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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

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DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of an

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army charged with the

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PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision of supplies, both

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food and

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FORAGE

forage, for the troops . The

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SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of military stores such as

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AMMUNITION

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

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CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps of depart-

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MENTAL

mental troops .

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