QUARRY 



QUARTERMASTER 



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Oracles delivered in Certain Eclogues ( 1646 ). The prose 

 includes the Enchiridion 1 1640) ; Observations concerning 

 Princes and States upon Peace and Warre (1642) ; Judge- 

 ment and Mercy for Afflicted Souls ( 1646) ; The Profest 

 Royalitt (1645); and The Virgin Widow, a worthless 

 comedy ( 1649 ). The only complete edition ia that by the 

 Rev. A. B. Cirosart in the ' Chertsey Worthies Library' 

 <3 vols. 1880-81). 



Quarry. See BUILDING STONE, BLASTING. 



Quart, the fourth part of a Gallon (q.v.). The 

 ordinary quart-bottle is a deception, containing only 

 the sixth part of a gallon, ana often less. 



Quartan Fever. See AGUE. 



Quarter, a measure of weight, equal to the 

 fourth part of a hundredweight ^i.e. to 28 Ib. 

 avoirdupois. As a measure of capacity, for measur- 

 ing grain, &c., a quarter contains 8 bushels. 



Quarter-day. See TERM. 



Quarter-deck, that part of the upper deck 

 which extends from the mainmast or gangway 

 amidships to the poop, or where there is no poop, to 

 the stern ; in modern turret and barbette war-ships 

 it generally extends from the after- turret or barbette 

 to the stern. It is the place of honour, and is con- 

 sidered the ' King's or Queen's Parade ; ' and every 

 officer and man stepping upon it salutes it, as a 

 mark of respect to the majesty of the throne. 

 ' H.M. quarter-deck" is used as a promenade by 

 officers only, at sea the weather side, and in harbour 

 the starboard side being reserved for senior officers. 

 Persons of distinction and officers are received on 

 the quarter-deck ; and when the captain addresses 

 the men, or confers rewards or honours on any 

 individual, it is on the quarter-deck that the officers 

 and men fall in for the purpose. 



Quartering. See HERALDRY; also EXECU- 

 TION, TREASON. 



Quarterly Review. John Murray, conscious 

 of the growing power and influence of the Edin- 

 burgh Review, and strongly disapproving of its 

 Whig opinions, set about the organisation of a 

 work which should counteract what he believed to 

 be its dangerous tendencies. Accordingly, in 

 Septemlier 1807, he wrote to Canning with a 

 view of securing his interest in ' a work of the 

 greatest talent and importance." Though Canning 

 does not seem to have replied directly, his 

 cousin, Mr Stratford Canning, introduced Gilford 

 (q.v.) to Murray in January 1808, and arrangements 

 were afterwards made whereby he became its first 

 editor. Murray sagaciously concluded on reading 

 a review on Marmion in the Edinburgh ( 1 808 ) that 

 Scott's feelings as a gentleman and a Tory must be 

 wounded, and that he would break his alliance with 

 the whole Whig clique. He judged truly, and in a 

 conference with him at Ashiesteel, in October 1808, 

 he secured his assistance and co-operation. Scott 

 not only wrote to his brother Thomas, C. K. Sharpe, 

 Morritt, and Sou they, on behalf of the first number, 

 but sent a letter of ad vice toGifford, and became him- 

 self a considerable contributor. The first number, 

 rather more literary than political in tone, appeared 

 at the end of February 1809. 'An edition of 4000 

 was sold at once, of which 8.V) went to Kallnntyne 

 in Edinburgh. The publisher bravely persevered, 

 though up to the fifth number not one had paid its 

 expenses, and though 5000 of capital was embarked 

 in the undertaking. By 1817 it was an assured 

 miccess, 14,000 being printed, and Southey, who was 

 its 'sheet anchor,' wrote that ' Murray is a happy 

 fallow living in the light of his own glory.' Great 

 drawWks were Gifford's unpunctuality, and 

 occasional ill-health. Only two numl>ers appeared 

 in 1824 No. 60, due in January, in August ; and 

 No. 61, due in April, in December. Gilford, 

 resigning the editorship in 1824, was succeeded 



by John T. Coleridge, who edited only four 

 numbers ; his successor was John Gibson Lockhart 

 (q.v.). Murray's original offer to Gitford as editor 

 was 160 guineas a number for contributions, and 

 200 a year as editor ; when he invited Lockhart to 

 London his offer was 1000 a year, which could be 

 made 1500 by contributions, and a share for three 

 years, the profits of which would not be worth less 

 than 1500 per annum. Besides Scott and Southey, 

 George Ellis, Heber, Barrow, Craker, and Captain 

 Head were considerable contributors. Croker had 

 99 articles in the first 100 numbers. A frequent 

 rate of payment to Scott and Southey was 100 per 

 article. The fashion of the times, and the lighter 

 monthlies, have told against the Quarterly, which 

 still commands, however, the best ability and 

 scholarship in England. See Smiles, A Publisher 

 and his friends (2 vols. 1891), and articles BOOK- 

 TRADE, MURRAY ( JOHN ), and PERIODICALS. 



Quartermaster. In the British army the 

 quartermaster -general is a staff-officer of high 

 rank (major-general or colonel) who deals with all 

 questions of supply, transport, marches, quarters, 

 fuel, clothing, &c. He ranks next after the 

 adjutant-general or senior staff-officer to the com- 

 mander in chief at the War Office, and has under 

 him two assistants and three deputy-assistants. 

 The army in India has a similar staff for these 

 duties, and so has every division ; but since 1889 

 the title of assistant adjutant-general (B) has been 

 substituted for that of assistant quartermaster- 

 general on the staff at home. In a brigade the 

 duties fall upon the brigade-major. A quarter- 

 master is an officer on the staff of a depflt, a 

 cavalry regiment, or an infantry battalion, charged 

 with the care of stores, issues of clothing, food, 

 forage, and fuel, allotment of barracks, tents, 

 &c. In the native army of India he is a com- 

 batant officer of the staff-corps, but in other cases 

 he is commissioned from tne ranks as honor- 

 ary lieutenant, and promoted after ten years' 

 service, or for distinguished conduct, to the 

 honorary rank of captain or major. In the Royal 

 Artillery there are 44 quartermasters, in the 

 Army Service Corps 49, and in the Royal 

 Engineers 120, not counting those in the militia 

 and volunteers. Several are employed, at the 

 War Office and elsewhere, on duties different from 

 those mentioned above ; the War Office librarian, 

 for instance, in 1891 being a quartermaster of the 

 Royal Engineers. The daily pay of a quarter- 

 master is 9s. for infantry ; 9s. 6d. for garrison 

 artillery and engineers, with 2s. 6d. engineer pay 

 in addition in the latter corps ; and 10s. 6d. for 

 mounted troops, rising every five years by incre- 

 ments of Is. 6(1. to 15s., 15s. 6d., and 16s. 6d. respec- 

 tively. After twenty years' commissioned service, 

 or when fifty-five years of age, a quartermaster is 

 compulsorily retired on a pension of 200 a year, 

 or somewhat less if his total service as a soldier 

 does not amount to thirty years. A quartermaster - 

 sergeant assists the quartermaster in a regiment or 

 battalion. 



In the navy the quartermasters are first-class 

 petty officers ; at sea they are stationed at the 

 con, their duty being to take care that the helms- 

 men keep the ship on her proper course, and also 

 to see that all orders from the officer of the watch 

 affecting the movements of the helm are promptly 

 and correctly carried out ; they also assist in heav- 

 ing the log and in taking soundings when necessary. 

 In harbour they keep regular watch at the gang- 

 ways, looking out for boats arriving and leaving, 

 and conveying the necessary orders for the carrying 

 out of the work of the ship. Their pay depends 

 upon their gunnery or torpedo qualifications, num- 

 ber of good-conduct badges, &c., and will be found 

 under the heading PETTY OFFICER. 



