ORDERLY. In the United States Army, the term applied to officers or soldiers engaged in the transmission of orders from a superior officer to the details of his command. Duty rosters are kept by the regimental adjutant. regarding the detail of orderly officers, and by the regi mental serg,eant major as regards the detail of non-commissioned officers. The orderly (Aileen. or ()Meer of the day. is the officer detailed for the superintendence of the interior economy of the command. ( See (umm.) In the company the first sergeant perhirm; the duties of orderly sergeant. A guard orderly is a specially selected private soldier who is detailed from the guard for duty as commanding officer's orderly. A stable orderly is a soldier detailed for special stable duty under the stable sergeant. in the British Army. as in practically all other Euro pean armies, the duties of orderly ()Ricers are identical with those of the United States. Or
derly sergeants, however, arc detailed to attend orderly officers during their tour of duty. as are also orderly corporals. Company orderly sergeants are the duty sergeants of a company, who are detailed for duty with their companies, taking turn. week about, notifying and prepar ing wen for dities, parades, or fatignes, and calling the roll of their eompanies on parade and in quarters. They are assisted by company orderly corporals, who accompany them when notifying men for duty and at ro11 call, and who also have the separate duty of superintend ing the drawing of the daily rations of their companies. This hitter duty is performed by the orde•l• men, w•ho are private soldiers de tailed daily. to protect and keep in order the room or mess of which they are members, and in various ways assist the company conk.