3127 examples of sergeant in sentences

After the General had gone I went to the sergeant in command of the squad, and told him that I was going back that very afternoon, instead of waiting till the next morning; and I accordingly saddled up my mule and set out for Fort Larned.

" "Captain, your first sergeant has a splendid horse, and that's the one I want.

An orderly was sent for the horse, and the animal was soon brought up, although the sergeant "kicked" a little against letting him go.

I told him not to shoot, as I was a scout from Fort Hays; and then, calling the sergeant of the guard, I went up to the vidette of the post, who readily recognized me.

Lieutenant F.H. Beecher, of the Third Infantry, nephew of Henry Ward Beecher, was second in command; Brevet Major-General W.H.H. McCall, who had been in the volunteer army, acted as first sergeant; Dr. John Mowers, of Hays City, who had been a volunteer army surgeon, was the surgeon of the expedition; and Sharpe Grover was the chief guide.

" Jack was sergeant of the guard that night, and it was in the group of sentries awaiting their relief every two hours, re-enforced by his tent-mates of Company K, that these learned dissertations on war were carried on.

"Are you sure, sergeant, that is the same man that was in the woods to the right there, five minutes ago?" Jack turned; the officer was at his shoulder.

Then, addressing Jack, he said: "Sergeant, select two or three trusty men.

In case you are in danger tell each man with you what to say, so that there will be more chances of getting the information where it will do good; and remember, sergeant, that this news in Hunter's hands will be almost equivalent to victory.

"What regiment are you, sergeant?"

He's been promoted to lieutenant from sergeant.

There was no one in sight except the sergeant at the desk.

" The sergeant took the card, looked at it, and looked at me.

But at last the sergeant came back.

Around us on every side we heard the shouts and curses of our pursuers, while above the rest we heard an authoritative voice, evidently that of a sergeant of the guard, cry "Shoot the man, but spare the woman!

He then presented to the Major an Italian Flag, which was handed to our Battery Sergeant-Major to be carried at the head of the troops as they marched into the station.

"I extended my hand to the doctor and thanked him, as also the attendant, whom I commissioned to ask the sergeant to send word to my family.

But the next moment my sergeant, who was close by me, warned me with a knock on my shoulder not to move, and the whispered order ran, 'Keep quiet!

DUEL While their men battled on a road near Antwerp, it is said that a Belgian cavalry sergeant and an officer of German Uhlans fought a revolver duel which ended when the Belgian killed his foe, sending a bullet into his neck at close range.

As they neared each other, the German commander shouted a jibe at the Belgian sergeant.

There was no answer, but the sergeant rode at a gallop straight for the Uhlan.

Someone carried word of the duel to King Albert, who had just arrived in Antwerp, and he called before him and personally congratulated the sergeant, Henri Pyppes.

He is Sergeant van der Bern of the Belgian army, and only 17 years old.

That same day Palaphy was promoted to be a sergeant.

"Isn't he cunning?" They crowded around to admire the funny little creature, and then, admonished by Bobby, whom Constance declared would make a good drill sergeant, set busily to work again.

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