# The Officer — Travel Essays character guide

> The Officer in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the officer, The officer

**First appearance:** 0000-an-inland-voyage

## Who they are

A military or police officer encountered during travels.

## Relationships

### [The Doctor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/the_doctor)

_professional_

The Doctor and The Officer interact in a military or institutional setting, likely as medical and command personnel.

## In the story

### [The Boarders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-boarders)

A short, grizzling, thickset man, an old soldier and former commandant now a novice at the monastery, who becomes furious when the narrator praises Gambetta's moderation.

### [The Amateur Emigrant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-amateur-emigrant)

The ship's officer is mentioned in the context of shipboard life and authority.

### [The Sick Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-sick-man)

Officer of the watch on the bridge; directs the narrator to find a steward.

### [Across the Plains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/across-the-plains)

A train officer is mentioned, enforcing rules and maintaining order, symbolizing the constraints of society even in the open plains.

## Links

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