commander-of-the-guard

Updated: May 18, 2025

The officers-of-the-day had gone Curbit to shed furs and sabre at his quarters and say "Thank God!" Snaffle, his junior in rank but senior in years, a veteran of the old dragoons, to plod wearily back towards the guard-house for a conference with Lieutenant Crane, commander-of-the-guard.

Charles King - Lanier of the Cavalry: or, A Week's Arrest