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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,<ref>[http://www.google.com/books?id=GR2URX7SRQkC&pg=PA180&dq=thomas+M+weguelin&as_brr=1&cd=1#v=onepage&q=thomas%20M%20weguelin&f=false ''East India Calendar'' Vol 1] p187-189</ref> following the success of the Commissariat for the [[Bengal Army]]'s 1810-1812 [[Mauritius Campaign|Mauritius Expedition]] - that coordinated the supply of all troops from the three [[Presidencies]], and those from the Cape of Good Hope.
*[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]
: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
*[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/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/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://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/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.
:[httphttps://www.newarchive.org/details/dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/238174 ''Animal Management (1933)'']. HMSO. Pdf downloadArchive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. *[https://archive.org/details/cu31924001176878 ''Elephants and their diseases. A treatise on elephants''] by Lieut.-Colonel GH Evans, Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Burma 1910 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. The author worked as Veterinary Surgeon to the BBTC Ltd (Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation). Digital Library University of Missouri.
*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924000361455#page/n187/mode/2up "Chapter XI Camels"] page 149 and [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924000361455#page/n199/mode/2up "Chapter XII Elephants"] page 157 ''Army Veterinary Service in War'' by Major-General Sir John Moore AVS 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/hrhtheprinceofwa029890mbp#page/n325/mode/2up "The Indian Elephant"] page 226 ''H R H The Prince Of Wales’s Sport In India'' by Bernard C. Ellison 1925 Archive.org
