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COMMISSARIAT

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 774 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COMMISSARIAT , the See also:

department of an See also:army charged with the See also:provision of supplies, both See also:food and See also:forage, for the troops. The See also:supply of military stores such as See also:ammunition is not included in the duties of a commissariat. In almost every army the duties of transport and supply are performed by the same See also:corps of depart-See also:mental troops.

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