Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-06-19
OUR MILITARY eUooET.
AND PROMOTIONS n
THE ARMY.

THE ARMY.
There have been about ,0Co appointments and
promotions In the army since the general orders
Of December last, according 70 the pamphlet just
is-ued, Of which there are Msjor Generals IL;
Brieadier Generals %; Brigade Surgeons SO The
additional aidesde camp appointed by the Presi-
dent alone under the act Of August last are ~
follows: Colonies 81; Lieut.. Colonies 0; Msjors
2l; Captains 81 Three Brigadier Generals have
resigned and four declined The nomination Of
J. ID. German an Brigadier General, heretofore
confirmed by the Senate, has been Ieconsidcred
Gnd withdrawn.
MARINE CoRrE.
The Senate hss confirmed the following nom.
nations for Oh GERS In the Marine Corps Second
Lieut.. c. III. Bradford TO be First Lieutenant, and
Louis T.. Pagan, Robt. l.. Meade and James b.
Young, Of Pa; L. p. French, Of N Y; w. Wal
lace, jr., Of Md; Edw'd @. Latmnrsh and George
6. Stoddard, of Mass C. +. w. Williams, Of d.
c.; A. w. Ward, Of ILL.,, and J. M. Reber and F.
T. Peet, jr., Of N. Y, to be Second Lieutenants.
NAVAL ORDERS.
Lieut. Reed worden has been ordered to report
to Capt Pearson for command Of the gunboat
Conemagh.
Lieut.. X. w. MeaGe, jr., and Assistant Master
J. w. Steapleford have been ordered to that
vessel.
Acting Assistant Paymasier Francis T. Morten
has been ordered to the United States ship Ino.
TIE CAMP OF INSTRUCTION.
Brevet Brig Gsn. w. A. Morris, Colonel Of the
ID L. y. Artillery has been assigned to duty as
military commander of the city Of New York
and vicinity. Col. Morris relieves Gen. Harvey
Brown, who has been assigned to duty as chief
Of artillery at the camp Of instruction at Annap-
oils, Md.
MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF CADETS
A medical board was ordered to assemble at
Vest Point on the 18th instant, to examine into
the physical qualifications Of the graduating
class, and TO continue In session until the lot Of
July, to examine the newly appointed cadets.
NAVY YARD.
The Baltimore aid Leslie both arrived up lest
night, the foimer from Budd . Ferry and the latter
from the Rappahannock, but neither brings any
news OF moment.
AN IMPORTANT ORDER
The following general order has been iuued
by the War Department;
War Department, Al ntant Generals Ohcs,}
Wdshinsto~, June IL, 1862.
1. Paragraph 800 Army Regulations is hereby
so mod fed that private physicians er.,ploved AZ
medical objects with an army in the field 10 time
OF war NAV be allowed a sum not to exceed one
hundred and twenty i've dollars per month, Ns.
sides transportation In kind.
2, The certificates Of discharge to be given hv
the Medical Inspector General, or any medical
inspector Of The Army, under the act OF Nav -
1862, published In General o rders," No So win
be made on the printed forms for Certificates of
disability prescribed by the Army r Regulation.
The inspector giving the discharge will endorse
II with his own certificate that Il Is granted upon
his own personal inspection OF the soldier and
with the soldiers consent, and for disability the
nature, degree and Origin Of which are CORRECTLY
described Ia the wi, hin certificate
3. Each Medical Director must, under the or
GERS OF his Department Commander, regulate the
distribution Of the sick and wounded te The hos.
pitals within the Military Department to which
he belongs When want Of room In such hospi.
tails, or the nature Of the wounds or diseases OF
any insallds, require that detachments shall be
sent beyond the limits of their departments the
Surgeon General will desis nate to the Medical
Directors, either by general Instructions. or
specially by telegraph, TO what points they shs n
be sent. Officers, whCse duty II may become TO
forward such detachments will take care thai no
men excep. those provided with written passes
from their hospital surgeon or the Medical Dl-
rector, shall be allowed TO 90.
Furloughs will not be given by Captains of
companies or Colonies OF regiments Oh any pre-
text whatever. A Through from such authority
VIII not relieve soldier from the charge of de-
settirG
Enlisted men absent from their regiments wiz b.
81,
not only forfeit all pay and allowances, but are
subject to the penalties awarded by law 70 such
offenders. No plea Of sickness, or other cause
not oDreta!ly estao i:hed, and no certificate Of
physician In civil life. unless II be approved nv
some officer acting as military commander
.ctH hereafter aUd 10 the charge of De ss,.
ttoa, or procure arrears of roy, when a soldier
ia. been mustered as absent from his regiment
cithoKt Lsare.
BY application to the Governors Of their States.
or any military commander, or United States
mastering officer In city, transportation can be
procured to their regiments by soldiers who are
otherwise able TO Join them.
Where nc military commander has been an.
pointed, the senior officer Of the Army ON duty az
hereby authorized and required to act in that
capacity until another may be appoi nted
Under General Orders )" No. 36. Il is the duty
Of Military Commanders to collect all sirag glers
ard forward them to their regiments. TO do
this, they must establish camps or depots under
strict military discipline, and maintain sufficient
guards to enforce this order. nvalescents In
army hospitals Will be reported by the surgeons
In charge to the Military Commanders, to be
kept at their camps or depots until they can be
sent to join their regiments Muster rolls of each
detachment will be made out from the best data
at hand, the statement Of the men being "a Ken
In the absence OF other information concerning
them. A duplicate OF each muster roll must be
forwarded to the Adjutant General the day the
detachment starts
To avoid confusion and retain necessary con-
troll over all soldiers In the United States service
those who are entertained In site or private nos
pitfalls must be subject to the nearest Military
Commander, and are hereby required to report
to him in person as soon a. they become conva-
lescent.
immediately after receipt Of this order, each
Military Commander will publish, three times,
In some newspaper, a brief notice recurring ali
United states soldiers that city and the country
around, who are not under treatment In United
states hospital, to report themselves to HIM with.
out delay, on penalty Of being considered desert.
ers In cases Of serious disability from wounds
or sickness, which may prevent obedieace 10 this
requirement, the soldier must furnish a certf-
cate OF physician Of good standing, describing
his case on which, II satisfactory, the Military
Commando, NAV grants written fu Tough for not
exceed thirty days, or discharge on the pre-.
scriotd form Of certificate of disability, made
out strictly according to he Regulations But
no discharges will be given on account of rheu
matism, or where there Is a prospect Of recovery
within a reasonable time
Mil'isry Commanders may discharge men. at
fAeU oton request, whs exhibit to them satisfac-
tory proof " their being pa oIed prisoners OF
war. To other paroled men they will give fuy
ioughs until notified Of their exchange, or dis.
Military Commander will repoyt IN tba a.,