He leads the surgeons into battle whenever there is a war. In the past the Surgeon General would wear white scrubs and ride a horse to lead the charge, but nowadays the role is more ceremonial and administrative than combat-orientated. Some traditions still hold true to this day - in their final year all medical students training to be surgeons must undertake an intensive course in sword fighting and pledge their life to that of the Surgeon General.
He leads the surgeons into battle whenever there is a war. In the past the Surgeon General would wear white scrubs and ride a horse to lead the charge, but nowadays the role is more ceremonial and administrative than combat-orientated. Some traditions still hold true to this day - in their final year all medical students training to be surgeons must undertake an intensive course in sword fighting and pledge their life to that of the Surgeon General.
@Tervell is going to do a !history@hexbear.net post series with some of their ceremonial cavalry saber-scalpels later