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• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

ADJUTANT (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. adjutare, to aid)  , a helper or junior in command, one who assists his See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior, especially an officer who acts as an assistant to the officer commanding a See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps of troops . In the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of See also:

• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant is held by a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain or See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant . The adjutant acts as See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff officer to II the commanding officer, issues his orders, superintends the See also:

• WORK

work of the orderly See also:

• ROOM

room and the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the corps, and is responsible for musketry duties and the training of recruits . See also:

• REGULAR

Regular See also:

• OFFICERS

officers are appointed as adjutants to all See also:

• UNITS, DIMENSIONS OF
• UNITS, PHYSICAL

units of the See also:

• AUXILIARY (from Lat. auxilium, help)

auxiliary forces . On the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent the word is not restricted to the See also:

• LOWER

lower units of organization; for example, in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany the Adjutantur includes all " routine " as distinct from " general " staff officers in the higher units, and the aides-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp of royal persons and of the higher commanders are also styled adjutant-generals, fliigel-adjutanten, &c . For the so-called adjutant See also:

• BIRD

bird see See also:

• JABIRU

JABIRU . ADJUTANT-GENERAL, an army See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official, originally (as indicated by the word) the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief assistant (See also:

• LAT

Lat. adjuvare) staff-officer to a general in command, but now a distinct high functionary at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in the British and See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war departments . In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England the second military member of the Army See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council is styled adjutant-general to the forces . He is a general officer and at the head of his See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the War Office, which is charged with all duties relative to personnel . The adjutant-general of the See also:

• UNITED

United States army is one of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal officers in the war department, the head of the See also:

• BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

bureau for army See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence, with the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the records, recruiting, issue of commissions, &c . Individual American states also have their own adjutant-general, with cognate duties regarding the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia . In many countries, such as Germany See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, the See also:

• TERM

term has retained its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original meaning of an officer on the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal staff, and is the designation of personal aides-de-camp to the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign .

By a looseness of See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation, the superintendents of provinces, in the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits, who See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as officials under the superintendence of and auxiliary to the general, are sometimes called adjutants-general .