COMMISSARIAT  , the See also:

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

department of an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army charged with the See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision of supplies, both See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food and See also:

• FORAGE

forage, for the troops . The See also:

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

supply of military stores such as See also:

• 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 See also:

• 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-See also:

• MENTAL

mental troops .