| Title: | Aide-major |
| Original Title: | Aide-Major |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 1 (1751), p. 194 |
| Author: | Denis Diderot (biography) |
| Translator: | William Raffle [University of Sheffield] |
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| Citation (MLA): | Diderot, Denis, and Guillaume Le Blond. "Aide-major." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by William Raffle. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2018. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0003.667>. Trans. of "Aide-Major," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 1. Paris, 1751. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Diderot, Denis, and Guillaume Le Blond. "Aide-major." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by William Raffle. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0003.667 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Aide-Major," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 1:194 (Paris, 1751). |
Aide-major, a military officer who is a second to the Major of a regiment and his duties. See Major. Their rank is equivalent to the Lieutenants; there seniority comes from the day they receive their brevet of Aide-major, or the day of their letter of lieutenancy, if they were one, in the regiment that they serve.
The Aides-majors of infantry march with the Colonels réformés and attached Lieutenant-colonels of their regiment and undertake these Colonel’s commands. [1]
The Aides-majors have the help of the Sous-aides majors, or Garçons-majors, who execute the orders they give them. They are mounted on horseback in combat like the Major, so they can move quickly and efficiently to where it is necessary for the good manoeuvring of the Regiment.
Aides-majors are also assigned to posts. These officers fulfil the functions of Majors when they are absent. They are senior to and command all the Ensigns. When there is no Governor, Lieutenans du roi, Majors or regimental Captains, the Aide-Major will be given preference to command over the Lieutenants of infantry that received their lieutenancy after the Aides-majors received their commission. Briquet, Code Militaire.
Notes
1. Translator’s note - There were two grades of colonel in the French army, the Colonels réformés and the more senior Colonels en pied. See Colonel.