(person) by EverybodysCyclopedia Sat May 20 2006 at 19:47:34

Paymaster-General, in the United States, a title given to (1) the chief paying officer of the War Department, who ranks as a Brigadier-General; (2) a similar officer in the Navy Department, who ranks as a rear-admiral, and (3) a corresponding staff officer in the militia of a State.

Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.

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