Departmento Munitorum

The Departmento Munitorum is a department of the Administratum devoted to the general administration, supply and command of the Imperial Guard. The Munitorum has ultimate responsibility for the raising of new Imperial Guard Regiments, the training of new Imperial Guard troops, the provision of equipment and supplies to allregiments in the field, and the transportation of troops and equipment to and from theatres of war using the vessels of the Imperial Navy. It is primarily a logistical organisation, like the larger Administratum of which it is a part, but while the Administratum deals with the civilian logistics of running the Imperium, the Munitorum deals solely with the logistics of the Imperium's wars.

The Munitorum is financed by tithes of men, money and material drawn from the Imperium's myriad worlds, and all Imperial planets able to support the Imperial military forces in a sector are regularly called on to do so. To make sure the tithes are provided as and when required, representatives of the Departmento Munitorum are present on almost every Imperial planet as part of its branch of the local Administratum. Representatives of the organisation are also present on all Imperial Navy starships, and wherever Imperial Guard forces are stationed.

The Munitorum is organised to allow each level of the organisation to respond effectively to threats, regardless of size and location. The local departments of the organisation can raise tithes from worlds close to a war zone without needing a response from the higher levels of the Departmento Munitorum's bureaucracy. As the level of a threat increases and more local departments of the Munitorum become involved, the amount tithed, and the amount of planets tithed from, increases. At this point, higher levels of the Departmento Munitorum will also become involved, and may funnel additional resources from other parts of the Imperium into a war zone. The local Departmento Munitorum presence in a subsector has the ability to impose instant tithes, without forewarning, as and when required. Because of this, true central command over the Imperial Guard's logistics from Terra is not needed, due to the functional autonomy of each level of the organisation.

The Departmento Munitorum is effectively represented by three members of the High Lords of Terra and is ultimately required to answer to the demands of all three, including:


 * The Lord Commander Militant of the Imperial Guard
 * The Chancellor of the Estate Imperium
 * The Master of the Administratum