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==Further reading==
*"The Mirzapore Distillery and the Company's Trade in Rum (1796-1808)" by Nikhil Sur, ''Calcutta Historical Journal'', 4:1 (1979), 51-61. Publisher: University of Calcutta.


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/professionalpap02brangoog#page/n359/mode/1up Extract from the "Revised Memorandum of Instructions regarding care and keep of Elephants by the Commissary General, Bengal [1878<nowiki>]</nowiki>"] from [http://www.archive.org/stream/professionalpap02brangoog#page/n321/mode/1up"Notes on Elephants and their Transport by Railway"] by Capt H Wilberforce Clarke RE from ''Professional Papers on Indian Engineering Second Series Volume 8 1879''
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/professionalpap02brangoog#page/n359/mode/1up Extract from the "Revised Memorandum of Instructions regarding care and keep of Elephants by the Commissary General, Bengal [1878<nowiki>]</nowiki>"] from [http://www.archive.org/stream/professionalpap02brangoog#page/n321/mode/1up"Notes on Elephants and their Transport by Railway"] by Capt H Wilberforce Clarke RE from ''Professional Papers on Indian Engineering Second Series Volume 8 1879''
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/thirteenyearsamo029922mbp#page/n7/mode/2up ''Thirteen Years Among The Wild Beasts Of India: Their Haunts and Habits from Personal Observation: With an Account of the Modes of Capturing and Taming Elephants''] by GP Sanderson, Officer in Charge of the Government Elephant Catching Establishment in Mysore 6th edition 1907 Archive.org (first published  1878). The author was the model for the Rudyard Kipling character  'Petersen Sahib' in the story [http://archive.org/stream/junglebookkipl#page/216/mode/2up ''Toomai of the Elephants''], [http://www.kiplingjournal.com/textfiles/KJ180.txt Scroll down for the article 'Petersen Sahib'] by Sir Theodore Tasker ''The Kipling Journal December 1971'' [http://www.kipling.org.uk/index.htm Kipling Society]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/thirteenyearsamo029922mbp#page/n7/mode/2up ''Thirteen Years Among The Wild Beasts Of India: Their Haunts and Habits from Personal Observation: With an Account of the Modes of Capturing and Taming Elephants''] by GP Sanderson, Officer in Charge of the Government Elephant Catching Establishment in Mysore 6th edition 1907 Archive.org (first published  1878). The author was the model for the Rudyard Kipling character  'Petersen Sahib' in the story [http://archive.org/stream/junglebookkipl#page/216/mode/2up ''Toomai of the Elephants''], [http://www.kiplingjournal.com/textfiles/KJ180.txt Scroll down for the article 'Petersen Sahib'] by Sir Theodore Tasker ''The Kipling Journal December 1971'' [http://www.kipling.org.uk/index.htm Kipling Society]
:Digitise on Demand pay service [https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/73170# ''Pack Gear for Elephants''] by G.P. Sanderson 1882. National Archives of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924000918486 ''A manual of the diseases of the elephant and of his management and uses''] by John Henry Steel 1885 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924000918486 ''A manual of the diseases of the elephant and of his management and uses''] by John Henry Steel 1885 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/manualofdiseases00steerich#page/n5/mode/2up ''A manual of the diseases of the camel and of his management and uses'']  by John Henry Steel 1890  Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/manualofdiseases00steerich#page/n5/mode/2up ''A manual of the diseases of the camel and of his management and uses'']  by John Henry Steel 1890  Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/militarytransportindia/page/n3/mode/2up ''Military Transport in India''] by Captain W Wickham, Assistant Commissary General 1892 Archive.org. Includes the care of elephants, camels, Yaboo (big norther ponies), mules, ponies, bullocks and donkeys.
*[http://archive.org/stream/nspapersonsubjec18grea#page/111/mode/1up  "Statistics concerning Elephants, Camels and Pack Bullocks"], page 111 ''Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers Volume 18'', 1892 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/nspapersonsubjec18grea#page/111/mode/1up  "Statistics concerning Elephants, Camels and Pack Bullocks"], page 111 ''Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers Volume 18'', 1892 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/camelitsusesmana00leonrich ''The Camel: its Uses and Management''] by Major Arthur Glyn Leonard, late 2nd East Lancashire Regiment. 1894  Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/camelitsusesmana00leonrich ''The Camel: its Uses and Management''] by Major Arthur Glyn Leonard, late 2nd East Lancashire Regiment. 1894  Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.221068/page/n3/mode/2up ''A  Treatise on Elephants. Their Treatment in Health and Disease''] by Vety.-Capt. G H Evans Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Burma 1901 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.221068/page/n3/mode/2up ''A  Treatise on Elephants. Their Treatment in Health and Disease''] by Vety.-Capt. G H Evans Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Burma 1901 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/elephantstheirdi00evan/page/n9/mode/2up ''Elephants and their Diseases. A Treatise on Elephants''] by Lieut.-Colonel GH Evans , Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Burma 1910. Revised edition. Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/elephantstheirdi00evan/page/n9/mode/2up ''Elephants and their Diseases. A Treatise on Elephants''] by Lieut.-Colonel GH Evans , Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Burma 1910. Revised edition. Archive.org
:[https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu//mu/islandora/object/mu:109954/#page/1/mode/2up ''Notes on elephants and their care''] by the late Mr W Hepburn. 2nd Impression 1919 (first published 1918? or 1913?) Rangoon. Click to a  separate digital file for inserts.  The author worked as Veterinary Surgeon to the BBTC Ltd  (Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation). Digital Library University of Missouri.
:[https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu//mu/islandora/object/mu:109954/#page/1/mode/2up ''Notes on elephants and their care''] by the late Mr W Hepburn. 2nd Impression 1919 (first published 1918? or 1913?) Rangoon. Click to a  separate digital file for inserts.  The author worked as Veterinary Surgeon to the BBTC Ltd  (Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation). Digital Library University of Missouri. [https://archive.org/details/elephants-care-images/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/stream/animalmanagement00grea#page/270/mode/2up ''Chapter X: The Mule; The Donkey;  The Camel; The Ox''] page  270 ''Animal Management 1908''. Prepared in the Veterinary Department for General Staff, War Office. HMSO. Reprinted 1914 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/stream/animalmanagement00grea#page/270/mode/2up ''Chapter X: The Mule; The Donkey;  The Camel; The Ox''] page  270 ''Animal Management 1908''. Prepared in the Veterinary Department for General Staff, War Office. HMSO. Reprinted 1914 Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.238174 ''Animal Management (1933)'']. HMSO. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.   
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.238174 ''Animal Management (1933)'']. HMSO. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.   
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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285012/page/n1071/mode/2up "Supply and Transport Corps"] page 607 ''Indian Army List July 1918''. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285012/page/n1071/mode/2up "Supply and Transport Corps"] page 607 ''Indian Army List July 1918''. Archive.org.
:Also see [[Indian Army List online]] for other editions.
:Also see [[Indian Army List online]] for other editions.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.11539/page/n53/mode/2up "The Mirzapore Distillery and the Company's Trade in Rum (1796-1808)"] by Nikhil Sur, ''Calcutta Historical Journal'', 4:1 (1979), 51-61. Publisher: University of Calcutta. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/histtransportsupply/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Early History of Transport and Supply''] by Sir John Fortescue 1928 Archive.org. Included campaigns in India.


==Notes==
==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 11:38, 25 May 2024

The Commissariat was the department in the Army responsible for the procurement of supplies (food, clothing, etc.). This did not include weapons and ammunition, which were the responsibility of the Ordnance Department. Heading this department was the Commissariat General.

In the days of the EIC, it was part of the Town Major's List (Bengal & Bombay) and Effective Supernumeraries (Madras). Initially part of the Unattached List (B) in the Indian Army, it became the Commissariat and Transport Department in 1887.

Established 1 Feb 1810 in Bengal,[1] following the success of the Commissariat for the Bengal Army's 1810-1812 Mauritius Expedition - that coordinated the supply of all troops from the three Presidencies, and those from the Cape of Good Hope.

Title changes

  • 1887 Commissariat and Transport Department
  • 1901 Supply and Transport Corps
  • 1923 Indian Army Service Corps
  • 1935 Royal Indian Army Service Corps

Role

In the early years the role comprised:

  • Supplying:

The victualing of troops (food and drink).
Animal feed for elephants, camels, bullocks and horses (cavalry and artillery horses).
Military stores, and timber for magazines and arsenals.
Wrought materials for gun carriages.
Infantry accoutrements.
Harness,and saddles.

  • Camp equipage:

Bedding and Quilts for barracks.
Diet, clothing and necessaries for European and General Hospitals.

  • Logistics:

Boats for transportation.
Hiring of camels and bullocks for transport(for grain and ordnance).
Carriers for the sick.
Supplying the islands.

Also see

External links

Historical books online

A Few Brief Comments on Sir Charles Napier's Letter to Sir J. Hobhouse, "On the Baggage of the Indian Army"‬ by Lieut-Col W Burlton of the Bengal Cavalry, late Commissary-General of the Bengal Army 1849 Google Books
Sir Charles Napier's Indian Baggage Corps. Reply to Lieut.-Col. Burlton's attack [i.e. to his pamphlet entitled: “A few brief comments on Sir Charles Napier's Letter to Sir John Hobhouse” by Major Montagu McMurdo, late Head of the Quartet-Master General’s Department of Scinde 1850 Google Books
Digitise on Demand pay service Pack Gear for Elephants by G.P. Sanderson 1882. National Archives of India.
Elephants and their Diseases. A Treatise on Elephants by Lieut.-Colonel GH Evans , Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Burma 1910. Revised edition. Archive.org
Notes on elephants and their care by the late Mr W Hepburn. 2nd Impression 1919 (first published 1918? or 1913?) Rangoon. Click to a separate digital file for inserts. The author worked as Veterinary Surgeon to the BBTC Ltd (Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation). Digital Library University of Missouri. Archive.org mirror version.
Animal Management (1933). HMSO. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
Also see Indian Army List online for other editions.

Notes