intendance

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Hunger was a common thorn in Algerian warfare, since not even the matchless intendance of France could regularly supply the troops across those interminable breadths of arid land, those sun-scorched plains, swept by Arab foragers.

From Under Two Flags by Ouida

The troops were served out with three days' provisions, and the intendance was furnished with a supply of "iron rations" from the magazines of the fortress.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count

In the 17th and 18th centuries the town was the seat of the intendance of Provence.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The origin of this evil is in the office of the Minister of War, where there is a direction of the infantry, one of the cavalry, and one of the intendance, or administration.

From Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 by Walton, William

Your intendance is perfect; your ambulance is perfect; your camp-cookery is perfect, messieurs; and here you have even perfect beauty, too!

From Under Two Flags by Ouida