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Orderly

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Med a male hospital attendant

Orderly 

(in Russian, vestovoi), a soldier in the Russian Army assigned to carry out the official errands of an officer, establish liaison, take care of an officer’s horse, escort an officer on his travels, and so forth. In the Soviet armed forces they are also called ordinartsy and were put at the disposal of combat command personnel only in combat situations during the period of the Great Patriotic War (1941-45).


Orderly 

an individual on daily detail in a military unit. A soldier is appointed as orderly for the protection of the weapons, ammunition, and equipment of a subunit, for the maintenance of internal order and cleanliness on the premises, and for the implementation of the daily schedule. The orderly is subordinate to the subunit’s officer or enlisted man on duty and is armed with a bayonet (army knife) in a scabbard for the performance of his duties. In a military unit company (battery) orderlies are usually appointed, as well as orderlies for a medical center and a combat or transport vehicle park. The duties of the orderly are defined by the Interior Service Regulations of the armed forces of the USSR.


Orderly 

a serviceman (private, noncommissioned officer, or officer) assigned to a military staff, commander, or important person for the fulfillment of assignments, especially for communications and the transmission of orders. In the Soviet armed forces orderlies (soldiers) were detached to commanders during the Great Patriotic War (1941–45).



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In transcribing his notes and fortifying their claim to attention by giving them something of an orderly arrangement, I have conscientiously refrained from embellishing them with such small ornaments of diction as I may have felt myself able to bestow, which would not only have been impertinent, even if pleasing, but would have given me a somewhat closer relation to the work than I should care to have and to avow.
Again, a beautiful object, whether it be a living organism or any whole composed of parts, must not only have an orderly arrangement of parts, but must also be of a certain magnitude; for beauty depends on magnitude and order.
His face assumed, in spite of himself, an expression of almost stupid joy, and he waited with impatience until the fragment of the mare given to his orderly was cooked.
 
 
 
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