Mystery abbreviations

[SmallTownGirl]

Just a pedantic point but it's not A.D.D. - it's ADD. In other word it's not three initials, but an abbreviation of a single word. L.I. on the other hand certainly could stand for light infantry, that is to say he commanded a company within the battalion which was equipped in the light role, as opposed to a grenadier company which had a different role.  If that is what is being referred to in the American list then I am still no wiser about what ADD might refer to.

> ADD rather than A.D.D.
Yes, I see that now, thanks.  And, like you, I'm still no wiser   

[Jebber]

Point taken, I simply wrote as I read it.

[ShaunJ]

Andy is right about William Scott and the L I abbreviation:

"Scott served as a company commander during the early years of the Revolution, first as captain of a line company, then as captain of the light infantry company." 

https://www.17thregiment.com/archive/three-captains-of-the-17th

[Andy J2022]

https://www.17thregiment.com/archive/three-captains-of-the-17th

Excellent article, thanks for the link, Shaun.

[fiddlerslass]

I wondered if it could be short for Addendum, which is usually abbreviated to Add, but with the two capital D's being smaller....?

Are there any notes added later about these people in the book?

[SmallTownGirl]

I wondered if it could be short for Addendum, which is usually abbreviated to Add, but with the two capital D's being smaller....?

Are there any notes added later about these people in the book?

I quite like Addendum, because it would explain the larger A and the two smaller Ds. 

I don't have the book, I'm afraid, so can't check.  All I have is one page that someone sent me

[SmallTownGirl]

Thanks to everyone who helped me with this query.

I've just had this from the chap who sent me the page:

"I think I've discovered the definition of "Add." I went back through the "List," and found the section titled "Half-Pay," wherein are sections called "Additional Officers," "Additional Captains," etc. In an online essay about an American unit of the time, "Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment," which served for a limited time, a couple of years or so, the unnamed author says, "Like other Additional Regiments, Grayson's remained directly under George Washington's control, unlike state regiments" which were controlled by states and Congress. Of course, in those units, British and American, which might need extra officers, some were kept on duty, apparently, or at least on notice, as "additional officers--those noted as such in the "List" do not seem always to appear in such documents as Ford's British Officers Serving in the American Revolution. Regarding "half-pay," the Wikipedia article says it was a method used by both sides "as an incentive to compensate" officers who were released from active duty while they waited to see if they might be needed again. It's "Additional." "

STG