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A petty officer when mademaster-at-armsbecomes the senior chief petty officer on board.
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He listed his profession as soldier, notmaster-at-arms.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Somehow (according to his later memoirs) a rumour went around that he was dead or dying, and his gunner and carpenter, both wounded, hastily consulted with themaster-at-arms.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some carefully made examples were likely to have been used by a boatswain or ship'smaster-at-armsor ship's mate as a badge of office and discipline-enforcer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Masters-at-arms receive a shilling a day above the basic pay of their rank of chief petty officer, besides incremental and good conduct pay.
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