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At first the fellows started to make raids on the wood pile that came in for the kitchen, but this soon had to be stopped under necessity of suspension of the commissary department.
The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces William Elmer Bachman
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The neat row of tents, making a short but perfectly planned and arranged company street, were all up, bedding was ready, and supper was being cooked from the rations supplied by the commissary department.
The Boy Scout Automobilists or, Jack Danby in the Woods Robert Maitland
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The improvements in the quartermasters 'department were nearly as great; and we have already alluded to the abundant supplies furnished by the commissary department.
Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 George T. Stevens
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I may be able to give you some advice -- I am an old member of the commissary department.
The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 Anonymous
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The more the merrier for there's nothing amiss with the commissary department.
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As I had a crippled foot I was allowed to remain with the commissary department.
The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama Their Leaders and Their Work 1895
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These women formed the commissary department of the native troops.
The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Paul Boyton 1881
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During the war he was an agent for the purchase of grain, under an official of the commissary department.
What to Do? Leo Tolstoy 1869
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During the war he was an agent for the purchase of grain, under an official of the commissary department.
On the Significance of Science and Art Leo Tolstoy 1869
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On the 18th the head of the commissary department, Vincel, ordered suitable accommodation to be provided for Cavalier and his troops; the muster roll being in the hands of M. d'Aygaliers, it would be sent by him or brought in the course of the day.
Massacres of the South (1551-1815) Celebrated Crimes Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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