general order
any one of a set of permanent orders from a headquarters establishing policy for a command or announcing official acts.
any one of a set of permanent orders governing the duties and behavior of sentries on routine guard duty.
Origin of general order
1- Compare special order.
Words Nearby general order
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How to use general order in a sentence
The committee is also finalizing a general order that will strengthen ethics and peer support, he said.
Metro Transit Police chief says changes underway to address community concerns | Justin George | February 25, 2021 | Washington PostGeneral Grant issued a general order that “every battery bearing upon the enemy” fire in salute.
Atlanta’s Fall Foretold The End Of Civil War Bloodshed | Marc Wortman | September 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPerhaps influenced by remorse over his general order No. 11, his views extended to foreign affairs.
What Happened When General Grant Expelled Civil War Jews | Marc Wortman | March 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 1877 we see a great effort made to get the new departure embodied in a general order.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney WebbMoving a part of a sentence from this general order 218 usually emphasizes it.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
The troops were making preparations to burn the house, acting on the general order, which had not been cancelled.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson YoungMan himself is subject to this general order; for he also, like other creatures, returns to the dust from whence he was taken.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsAbdul Kerim had received a general order to buy all the sheep he could procure, so he took them.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Sven Hedin
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