Section 419 in Bihar Board's Miscellaneous Rules, 1958
419. Indian Army Service corps to make rationing arrangement.
- Rationing arrangements for all troops and animals are made by the Indian Army Service Corps under the orders of the General Officer Commanding concerned. A suitable detachment of supply personnel will be in supply charge of the units whilst on the march. The civil authorities may be called upon to provide supplies of the kind mentioned in Indian Army Form S-1526 given at the end of this Chapter and such articles are not ordinarily kept in stock (e.g. sheep, fowls and eggs) or which are rapidly perishable (e.g. milk), other ration articles will not be demanded from the civil authorities.When the assistance of the civil authorities is necessary, and in the case of pre-arranged marches, i.e. when marches are not due to a sudden emergency, the General Officer Commanding concerned will detail an advance party consisting of personnel of the supply service, or of the unit marching to go ahead of the troops and associate themselves with the civil official in the purchase of supplies.The civil authorities should be informed that an advance party is being sent to assist in the necessary purchases.
