A colonel commanding a brigade is not a staff officer, and is not entitled to wear staff distinctions.
For every staff officer there are a number of clerks, so the total is considerable.
People always wanted to keep the odd extra staff officer.
On the wider definition of a staff officer bur figure works out at 1 to 9·5.
I should very much like anybody to say whether either the medical officer or the sanitary officer is a proper staff officer.
They have a staff officer in receipt of £100 a year.
In one or two cases where there is a vacancy for a staff officer they are allowed £80 a year during the vacancy.
The minor staff officer class in the office consists of nine men.
