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Orderly sergeant   /ˈɔrdərli sˈɑrdʒənt/   Listen
adjective
Orderly  adj.  
1.
Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan.
2.
Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community.
3.
Performed in good or established order; well-regulated. "An orderly... march."
4.
Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders. "Aids-de-camp and orderly men."
Orderly book (Mil.), a book for every company, in which the general and regimental orders are recorded.
Orderly officer, the officer of the day, or that officer of a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc.
Orderly room.
(a)
The court of the commanding officer, where charges against the men of the regiment are tried.
(b)
The office of the commanding officer, usually in the barracks, whence orders emanate.
Orderly sergeant, the first sergeant of a company.





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"Orderly sergeant" Quotes from Famous Books



... the fufth unst. I was Orderly Sergeant. At aboot four-thirrty P.M., Lance-Corporal Ness reported this man tae me for refusing for tae obey an ...
— The First Hundred Thousand • Ian Hay
... trying injustice befell the luckless Jack. For a long time he had, as senior, acted as orderly sergeant of Company K. This officer is virtually the executive functionary in the company. It is his place to form the men in rank, make out details, and prepare everything for the captain. The orderly sergeant is to the company what the adjutant is to the regiment. He carries a musket ...
— The Iron Game - A Tale of the War • Henry Francis Keenan
... case is a very interesting one, especially to Dr. Frost, and we are all good friends; the doctor was in Company H himself—was its first orderly sergeant. Frank called our attention to your case in order that we might try to help you, and we should be ...
— Who Goes There? • Blackwood Ketcham Benson
... Regiment, showed great coolness and gallantry on the occasion of the sortie of the enemy, 22nd March, when he was acting as orderly sergeant to the field officers of the trenches, in having rallied the covering parties which had been driven in by the Russians, and thus regaining and keeping possession of the trenches. Still more conspicuous was his conduct on the 18th June when attacking the Redan. He remained ...
— Our Soldiers - Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign • W.H.G. Kingston
... extravagantly. Grunting bundles of blue began to drop. The orderly sergeant of the youth's company was shot through the cheeks. Its supports being injured, his jaw hung afar down, disclosing in the wide cavern of his mouth a pulsing mass of blood and teeth. And with it all he made ...
— The Red Badge of Courage - An Episode of the American Civil War • Stephen Crane


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