Orderlies, Standing. Are soldiers who permanently perform orderly duty.
Orderly Book. A book for the sergeants to insert the orders which are issued from time to time.
Orderly Drum. The drummer that beats the orders, and gives notice of the hour for messing, etc., is so called.
Orderly Officer. The officer of the day; especially the officer of the day about an army headquarters in the field.
Orderly Room. A room in the barracks, used as the office of a company.
Orderly Sergeant. The first sergeant of a company is so called in the U. S. army.
Orders. Are the instructions, injunctions, or commands issued by superior officers. The orders of commanders of armies, divisions, brigades, regiments, are denominated orders of such army, division, etc., and are either general or special. They are numbered, general and special in separate series, each beginning with the year. In Great Britain and other European countries, and in the United States, orders generally take the designation of the headquarters from which they are issued.
Orders, General. Are orders that are issued to announce the hours for roll-calls and duties; the number and kind of orderlies, and the time when they shall be relieved; police regulations, and the prohibitions required by circumstances and localities; returns to be made and their forms; laws and regulations for the army; promotions and appointments; eulogies or censures to corps or individuals, and generally, whatever may be important to make known to the whole command.
Orders, Military. Companies of knights, instituted by kings and princes either for defense of the faith, or to confer marks of honor on their military subjects. See [Knights], and names of orders under appropriate headings.
Orders, Regimental. Are such orders and instructions as grow out of general or special orders from superior authority, or proceed immediately from the commanding officer of a regiment.