| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Given the appalling nature of military logistics in the French armies of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the rationale behind the cantini??re???s role was to provide the soldiery (and in many cases, the officer corps) with the food, drink, and other supplies they needed in camp rather than relying on civilian contractors as it was believed that this would discourage desertion and absence
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