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==Further reading== | ==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. | *"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== | ||
*[http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/1521_ASC.htm Army Service Corps 1760-1992] Indiapicks.com | *[http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/1521_ASC.htm Army Service Corps 1760-1992] Indiapicks.com | ||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
[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] | |||
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Revision as of 09:21, 25 January 2013
The Commissariat was responsible for Army Supply. This did not include weapons and ammunition, which were the responsibility of the Ordnance Department. Heading this department was the Commissariat General.
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
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
- Army Service Corps 1760-1992 Indiapicks.com
Historical books online
- Extract from the "Revised Memorandum of Instructions regarding care and keep of Elephants by the Commissary General, Bengal [1878]" from "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
- 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 Toomai of the Elephants, Scroll down for the article 'Petersen Sahib' by Sir Theodore Tasker The Kipling Journal December 1971 Kipling Society
Notes
- ↑ East India Calendar Vol 1 p187-189