Ranks
Officers of the Control Department, Commissariat and Transport Department and Commissariat and Transport Staff held different ranks from the rest of the Army. From February 1885 they were given honorary military ranks, which they held in conjunction with their commissary ranks. Officers of the ASC and RASC held full military rank.
| Army rank | Control Department rank | Commissariat & Transport Department rank | Commissariat & Transport Staff rank |
| Second Lieutenant | Sub-Assistant Commissary | Sub-Assistant Commissary | Quartermaster |
| Lieutenant | Assistant Commissary | Assistant Commissary | Deputy Assistant Commissary-General |
| Captain | Deputy Commissary | Deputy Commissary | Deputy Assistant Commissary-General |
| Major | Commissary | Commissary | Assistant Commissary-General |
| Lieutenant-Colonel | Assistant Controller | Assistant Commissary-General | Assistant Commissary-General |
| Colonel | Deputy Controller | Deputy Commissary-General | Deputy Commissary-General |
| Controller | Commissary-General | Commissary-General |
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