Commissary
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COMMISSARY. An officer whose principal duties are to supply the army with
provisions.
2. The Act of April 14, 1818, s. 6, requires that the president, by and
with the consent of the senate, shall appoint a commissary general with the
rank, pay, and emoluments of colonel of ordnance, and as many assistants, to
be taken from the sub-alterns of the line, as the service may require. The
commissary general and his assistants shall perform such duties, in the
purchasing and issuing of rations to the armies of the United States, as the
president may direct. The duties of these officers are further detailed in
the subsequent sections of this act,, and in the Act of March 2, 1821.