As soon as possible after anchoring secure your bearings by pelorus and have them checked up by the quartermaster at regular intervals.
"Lectures in Navigation"
Ernest Gallaudet Draper
Hold her on that now, quartermaster, till I give the word.
"Command"
William McFee
The post of Commander-in-Chief having been abolished, and that of Chief of Staff created instead, the four military members of the council are the Chief of Staff, the Adjutant General, the quartermaster General, and the Master General of Ordnance.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell