Adjutant General of the Continental Army

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military office staff position

The Adjutant General of the Continental Army was the senior administrative officer responsible for managing orders, records, and personnel organization for George Washington’s Revolutionary War army.

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Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military office → staff position →
appliesToJurisdiction	Continental Army →
appliesToPeriod	American Revolutionary War →
appointedBy	Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army → Continental Congress →
basedIn	Continental Army main encampments →
country	United States →
hasDomain	military administration → personnel management → records management →
hasLanguage	English →
hasRankRequirement	colonel or lieutenant colonel → field officer →
historicalPeriod	18th century →
inception	1775 →
locationOfOffice	Continental Army headquarters →
officeHeldByHeadOf	Continental Army staff →
officeHolderServedUnder	Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army → George Washington →
partOf	Continental Army →
positionHeldBy	Alexander Scammell → Edward Hand → Horatio Gates → Joseph Reed → Otho Holland Williams → Timothy Pickering → William S. Smith →
replacedBy	Adjutant General of the United States Army →
responsibleFor	administrative coordination of the army → correspondence for the Commander-in-Chief → dissemination of regulations → issuing general orders → keeping personnel rolls → maintaining army records → muster and inspection returns → organizing regimental returns → preparation of courts-martial orders → transmitting orders to subordinate units →
subordinateTo	Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army → Headquarters staff of the Continental Army →
usedDocumentType	correspondence → general orders → muster rolls → returns → special orders →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ("General Staff of the Continental Army") →	memberOf
Headquarters Adjutant General ("Adjutant-General to the Forces") →	namedAfter
Horatio Gates →	positionHeld