What is "forage master"

Forage \For"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr. forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum, fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G. futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray.]

1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

   He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.
   --Shak.

   One way a band select from forage drives A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine.
   --Milton.

   Mawhood completed his forage unmolested.
   --Marshall.

2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats.
   --Dryden.

   Forage cap. See under Cap.

   Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it.
   --Farrow.