Editing Adjutant general (section)

==Habsburg Monarchy==
[[File:K.u.k. Flügeladjutant.png|thumb|Adjutant of the Emperor from the [[House of Habsburg]]]]
The General Adjutants (generals only) and Wing Adjutants (staff officers only) were used to service the Emperor of the [[Austria-Hungary|Habsburg Monarchy]]. The emperor's first general aide had a captain or lieutenant as an officer. Traditionally, the Wing Adjutants did their regular service. From the various branches of the Imperial Army, diligent military personnel were selected and given to the Emperor for election. 

The adjutants were then assigned to the emperor in their two to three-year service, formed his constant accompaniment, regulated and monitored the daily program and audiences, and were responsible for the personal file run between the war ministry and the emperor. The service with Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Franz Joseph I]] began for the wing adjutants at three in the morning in full gear because the emperor got up very early. After the imperial breakfast, the adjutant reported to the emperor and presented current reports and the daily program. The service with the emperor was considered very exhausting.<ref> Martina Winkelhofer "Der Alltag des Kaisers" (2008), p 19.</ref>

Even today, the head of the [[House of Habsburg]] has an adjutant general to assist him with official appointments.