Quartermaster Corps

noun

, Military.

the branch of the U.S. Army responsible for supplying food, clothing, fuel, and equipment and for the operation of commissaries, laundries, etc.

Only the marching shoe issued by the Quartermaster Corps should be worn, and they must be properly fitted to the individual.

Such stretchers are issued by the Quartermaster Corps, and there should be one or more pair in every company of infantry.

Ordnance sergeant; quartermaster sergeant, Quartermaster Corps; supply sergeant, regimental.

The Quartermaster Corps was charged with the duty of providing horses and mules for the Army.

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