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Adjutant general
Adjutant Ad"ju*tant, n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to help. See Aid.] 1. A helper; an assistant. 2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. Adjutant general (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S. army he is brigadier general. (b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order, each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits.

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- An adjutant general is a military chief administrative officer. In Revolutionary France, the adjudant-général was a senior staff officer, effectively an...
- the role or appointment of an adjutant. An adjutant general is commander of an army's administrative services. Adjutant comes from the Latin adiutāns...
- Adjutant General's Corps is a corps in the British Army responsible for many of its general administrative services, named for the Adjutant-General to...
- state in the United States has a senior military officer, as the state adjutant general, who is the de facto commander of a state's military forces, including...
- The Adjutant General of Maryland is the head military official of the Maryland National Guard, the Maryland Defense Force, and any other military or paramilitary...
- The Adjutant-General of the Indian Army is the senior administration officer who reports to the Chief of Army Staff and is also the Colonel of the Corps...
- The Adjutant General of Texas is the commander and chief executive officer of the Texas Military Department, the executive department of the Texas Military...
- The Adjutant-General to the Forces, commonly just referred to as the Adjutant-General (AG), was for just over 250 years one of the most senior officers...
- The Adjutant General's Corps, formerly the Adjutant General's Department, is a branch of the United States Army first established in 1775. This branch...
- was also part of the adjutant general's command, until it was disbanded. Major General Richard R. Neely is the 40th Adjutant General of the State of Illinois...