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The term "adjutant" in literature primarily denotes a military officer whose duties span both administrative support and active field command. In Russian classics, such as those by Tolstoy, the adjutant is frequently portrayed as a pivotal figure—tasked with relaying orders, enforcing discipline, and providing a direct link between high command and the soldiers on the march [1, 2, 3, 4]. Meanwhile, historical memoirs and military narratives often emphasize its function as a manager of logistic details and a symbol of structured military hierarchy, as seen in accounts of generals like Sherman and Grant [5, 6, 7, 8]. This dual role reinforces the adjutant’s importance as both a practical aide and a narrative device, bridging the abstract commands of power with the tangible reality of military life [9, 10, 11].
  1. Prince Andrew, who was a little behind looking at them, turned to an adjutant to ask him for a field glass.
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy
  2. Pierre was about to ask, but seeing the stern expression of the adjutant who was also looking that way, he checked himself.
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy
  3. “Take this and deliver it,” said he to his adjutant, handing him the papers and still taking no notice of the special messenger.
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy
  4. Turning to his adjutant he ordered him to bring down the two battalions of the Sixth Chasseurs whom they had just passed.
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy
  5. He was not then in, but his adjutant, Lieutenant Gardner, was.
    — from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman
  6. No orders should go to the army, or the adjutant-general, except through the general-in-chief.
    — from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman
  7. By order of General W. T. Sherman, L. M. DAYTON, Assistant Adjutant-General.
    — from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman
  8. On the 18th of May orders were issued by the adjutant-general for a grand review by the President and his cabinet of Sherman's and Meade's armies.
    — from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant
  9. Nominally he is only an adjutant on Kutúzov’s staff, but he does everything alone.
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy
  10. And, as if to make the Russian general still more conscious of his dependence on brute force, Davout sent an adjutant to call the officer on duty.
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy
  11. My position as adjutant procured me the honour of dining at M. D—— R——‘s table, but nothing more.
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

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