21/08/2020
THE ADJUTANT THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ADJUTANT i) ii) iii) The adjutant is to be chosen among the subalterns, the field officers taking care to nominate the most intelligent and most acquainted with the service. The Lieutenant Colonel or the officer commanding the regiment is to make choice of a subaltern, who has gained the character of a good officer by attendance, obedience and a diligent discharge of his duty, that when the adjutancy may fall vacant, he may recommend him to his Colonel as an officer in titled to preferment and who ought to be rewarded. As Adjutant you are the senior administrative officer in your battalion. You will be assigned the rank of a Lieutenant and as such you will need to affix a cockade of green material to your hat, and if your finance will allow you may wear a silver epaulet on your left shoulder. Orders of the Day, Assignment Guards and Fatigue 1. The adjutant meets with the Brigade Major to receive the orders of the day. This will include the number of men expected from your battalion for guard mounts, fatigue duties and the like. They may also include the schedule of activities for the weekend. 2. Once you have met with the Brigade Major and received the orders of the day, you should meet with the commandant of your battalion and inform him of the orders of the day. This will allow him the opportunity to add any other orders he may think for the day to the orders. 3. Once you have received any additional orders from your battalion commandant, you should meet with the first Sergeants of each company in your battalion. At the meeting the first sergeant will be expected to take down the orders of the day. The adjutant should break down the battalions assigned duties among t
