Office of Ordnance. See [Board of Ordnance] and [Ordnance Office].
Officer, Brevet. See [Brevet].
Officer, Field-. See [Field-officer].
Officer, General. See [General Officer].
Officer in Waiting. In the British service, the officer next for duty is so called. He is also mentioned in orders, and ought to be ready for the service specified at a minute’s warning. He must not on this account quit the camp, garrison, or cantonment.
Officer, Non-commissioned. See [Non-commissioned Officer].
Officer of the Day. Is an officer whose immediate duty is to attend to the interior economy of the corps or garrison to which he belongs, or of those with which he may be doing duty. The officer of the day has charge of the guard, prisoners, and police of the garrison, inspects the soldiers’ barracks, messes, hospital, etc.
Officer of the Guard. An officer detailed daily for service with the guard. It is his duty, under the officer of the day, to see that the non-commissioned officers and men of his guard are well instructed in all their duties, he inspects the reliefs, visits the sentinels, is responsible for the prisoners and the property used by them and the guard; he is also responsible for good order, alertness, and discipline, and should never quit his guard duty unless properly relieved.
Officer, To. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.
Officers. Commissioned officers are all those officers of a government who receive their commissions from the executive, and are of various grades from the ensign to the marshal, all of which see under their respective headings. See [Appointing Power] and [Commissions].