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The '''Commissariat''' was the department in the Army responsible for Army Supplythe 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.
