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Provost guard   /prˈoʊvoʊst gɑrd/   Listen
Provost guard

noun
1.
A detachment under the command of a provost marshall.





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"Provost guard" Quotes from Famous Books



... enrolled militia ordered to New Madrid to relieve the 25th Missouri, in order that the latter might go to reinforce General Steele in Arkansas, mutinied after they had gone on board the steamer, brought the boat ashore, and went to their homes. The provost guard of St. Louis was sent to arrest them. News having come of the capture of Little Rock, the two enrolled militia regiments in St. Louis were dismissed, except the mutineers, who were kept at hard labor for some time, and the leaders tried ...
— Forty-Six Years in the Army • John M. Schofield
... Spanish colors on the sea front were hauled down and the American flag displayed and saluted by the guns of the navy. The Second Oregon Regiment, which had proceeded by sea from Cavite, was disembarked and entered the walled town as a provost guard, and the colonel was directed to receive the Spanish arms and deposit them in places of security. The town was filled with the troops of the enemy driven in from the intrenchments, regiments formed and standing in line ...
— The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, • Murat Halstead


Words linked to "Provost guard" :   detachment


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