1. Thomas Mifflin, quartermaster general for the future president‘s forces.

2. Calil, who had known Babangida since he had been quartermaster–general of the Nigerian army, not only expanded his business into manufacturing batteries, selling trucks and trading in Nigerian oil, but also set up a series of companies for the General.

3. Descended from military men, including Abraham Lincolns quartermaster general of the same name and a father who was killed leading a tank battalion in France a month before Meigss birth, his combat experience included the Ashau Valley in the Vietnam War and Medina Ridge in the Persian Gulf War.

4. The chain of events began in late December 1'71 when the IRA‘s quartermaster general, Jack McCabe, was fatally injured in an explosion caused when an experimental, fertilizer–based home–made mix known as the ‘black stuff‘ exploded as he was blending it with a shovel in his garage on the northern outskirts of Dublin. [Provisionals‘ general headquarters] GHQ warned that the mix was too dangerous to handle, but Belfast had already received a consignment, and someone had the idea of disposing of it by dumping it in a car with a fuse and a timer and leaving it somewhere in downtown Belfast." The resulting explosion made a big impression upon the Belfast leadership.

5. The chain of events began in late December 1'71 when the IRAs quartermaster general, Jack McCabe, was fatally injured in an explosion caused when an experimental, fertilizer-based home-made mix known as the black stuff exploded as he was blending it with a shovel in his garage on the northern outskirts of Dublin. [Provisionals general headquarters] GHQ warned that the mix was too dangerous to handle, but Belfast had already received a consignment, and someone had the idea of disposing of it by dumping it in a car with a fuse and a timer and leaving it somewhere in downtown Belfast." The resulting explosion made a big impression upon the Belfast leadership.