Customs of the Army
Prepared under the direction of The Chief of the Imperial General Staff
The War Office, 1956
INTRODUCTION
This pamphlet is intended to give an Officer Cadet about to be commissioned an idea of some of the things to look out for on joining his regiment or corps. The pamphlet is not intended to be complete or to give all the answers. It is most important to realise that there are many customs in the Army, some stranger than others, and on joining or being posted to a new unit it is the officer's duty to find out what they are.
Contents
Section I - General Matters
Section II - Saluting
Section III - Joining the Regiment
Section IV - Mess Customs
Section V - Relationship with Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers
Section VI - The Sergeants' Mess
Section VII - Duties of the Orderly Officer
Section VIII - Orders and Orderly-Room Procedure
Section IX - Correspondence and Calling
- The O'Leary Collection; Medals of The Royal Canadian Regiment.
- Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World War
- Researching The Royal Canadian Regiment
- The RCR in the First World War
- Badges of The RCR
- The Senior Subaltern
- The Minute Book (blog)
- Rogue Papers
- Tactical Primers
- The Regimental Library
- Battle Honours
- Perpetuation of the CEF
- A Miscellany
- Quotes
- The Frontenac Times
- Site Map
QUICK LINKS
- The Senior Subaltern
- Staff Duties and the Young Officer
- How to Write Effective English
- Notes and Quotes - Staff Duties
- Advice to Officers (1782)
- Mess Rules of the Infantry School (1884)
- A Dozen Military Epigrams (1901)
- How The Loafer's Bred (1904)
- The Promotion and Examination of Army Officers (1904)
- A Few Tips for Officers, Before and After Joining (1906)
- Standing Orders of The RCR (1910)
- Standing Rules for Officers' Messes of The RCR (1913)
- The Young Officer's Guide to Knowledge (1915)
- The Duties of an Officer (1916)
- An Open Letter to the Very Young Officer (1917)
- Advice to a Young Officer (1917)
- Battalion Duties; Officers, NCOs, and Soldiers (1917)
- Pleasing Infantry Brigadiers (1917)
- Role and the Responsibilities of the CO in a Battalion Mess (1917)
- The RCR, "A" Company Standing Orders (1918)
- Some Staff Duties (1923)
- An Officer's Code (1925)
- Hints on Promotion Exams (1925)
- On Writing Appreciations (1926)
- The RCR; Rules for Officers' Messes (1927)
- Morale And Leadership (1929)
- RCSI Hints for Young Officers (1931)
- RCSI Notes on Drill (1931)
- The Study of War by Junior Officers (1932)
- Self-Training (1934)
- "The Problem of the First Ten Years" (1934)
- Standing Orders of The RCR; 1935)
- Customs of the Service (1939)
- Drill and Discipline (1939)
- Leaders Win Where Commanders Lose (1939)
- The Officer and Fighting Efficiency (1940)
- Officers' Mess (RCAF, 1940)
- The Duties of an Officer (1942)
- Comrades in Arms (1942)
- Example Standing Orders - Subalterns (1942)
- Hints for Newly Commissioned Officers (1943)
- Completed Staff Work (1943)
- FOLLOW-ship (1943)
- Hints for Junior Officers (1945)
- Officer-Like Qualities (1948)
- Military Writing (1948)
- An Analysis of the Sub-Unit Commander (1949)
- Leadership (1950)
- Neptune's Notes (undated, 1950s-60s)
- Thinking and Writing (1953)
- Examination Tactics (1953)
- Officers (1954)
- On Writing Examinations (1954)
- Customs of the Army (1956)
- 1st Bn, The RCR, Senior Subaltern (1956)
- Pigs Have Wings (1960)
- Leadership and Man Management (1960)
- Officers (1964)
- 1RCR - The Sergeants' Mess - "Tips" (1971)
- 2RCR Junior Officer's Handbook (1973)
- How to be a Successful Subaltern (1978)
- Foreword to the Infantry Journal, No. 8 (1979)
- Do You Appreciate the Finer Points of Life? (1980)
- The RCR Regimental Standing Orders - Senior Subaltern (1992)
- Infantry Company Command (2016)
- A Miscellany of Advice for Subalterns
- The Young Officer and the NCO - Quotes