给养员 meaning in Chinese

purveyor

In one company dinner was ready , and the soldiers , with greedy faces , watched the steaming pots , and waited for the sample , which was being taken in a wooden bowl to the commissariat officer , sitting on a piece of wood facing his shanty
有个连的午饭弄好了，士兵们露出贪婪的神情望着蒸气腾腾的饭锅，等候着品尝的东西，军需给养员用木钵装着品尝的东西端给坐在棚子对面圆木上的军官。