Clearly the various staffs would need to adopt, wherever possible, standards of measurement that were comparable.

The various staffs have gradually been organized, until they now stand (in the Army of the Potomac) as follows:

He climbed meekly into the pleated trousers Jenny passed him and let everyone pass him the various staffs and chains that went with the clothes.

From first to last, various staffs numbered over 1,400 persons, and 20,000 patients received medical aid in the different Yeomanry Hospitals.