The Army Service Corps has no counterpart in any European Army, and
has been evolved from years of warfare in all parts of the world. The
result, as proved in the great war on the Continent, is to place the
Corps in the forefront of any similar service among the Allies, and
the Corps has been the wonder of the armies of the world. The Corps is
the outcome of experience gained in the organisation of several corps
which had been formed for special purposes and afterwards disbanded.
The present high standard of efficiency of the Corps is due to the fact
that it has been slowly but surely recognised by Generals in command
of military expeditions that the ultimate success of their operations
depended primarily on the efficiency of the supply and transport
service, and so with the flight of years the Corps has been grudgingly
given that degree of importance in the Army it has so well merited.
It has gone through many transformations from the Commissaries of
Muster, Royal Waggon Train, Land Transport Corps, Military Train, and
Commissariat and Transport Corps to its present designation and duties.
When it was the Military Train it was called "Moke Train." Popularly
known as "The Commos."
[Illustration]
Motto: _In Arduis Fidelis_ (Faithful in Danger).
_Uniform_, Blue.
_Facings_, Dull Cherry.
_Head-dress_, Helmet.
_Cap_, Blue, with cherry-red band.
_Regimental March_, "Her Bright Smile."