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Severall duties of of the officers of the field belonging to
the Army
And
first of the Provost Marshall of the Army
The
Provost Marsall shall have thus far forth Commaundment, ouer
the Victuallers of the Armie that he shall
assign their quarter in every Regiment, and shall appoint what
victuallers shall attend every Regiment. Also
he shall give order to the Provosts of euery Regiment, that
they see no victuals sold, but at conuinient
houers, and that the price s of victualls
and beere be reasonable, & euery kan of beere sold at that
price, as he has marked it upon the barrels head, and as is
appointed him.
It
is further incident to this office, to have account brought
to him of all preyes of Cattell, and other victuals
that are brought into the armie, and that the same
prey, as soone as it comes into the quarter, shal be shewed
to him and by hime to the Generall, or Commissarie Generall
of the Victuals , because it may be knowne,
both whether the preys be lawfull & how they ought to be
diuided.
He
shall by the Provosts of every Regiment and his servants, cause
all entrailes of Beasts that are killed in or near the quarter,
and all other Garbage and filth to be buried, and that in all
things else the quarter be kept sweet, and the places adioining
clene….
He
shal have all fees as well in preys that are taken, as in his
service of the oversight of the Victuals and
Beere, and of all things els, which do properly and usually
belong to the Provost Marshall of the Army.
The
Office of Commisarie Generall of Victuals
He
is to take charge of all the Victuals prepared
for the Armie, as well as by sea as land-service, and to see
himself or by his Ministers the proportion of Victuals
to be duly distributed to the Soliders and Mariners,
as the Generall or Admiral shall direct.
All
Pursers, Stewards, and all other that shall in any ship have
charge or oversight in Victuals (as also under
Commissers, and conductors of Victuals by
land) shall upon discoverie of the extrordinarie wasting, spoyling,
or miscarring of Victuals , that he may presently
take order in it.
Wheresoever
the Armie shall land, march, or lodge, all the victuals
found in such places shall be seized upon by him,
and a proportion set out by him for the present use of the troops
there quartered, and the rest receive as part of the Generall
store, and Magazine of Victuals , and to that
end shall go him selfe, or send his Officers or Clarkes to attend
on the Lord Marshall, when he or the Quartermaster Generall
goe first to view, and take up the quarter.
He
shall keep a list of all bakers, Miller, Butchers in the Armie,
and of all other that are to be used in the provision of Victuals
, to the end he may set them a worke as occasion and
the service shall require.
All
instruments for grinding, Ovens, Baking, or for preparing, bestowing,
Carrying, or for the preserving of Victuals shall be under his
charge, and he shall have authority to vie and dispose of them
for the public service.
If
any prizes of Victuals shall be taken at sea,
the Commisarie Generall of Victuals shall
both take a note of the inventarie of it, and appoint some Officer
of his to take charge of it. If any preyes be taken he shall
likewise take a note of the inventarie of all, and view it himselfe,
he shall make the division, as he shall be directed by the Generall,
or in his absence by the Lord Marshall.
He
shall give out noe extraordinarie Victuals ,
but by order and warrant from the Generall, and shall give from
time to time an Account unto him of any was, spoyling, or miscarrying
of Victuals , that shal be by Sea, or by Land.
The
Commisarie or Clark Generall of Victuals ,
hath superintendence and care over all manner of Victuals, &
also victuallers and sutlers, whiche follows the Armie and hath
under his charge diverse Conductours, and Bakers as the service
might require.
Nearly
half the waggons in the Armie were for the carriage of the Victuals
and associated equipment.
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