Quartermaster
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Quartermaster is a military term, the meaning of which depends on the country and service. In land armies, a quartermaster is an officer or enlisted soldier who supervises logistics and requisitions,
Wojciech Kossak, quartering (Quartermaster), circa 1893
Quartermaster Dick Libby, USN. Portrait circa 1834
Seal of the Prussian Army Quartermaster General
CWO Yitshak Taito, Rasar of IDF Officers' Academy
Pirate code
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Pirate articles, or articles of agreement, were a code of conduct for governing ships of pirates, notably between the 17th and 18th centuries, during the so-called "Golden Age of Piracy".
Quartermaster
…than it had aboard non-pirate merchant or naval vessels. On pirate ships, the quartermaster was often granted a veto power by a pirate ship's "Articles of Agreement", in order to create an officer who could counterbalance the powers of the pirate captain. Pirate quartermasters, like pirate captains, were usually…
Treasure being divided among pirates in an illustration by Howard Pyle.
A painting depicting a marooned pirate by Howard Pyle.