June 7, 2009

An Interesting Find

I just found out that Baron Von Steuben’s first drill manual for the U.S. Army (“Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States” aka the “Blue Book”) also lays out duty descriptions for key positions.

Images152-154 show the original job description for first sergeants.

We no longer keep a company book but a lot of the duties remain the same today.