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Orderly sergeant   /ˈɔrdərli sˈɑrdʒənt/   Listen
Orderly sergeant

noun
1.
The first sergeant of a company; duties formerly included the conveyance of orders.





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"Orderly sergeant" Quotes from Famous Books



... me that he was the Orderly Sergeant of the company that had camped at Mr. Haynes, and Mr. Haynes had told the Lieutenant that Colonel Boone was a rebel, and had a company of Texas Rangers camped close to his premises for the purpose of making a raid on the Union soldiers. Joe Graham stated that the Lieutenant had ordered ...
— The Second William Penn - A true account of incidents that happened along the - old Santa Fe Trail • William H. Ryus
... for it" with me after that. That winter my brother-in-law, John Jarrette, and myself, joined Capt. Quantrell's company. Jarrette was orderly sergeant. He never knew fear, and the forty that then made up the company were as brave men as ...
— The Story of Cole Younger, by Himself • Cole Younger
... 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
... 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
... colored soldiers came, Joshua Leckler hastened down to Boston, and enrolled himself among those who were willing to fight to maintain their freedom. On account of his ability to read and write and his general intelligence, he was soon made an orderly sergeant. His regiment had already taken part in an engagement before the public roster of this band of Uncle Sam's niggers, as they were called, fell into Mr. Leckler's hands. He ran his eye down the column of names. ...
— The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories • Paul Laurence Dunbar
... leave, and have only one more favor to ask. Let us have a moment's conversation with the orderly sergeant, who will have the ...
— The Gold Hunter's Adventures - Or, Life in Australia • William H. Thomes


Words linked to "Orderly sergeant" :   sergeant first class, first sergeant


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