COMMISSARY, in a military sense, is of three sorts.
COMMISSARY-General of the Musters, an officer appointed to muster the army, as often as the general thinks proper, in order to know the strength of each regiment and company, to receive and inspect the muster-rolls, and to keep an exact state of the strength of the army.
COMMISSARY-General of the Stores, an officer in the artillery, who has the charge of all the stores, for which he is accountable to the office of ordnance.
COMMISSARY-General of Provisions, an officer who has the charge of furnishing the army with provisions.