单词 | commissary department |
释义 | > as lemmascommissary department commissary department n. originally and chiefly U.S. (now rare and historical) a branch or department of the armed forces responsible for the supply of food and other provisions to troops. ΚΠ 1777 G. Washington Let. 8 Oct. in Writings (1933) IX. 336 I sincerely wish..that a better Regulation could take place in the Commissary Department; as..this Army has been clogged and retarded in some of its most important..Marches. 1804 London Gaz. 30 Oct. 1344/1 St George's Volunteer Regiment. Lieutenant Benjamin Sayer to be Captain.., promoted in Commissary Department. 1827 Daily National Jrnl. 13 Jan. As there was no commissary department—individuals were employed to collect..the means of supporting the army. 1907 Pop. Mech. Feb. 249/1 Fireless cooker... The greatest improvement in years, and perhaps in the entire history of the commissary department of the U. S. Army. 1974 J. B. R. Nicholson Brit. Army of Crimea 11 The Commissary Department also had clerks who were below the equivalent of commissioned officers. 2004 D. H. Fischer Washington's Crossing (2005) 268 The American army organized its logistics on the British model, with a Commissary Department that looked after food and general supplies. < as lemmas |
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