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Definition of Commissary general of subsistence

Commissary general of subsistence
Commissary Com"mis*sa*ry, n.; pl. Commissaries. [LL. commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to commit, intrust to. See Commit.] 1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. --Donne. 2. (Eccl.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. --Ayliffe. 3. (Mil.) (a) An officer having charge of a special service; as, the commissary of musters. (b) An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.] Washington wrote to the President of Congress . . . urging the appointment of a commissary general, a quartermaster general, a commissary of musters, and a commissary of artillery. --W. Irving Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special department of army service; as: (a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and transport department, or of the ordnance store department. [Eng.] (b) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.] Commissary general of subsistence (Mil. U. S.), the head of the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase and issue of provisions for the army.

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- Army's first Commissary General of Subsistence, holding the office from 1818 to 1861. He served as an infantry officer during the War of 1812, then briefly...
- as a commander of colored troops. After the war he remained in the army and rose to the position of Commissary General of Subsistence of the United States...
- ****igned a captain as ****istant commissary of subsistence; each division had a commissary of subsistence as part of the commander's staff, although the...
- General Gibson may refer to: George Gibson (Commissary General) (1775–1861), U.S. Army brevet major general, and the first Commissary General of Subsistence...
- Railroad Survey of 1853 to 1854, and served with distinction in the Commissary of Subsistence of the Union Army during the American Civil War. B****man Du Barry...
- the Commissary General of Subsistence. He served in this capacity from June 22, 1904, to October 8, 1905. He was commissioned Commissary General of Subsistence...
- a Commissary General of Subsistence (CGS) with the rank of colonel, an ****istant CGS with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and ten commissaries of subsistence...
- Commissary General of Subsistence with the rank of captain on March 10, 1829, and promoted to major with essentially the same ****ignment (commissary,...
- rank. He retired May 1, 1874, with the grade of brigadier general, USA, and commissary general of subsistence. He then moved to New Haven, Connecticut. Eaton...
- been ****istant commissary general of subsistence and commissary general of subsistence from 1897 to 1905, including commissary general for the American...