Bash Kara-Koulloukchou (Chief Orderly of Janissary Officers)
These were the head orderlies of the Janissary Officers in the Companies and Battalions. Their rank was the equivalent of Junior Sergeant and they were the Orderlies of the Colonel of Janissaries and Military Policemen.

Kara Koulloukchou (Sergeants)
Junior sergeants of the Janissary Corps who were Orderlies of the Chorbadjis (Colonel) and Military Policemen. They were chosen from the Adjemi-Oghlans (conscript boys chosen and brought up to join the Janissaries) and employed to provide room service. The new recruits were paid two golden coins called duzen-akchesi. Their duties were to clean the rooms, to clean the shoes of fellow Janissaries and their guests, to wash up dishes, chop wood, shopping, etc. Some orderlies carried out the tasks of bodyguard and horse-keeper to the Colonel of the Janissaries.

Orta Sakasi (Water-carrier for the Janissary Corps)
They provided water for the Janissary Corps. Orta meant Battalion and Sakka, the origin of Sakasi, meant water-carrier. In the reign of Sultan Mahmoud the Second, when reforms were being made, the name of the water carriers was changed to Sebildji which means "man who distributes water free of charge." There was a water carrier in the Imperial Palace, their leader being called Saka Bashi (Chief Water Carrier).

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