The phrase "army quarters" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to a place where members of an army live. For example: "The soldiers all bunked in the army quarters before heading out to their mission."
At that time it had only a scattering of Chinese settlers, and in the 8th century when Datong first appeared as the name of the principal army quartered in the area it was the centre of an extensive program of military colonization.
The Irish government halted export of corn and kept the army in quarters but did little more.
In 1916, after his convalescence and deemed unfit for the front lines, he first worked as a censor of letters in a small town in Hungary and is then posted to the kaiserlich und königliche Kriegspressequartier (the army press quarters) in Vienna, where he witnesses the breakup of the empire in November 1918.
A little more than 225 years ago, British troops intent on capturing Morristown -- where Washington's army was quartered -- were greeted with considerably less hospitality.
Valley Forge was only 18 miles from Philadelphia, where the British army was quartered, but in those days, as "Washington" noted, "18 miles is a long distance in the middle of winter". Getting there: United and USAirways fly nonstop from LAX to Philadelphia.
Scotland had suffered considerable economic disruption during the period of the civil wars, caused by loss of manpower to a dozen armies, free quarter (the billeting of troops on civilians without payment), plunder and heavy taxation.
Boney and his army in winter quarters [graphic].
Howe then put his army into winter quarters, with outposts at towns such as Bordentown and Trenton.
When the army entered winter quarters in Philadelphia, Cornwallis took his long-delayed leave, sailing for England on 13 December.
