Special Duty

Duty not strictly military, to which soldiers may be a igned when the exigencies of the service require it; as the duties requiring mechanics, cooks, attendants in hospitals, clerks, scouts, etc. … Special Orders. — Such orders as do not concern the troops general y;such as relate to the march of some particular corps, the establishment of some temporary post, the detaching of any individuals, the granting requests, and generally such matters as need not be published to the whole command.