(Record Office, Woolwich.)
Motto: Nil sine labore (Nothing without Labour).
Uniform, Blue.
Facings, White.
Head-dress, Helmet.
Cap, Blue with blue band.
Regimental March, "Wait for the Wagons."
ARMY SERVICE CORPS
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."