Thirty-three men served as General George Washington's aides-de-camp during the War for American Independence, according to "the authoritative list of Washington's aides and secretaries compiled by Worthington Chauncy Ford in 1906. He was the chief of the Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress at the time." Ford adds Martha Washington to the list to acknowledge that she worked at Washington's headquarters office.
General Washington said about recruiting such men,
They ought to be men of abilities...constantly calling for talents and abilities of the first rate: men who possess them ought to be taken wherever they can be found.
List of aides-de-camp
References
Washington's Aides-de-Camp Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA