheme underwent further fine tuning in the 1970s and 1980s that stipulated ... way to a revised programme in 2000. From 1969 to 1975, a Venture Scout only had his Venture Scout Standard or President s Scout Award to show for his progress on his left sleeve of the uniform. Feedback ... arm sleeve. A President s Scout would wear an additional gold flash under each proficiency ... more details
Quartermaster General of the New Jersey National Guard . The position has no term limit Stephen Hart Barlow 1895 ? 1934 to 1942. ref name edison cite news author coauthors title Ousted In Jersey Over Food Charges. Barlow Dropped as Procurement Officer After Appeal to Hershey by Edison U.S. Audit is Started. State Quartermaster, Who also Held a Selective Service Post, Is Silent on Move url http select.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res F00D12F93C58167B93C0AB1789D85F468485F9 quote Stephen H. Barlow of Trenton, quartermaster general of New Jersey, was summarily removed today as procurement officer of this State for selective service. ... newspaper New York Times date February 22, 1942 accessdate 2011 10 04 ref C. Edward Murray ? to 1934 Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly 1834 1905 circa 1898. James Jefferson Wilson 1775 1824 1821 to 1824. ref cite web url http bioguide.congress.gov scripts biodisplay.pl?index W000595 title James Jefferson Wilson accessdate 2011 10 04 quote ... brigadier general and quartermaster general of New Jersey 1821 1824 ... publisher Biographical Directory of the United States Congress ref Garret Dorset Wall 1783 1850 1815 to 1837 ? . ref cite web url http bioguide.congress.gov scripts biodisplay.pl?index W000071 title Garret Dorset Wall accessdate 2011 10 04 quote ... quartermaster general of the State 1815 1837 ... publisher Biographical Directory of the United States Congress ref References reflist Category Quartermaster Generals of New Jersey ... more details
infobox Museum name United States Army Quartermaster Museum File QMMuseumSymbol.jpg center 300px thumb Quartermaster Branch Insignia on the side of the museum established 1957 location 1201 22nd Street ... themuseum.htm title About the Museum accessdate 2008 03 31 publisher Army Quartermaster Museum ref director Paul Morando facebook page http www.facebook.com QuartermasterMuseum United States Army Quartermaster Museum Facebook website http www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil United States Army Quartermaster Museum The United States Army Quartermaster Museum , located at Fort Lee, Virginia , is one of a number ... of the Quartermaster Corps , which was formed in 1775 and to date it has collected more than ... 20Corps.htm title Treasures of the Quartermaster Museum, 50 Years of Collecting for the Corps accessdate 2008 03 31 publisher US Army Quartermaster Museum year 2005 author Tim O Gorman work Quartermaster Professional Bulletin Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref The Museum also serves the Quartermaster ... Virginia title U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum Purpose and Function accessdate 2008 03 31 ... ref Museum history The museum s beginnings can be traced 1953 when the Quartermaster School at Fort ... was officially established in February 1957, with these uniforms and donations of quartermaster related items forming the core of the collection. Several artifacts came from the major former Quartermaster Depots at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Jeffersonville, Indiana and the Quartermaster Remount .... Construction was funded by private contributions and loans to the Quartermaster Memorial Corporation now the Army Quartermaster Foundation, Inc. . Upon completion the building was donated to the U.S. ... by the Army Quartermaster Foundation, Inc., have resulted in several expansions of the original museum ... General Robert M. Littlejohn. Littlejohn was the World War II Quartermaster for the European Theater ... building is the large iconic three dimensional representation of the Quartermaster branch insignia ... more details
unreferenced date October 2006 The IRA Quartermaster General QMG runs a department which is responsible for obtaining, concealing and maintaining the store of weaponry of the Irish Republican Army . In the Provisional IRA , the QMG department is the largest and most important of the IRA s departments, involving around twenty per cent of its manpower. It works closely with the IRA Engineering Department, which has developed an array of home made rockets and mortars. A number of people have held the post of QMG. In 1997, the then QMG, Michael McKevitt broke away from the Provisional IRA in 1997 to form the Real IRA , a paramilitary group. This defection of this QMG was significant, as he arranged the transfer of weaponry to his breakaway organisation. Former QMGs include Larry Grogan , Fr. Patrick Ryan, Dennis McInnerney, Kevin Hannaway and Kevin Agnew Category Quartermasters Category Irish Republican Army Quartermaster General de IRA Quartermaster General ... more details
Infobox NRHP name Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot image Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot.jpg caption location 2724 South 20th Street, br Philadelphia , Pennsylvania lat degrees 39 lat minutes 54 lat seconds 59 lat direction N long degrees 75 long minutes 10 long seconds 57 long direction W locmapin Pennsylvania architect Wark and Company, The Ballinger Company architecture Art Deco added January 26, 2010 refnum 09001212 governing body The Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot , now known as the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, was founded as the Schuylkill Arsenal in 1799. History The Schuylkill Arsenal was built in 1800 to function as a quartermaster and provide the Military of the United States U.S. military with supplies. ref name lewis http www.l3 lewisandclark.com ShowOneObject.asp?SiteID 29&ObjectID 387 historical lewis and clark vasco at l3 lewisandclark.com Bot generated title ref One of its most famous tasks was outfitting the Lewis and Clark Expedition . It was the third federal facility in the young nation. ref name federal http ruins.wordpress.com tag schuylkill arsenal Schuylkill Arsenal THE NECESSITY FOR RUINS Bot generated title ref The arsenal made clothing and flags for all the military s needs for the next 150 years. ref name flag http www.qmfound.com Flag Making Philadelphia Depot.htm Flag Making at the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot Bot generated title ref In 1926 the Schuylkill Arsenal was renamed the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot. The original site at Grays Ferry Avenue and Washington Avenue was closed and the site was razed in 1963. The functions of the Quartermaster Depot were all moved to West Oregon Avenue & South 22nd Street In 1965 the operation was reorganized into the Defense Personnel Support Center. In 1993 the government closed the textile factory and moved the remaining part of the South Philadelphia operation to the Naval Support ... Philadelphia Navy Yard United States Army Quartermaster Corps External links http www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil ... more details
The President s Scout or President s Award may refer to several ranks in Scout organizations around the world the highest rank of The Scout Association of Maldives the highest rank of the Sri Lanka Scout Association the highest rank of the Tanzania Scouts Association the President s Award , the highest rank of the Kiribati Scout Association Rashtrapati Scout , the highest rank of the The Bharat Scouts and Guides President s Scout Singapore Scout Association , the highest rank in the Singapore Scout Association Category Scout and Guide awards disambig ... more details
Use dmy dates date May 2011 The 14th Quartermaster Detachment , is a United States Army Reserve water ... January 1991 the 14th Quartermaster Detachment was mobilized for service in Operation Desert Storm ... destroyed the barracks housing members of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment. The MIM 104 Patriot ... were wounded. The 14th Quartermaster Detachment lost 13 soldiers and suffered 43 wounded. Casualties ... of Pennsylvania and the Secretary of the Army honored the members of the 14th Quartermaster ... as well as the Quartermaster General , Brigadier General Paul J. Vanderploog and the Post Commander ... accomplishments. Stand tall. Hold your heads up high. The 14th Quartermaster Detachment has made a difference, and then some. The 14th Quartermaster Detachment returned home to Greensburg, Pennsylvania ... Lieutenant Governor Mark Single. Most of the members of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment ... to receive medical care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The 14th Quartermaster Detachment is still ..., a monument to the 14th Quartermaster Detachment was dedicated at the US Army Reserve Center in Greensburg ... and members of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment. The monument consists of a horizontal granite slab ... of the US Army Quartermaster Corps , preceded by the following quotes blockquote In honor of the men and women of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment who served both God and country loyally in Operation ... tree, planted as a living tribute to the 13 soldiers of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment who lost their lives ... April 1991, the Quartermaster Center and School dedicated a new Water Training Facility on 41st Street in the memory of the fallen members of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment. A stone monument and plaque ... was christened and named in honor of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment. The Keystone State is the state motto of Pennsylvania. Fatalities 14th Quartermaster Detachment Specialist Steven E. Atherton ... References http www.qmfound.com 14th Quartermaster Detachment.htm Iraqi 20SCUD 20Missile 20Attack ... more details
File Jeff Quartermaster Depot.jpg thumb right Pre 1909 picture of Depot. File Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot.jpg thumb right A picture of the front of the Quadrangle, September 2006. File Jeffersonville, Indiana City Hall.jpg thumb right New Jeffersonville City Hall within the Quadrangle. Jeffersonville Quartermaster Intermediate Depot JQMD was a military warehouse located in Jeffersonville, Indiana . Originally covering four city blocks the Quadrangle , it expanded to ten city blocks by the end of World War II . History At the end of the Civil War, it was the only depot in the Ohio Valley to not be disbanded. ref Civil War Engineering and Navigation http publications.usace.army.mil publications misc un22 c 7.pdf pg. 113 ref In 1871 the United States Army U.S. Army decided to build an edifice that would contain all the individual units that had spread all around Jeffersonville. Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs designed the structure, which opened in 1874. Frederick Law Olmsted also helped design the facility, and much of his vision still exists with its brick structures and arched glass portals, but more of Meigs vision won out. A convert 100 ft m sing on tower was initially built as both watchtower and watertower, but was razed in 1900 to make the power plant into a two story headquarters building. During the Spanish American War , 100,000 uniform shirts a month were produced, and in World War I 700,000 of the shirts were made. This gave the depot the nickname America s largest shirt factory . In World War II the depot produced 2.2 billion in goods for the war effort. It stayed in operation for the Korean War , but by 1957 it was decided to close the facility, which happened in 1958. The United States Census Bureau U.S. Census Bureau , Kitchen Kompact, and Kessler Distilling acquired much of the facilities, with the original Quadrangle becoming a low rent ... Indiana in the American Civil War Category Jeffersonville, Indiana Quartermaster Depot Category ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 Quartermaster Sergeant Instructor QMSI is an appointment held by Warrant Officer s Class 2 in the British Army British Army s Small Arms School Corps and Army Physical Training Corps and by some in the Royal Engineers . It is also the title used within the Territorial Army United Kingdom Territorial Army for the attached regular NCO usually a Colour Sergeant Staff Sergeant responsible for unit administration and stores at sub unit level i.e. company Squadron army squadron . fact date February 2009 Category Military ranks of the British Army UK mil stub mil rank stub ... more details
British Army In the United Kingdom , the Quartermaster General to the Forces QMG is a senior general in the British Army . From 1904 the Quartermaster General to the Forces was the Third Military Member of the Army Board . ref http books.google.co.uk books?id nLdW vkYPQQC&pg RA5 PA481&lpg RA5 PA481&dq 22Master General of the Ordnance 22 Member of the Army Council&source bl&ots dV UjNAvZR&sig tz6h1SJdBwjG1F lPLl3P2tein0&hl en&ei Pr4eS6TeG5ShjAezsNmuCw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 8&ved 0CBoQ6AEwBw v onepage&q 22Master General 20of 20the 20Ordnance 22 20Member 20of 20the 20Army 20Council&f false The Army in 1906 A Policy and a Vindication By Hugh Oakeley Arnold Forster, Page 481 Bibliobazaar, 2008, ISBN 978 0559664991 ref Responsibilities The Quartermaster General to the Forces is traditionally responsible for the supply of equipment, provisions and munitions. ref http www.kcl.ac.uk lhcma summary ro45 001.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives ref In modern use the QMG is the senior General Officer in the army holding a logistics appointment and is currently the Lieutenant General holding the post of Chief of Materiel Land CoM L within Defence Equipment and Support . The QMG sits upon the highest committee within the army, the Army Board. Recent holders of the post Holders of the post have included ref name army http www.gulabin.com armynavy pdf Army 20Commands 201900 2011.pdf Army Commands ref 1712 1742 Major General John Armstrong surveyor John Armstrong 1742 1763 Lieutenant General Humphrey Bland 1763 1796 Lieutenant General George Morrison British Army officer George Morrison 1796 1803 Lieutenant General Sir David Dundas, 1st Baronet Sir David Dundas 1803 1811 Lieutenant General Robert Brownrigg Sir Robert Brownrigg 1811 1851 General Sir James Gordon, 1st Baronet Sir James Gordon 1851 1855 Lieutenant General James Freeth Sir James Freeth 1855 1865 Lieutenant ... Lieutenant General Dick Applegate 2009 present Lieutenant General Gary Coward From May 2012 the Quartermaster ... more details
The Chief Scout is the uniformed head of a Scouting organisation For the Chief Scout of the World see Robert Baden Powell, 1st Baron Baden Powell For the head of The Scout Association see Chief Scout The Scout Association For the head of Scouting Ireland see Chief Scout Scouting Ireland For the head of The Scout Association of Hong Kong see Chief Scout of Hong Kong For the head of the Boy Scouts of America see Chief Scout Executive For the head of the Polish Scouting Association see List of Chief Scouts of the Polish Scouting Association See also Chief Scout s Award disambiguation disambig ... more details
Eagle Scout may refer to several ranks in Scout organizations around the world Eagle Scout Boy Scouts of America List of Eagle Scouts Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout Boy Scouts of the Philippines Pramuka Garuda Eagle Scout , the highest rank of Gerakan Pramuka , the Indonesian Scout Association Eagle Award, the highest rank of the Zambia Scouts Association Assyrian Scouting and Guiding Assyrian Eagle Scouts of Australia association disambig ... more details
File Scout Association inverse.svg 140px right A Scout County also Scout Area is an administrative division within The Scout Association of the United Kingdom . There are currently 115 Counties and Areas in the United Kingdom. ref name sb ukscouting cite web last first authorlink coauthors year url http www.scoutbase.org.uk library hqdocs facts pdfs fs295101.pdf title Scouting in the United Kingdom format pdf work publisher The Scout Association accessdate 2006 12 13 ref These bodies are responsible for providing programmes and support for their member Scout District s. The term County is used by England and Northern Ireland , while Area is used in Scotland and Wales . For the purposes of this article, the term County is used where County or Area can be applied. Organisation Counties are led by a County Commissioner who is appointed by the Chief Scout The Scout Association Chief Scout , who is supported by a team of Assistant County Commissioners and an Executive Committee. Counties are themselves divided into Districts. The average County will have around 10 Districts, and around 3,900 members of which 3,150 are under 18 . ref name sb ukscouting Counties are responsible for the provision of the Scout Network , as well as supporting all Scouting activities within their member Districts. See also Portal Scouting Scouting sections Scouting References Reflist External links http www.scouts.org.uk UK Scout Association homepage http www.scoutbase.org.uk UK Scout Association Scoutbase Scoutorg TSA Scouting Category The Scout Association ... more details
Tiger Scout can refer to Tiger Scout Korea Scout Association , the highest rank in Korean Scouting Tiger Cubs, the youngest level of Cub Scouting Boy Scouts of America , formerly a separate membership section disambig ... more details
Lion Scout can refer to several ranks in Scout organizations around the world Lion Scout, the highest rank in The Kenya Scouts Association Lion Scout, the highest rank in the Iran Scout Organization until 1979 Lion Scout rank in the Scouts of China Two separate, unrelated programs in Cub Scouting Boy Scouts of America Boy Scouts of America Cub Scouting Lion Scout, the highest rank from 1930 to 1967 Lion Scout, a 2000s experimental kindergarten program for boys younger than Tiger Scouts disambig Category Scout and Guide awards ... more details
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