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in cool, unless he has been sent on anypressing occasion.
Orderlies in general. It is the dutyof the serjeant-majors to see that theorderlies are properly dressed and ac-coutred, before they are inspected bythe adjutant, who parades them everymorning in front of the main guard, &.C.When private soldiers are chosen fororderlies in mixed duty, the credit ofthe corps from which they are taken,requires that they should be the bestset up, and the best behaved men be-longing to it. All orderlies, whetherhorse or foot, must return to quartersperfectly sober.
Orderly non-commissioned officers,are those who are orderly, or on dutyfor the week; who, on hearing the drumbeat for orders, are to repair to the placeappointed to receive them, and to takedown in writing, in the orderly book,what is dictated by the adjutant or ser-jeant-major; they are then immediatelyto shew those orders to the officers ofthe company, and afterwards warn themen for duty.
Orderly book. Every company hassuch a book in which the Serjeants writedown both general and regimental or-ders, for the specific information ef theofficers and men. This book is pro-vided and paid for by the captains ofcompanies.
Orderly drum. The drummer thatbeats orders, and gives notice of thehour for messing, &c, is so called.
ORDINAIRE, Fr. The soldiersmessing together is so called among theFrench . Ilence our term Ordinary, whenseveral persons dine at the same table,and each pays his bill or quota.
Ordinaire du soldat, Fr. the twodaily meals which soldiers are obligedto take at established hours, and atmesses.
.L’Ordinaire des guerres, Fr. thefund established for the payment oftroops.
Trtsorier de /'Ordinaire, Fr. thepaymaster.
ORDINAIRE, Fr. courier, post,mail. II y a trois ordinaires de dus,there are three mails due.
Gentilhomme Ordinaire de chez leRoi, Fr. a gentleman of the king’s bed-chamber in ordinary.
ORDINARY, what is usually done.
Ordinary guards, the usual com-
plement of men doing duty at certai*prescribed spots. See Guards.
ORDNANCE, (Ordonnance , Fr.) aname given to all that concerns artillery,or engineering; thus, the commander inchief was originally called master-generalof the ordnance; and the next officer,lieutenant-general of the ordnance, in-stead of artillery. This post is of muchgreater antiquity in France than withus; for history informs us, that the firstmasters in chief of all the artillery wereappointed in 1477, under Louis theXlth; those appointed before that epochwere—
Guillaume de Dourdan, master of theordnance in the Louvre, under Philip IV .who was appointed in 1291.
Guillaume Ch&telain, master of theordnance in Montagris, in 1291.
Guillebert, master of the ordnance intlm Louvre, in 1294.
Etienne Amigard, in 1297; JeanAmi-gard, in 1298, at the Louvre; Jean Gau-tier, in 1299; Etienne de la Chambre,in 1295; Pierre la Vache, in 1296; Be-noit Fabry, in 1307; Adam, in 1314;Lambert Amigard, in 1322; Jean duLion, in 1394, who was, in 1358, calledsovereign master of the artillery underking John, surnamed the Good.
In 1397, John de Soisy was appointedmaster-general of artillery; and in 1599,Maximilian de Bethune, marquis deltosny, duke de Sully, and marshal ofFrance , was nominated first grand-masterand captain general of artillery. In1755, the functions of the grand-masterof the artillery were united to those ofthe war-minister, and fell under the im-mediate authority of the king. The war-minister undertook the civil departmentof the ordnance, and M. De Valiere wasthe last general director.
Board of Ordnance is of a veryearly, but uncertain date; however, inthe year 1548, we find Sir Philip Hoby styled master of the ordnance; and in1588, Ambrose Dudley , earl of War-wick, was master of the ordnance. In1683, the care of the board of ordnancew r as committed to five principal officers,besides the master-general, then Georgelord Dartmouth, viz. a lieutenant-gene-ral, surveyor-general, clerk of the ord-nance, storekeeper, and a clerk of deli-veries. At present the board of ordnanceconsists of the same. This board re-gulates and orders every' thing relating