Roster (corrupted from Register) is a list of individuals, or corps, kept by the various staff officers of the army to ensure the allotment of duties in proper rotation. Thus officers are detailed in turn for guard, court-martial, or other duties, according to the district, garrison, or regimental roster. Regiments, battalions, and batteries take their turn of foreign service according to the adjutant-general's roster.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 816
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