Topic: AIF - Lighthorse
Australian Light Horse
Roles within the Regiment
Regimental Orderly Trumpeter
The following entries dealing with the roles and duties within the hierarchy of a light horse regiment are extracted from a very informative handbook called The Bushman’s Military Guide, 1898. While written in 1898, the information contained in the entries held true for the next twenty years with only minor modifications with the principles remaining as current then as now.
Regimental Orderly Trumpeter
(1.) He will come on ditty and parade with the Guard daily.
(2.) He will attend all parades, and when not in the field will remain at the regimental orderly tent.
(3.) He will regulate the time of his watch with that of the adjutant, the regimental sergeant major, and the orderly-room clock.
(4.) He will sound all calls laid down in Regimental Orders, and will only take orders to sound special calls from the Adjutant or regimental sergeant-major or their representatives.
(5.) He will sleep in the guard tent so as to be available to sound "the alarm" and "Reveille", at time ordered.
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Citation: Australian Light Horse, Roles within the Regiment, Regimental Orderly Trumpeter
