Quartermaster Warehouse

This large warehouse would be used to store all the supplies in the Quartermaster Department.

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The Quartermaster Department was responsible for almost everything to keep the post operating except for food and ammunition. This included not only the transportation and storage of all army supplies needed by the post, but also construction and repair of all military buildings. 

Built in 1867, the Quartermaster Warehouse was the second sandstone army building completed during the post-Civil War construction program that replaced most of the sod and adobe buildings. It's the largest building at the post - 158 feet long by 48 feet deep. Only the office and issue room were plastered and heated, the rest is a large open warehouse. 

This building’s storeroom was filled with military clothing, bedding, tents, field gear, tools, hay and feed for all animals from work to cavalry horses, and other materials needed for frontier military operations. Items in the warehouse were issued to soldiers and officers who needed them from the issue room on the west side of the building. 

The Quartermaster Officer oversaw all the operations and was responsible for all the supplies in the department. He would be assisted by clerks, sometimes civilian contractors and sometimes soldiers assigned to the duty.