Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§7440 Quartermaster
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle B— Army › Part III— TRAINING › Chapter 753— UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY › § 7440
Summary
Army Secretary assigns an officer as quartermaster for cadets to buy supplies, mess provisions, and run the mess.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §7440
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The Secretary of the Army shall detail a commissioned officer of the Army as quartermaster for the Corps of Cadets. The quartermaster shall—
(1)buy and issue all supplies for the cadets;
(2)buy and issue all provisions for the mess; and
(3)supervise the mess.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 434010:1067.Aug. 7, 1876, ch. 255 (last par.), 19 Stat. 126. The words “buy and issue all provisions for the mess” and “supervise the mess” are substituted for the words “all the duties of purveying and supervision for the mess”. The word “commissary” is omitted as obsolete. The words “and all supplies of all kinds and descriptions shall be furnished to the cadets at actual cost, without any commission or advance over said cost” are omitted to reflect Title IV of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended (61 Stat. 495), which authorized the Secretary of Defense to prescribe
Regulations
governing the use and sale of certain inventories at cost, including applicable administrative expenses.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4340 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
10 U.S.C. § 7440
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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