10 USC § 7440 - Quartermaster

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title: "10 USC § 7440 - Quartermaster"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7440"
section_name: "Quartermaster"
chapter_number: 753
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "TRAINING"
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currency: "119-73"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 240, § 4340; renumbered § 7440, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)"
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# § 7440. Quartermaster

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 240, § 4340; renumbered § 7440, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 4340 | 10:1067. | 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 (), 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— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .